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Opsonization, biodistribution, and pharmacokinetics of polymeric nanoparticles

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This work has shown that addition of PEG and PEG-containing copolymers to the surface of nanoparticles results in an increase in the blood circulation half-life of the particles by several orders of magnitude, and creates a hydrophilic protective layer around the nanoparticles that is able to repel the absorption of opsonin proteins via steric repulsion forces.
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This article is published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics.The article was published on 2006-01-03. It has received 3185 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drug carrier & Blood serum.

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Understanding biophysicochemical interactions at the nano–bio interface

TL;DR: Probing the various interfaces of nanoparticle/biological interfaces allows the development of predictive relationships between structure and activity that are determined by nanomaterial properties such as size, shape, surface chemistry, roughness and surface coatings.
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Metal-organic frameworks in biomedicine.

TL;DR: Metal Organic Frameworks in Biomedicine Patricia Horcajada, Ruxandra Gref, Tarek Baati, Phoebe K. Allan, Guillaume Maurin, Patrick Couvreur, G erard F erey, Russell E. Morris, and Christian Serre.
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Strategies in the design of nanoparticles for therapeutic applications

TL;DR: This Review focuses on recent progress important for the rational design of such nanoparticles and discusses the challenges to realizing the potential of nanoparticles.
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Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles based drug delivery systems

TL;DR: The impact of nanoencapsulation of various disease related drugs on biodegradable nanoparticles such as PLGA, PLA, chitosan, gelatin, polycaprolactone and poly-alkyl-cyanoacrylates is highlighted.
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The EPR effect: Unique features of tumor blood vessels for drug delivery, factors involved, and limitations and augmentation of the effect.

TL;DR: Molecular mechanisms of factors related to the EPR effect, the unique anatomy of tumor vessels, limitations and techniques to avoid such limitations, augmenting tumor drug delivery, and experimental and clinical findings are discussed.
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Biodegradable long-circulating polymeric nanospheres

TL;DR: Monodisperse biodegradable nanospheres were developed from amphiphilic copolymers composed of two biocompatible blocks and exhibited dramatically increased blood circulation times and reduced liver accumulation in mice.
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'Stealth' corona-core nanoparticles surface modified by polyethylene glycol (PEG): influences of the corona (PEG chain length and surface density) and of the core composition on phagocytic uptake and plasma protein adsorption.

TL;DR: 2-D PAGE studies showed that plasma protein adsorption on PEG-coated PLA nanospheres strongly depends on the PEG molecular weight (Mw), which could be useful in the design of long circulating intravenously injectable biodegradable drug carriers endowed with protein resistant properties and low phagocytic uptake.
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Protein—surface interactions in the presence of polyethylene oxide

TL;DR: In this paper, the steric repulsion free energy and van der Waals attraction free energy of polyethylene oxide (PEO) chains were calculated as a function of surface density and chain length of PEO.
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Stealth liposomes and long circulating nanoparticles: critical issues in pharmacokinetics, opsonization and protein-binding properties.

TL;DR: This article critically examines and evaluates the likely mechanisms that contribute to prolonged circulation times of sterically protected nanoparticles and liposomes and discussed theories that reconcile complement activation and opsonization with prolonged circulation time.
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Surface modification of nanoparticles to oppose uptake by the mononuclear phagocyte system

TL;DR: The literature reviewed provides enough promise for anticipating therapeutic and diagnostic applications of surface-modified nanoparticles, with particular focus on the literature concerning particles other than liposomes.
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