The core-inversible micelles for hydrophilic drug delivery.
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SUBMITTER: Huang W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733992 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul
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The core-inversible micelles for hydrophilic drug delivery.
Huang Wenzhe W Shi Changying C Shao Yu Y Lam Kit S KS Luo Juntao J
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20130701 59
A unique core-inversible micelle (CIM) was formed via PEG(5k)CA8 for hydrophilic drug delivery. An amyloid-fibril-inhibiting water-soluble molecule, congo red (CR), has been loaded into the hydrophilic core of CIMs. The targeting folate-CIMs significantly enhanced the intracellular delivery of hydrophilic CR in a folate receptor-expressing cell line. ...[more]
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