Self-assembled hybrid nanoparticles for targeted co-delivery of two drugs into cancer cells.
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SUBMITTER: Huang F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3973031 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar
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Self-assembled hybrid nanoparticles for targeted co-delivery of two drugs into cancer cells.
Huang Fujian F You Mingxu M Chen Tao T Zhu Guizhi G Liang Haojun H Tan Weihong W
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) 20140301 23
A therapeutic aptamer-lipid-poly(lactide-co-glycolic acid) hybrid nanoparticle-based drug delivery system was prepared and characterized. This system can co-deliver two different drugs with distinct solubility and different anticancer mechanisms to target cancer cells with high specificity and efficiency. ...[more]
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