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PH-dependent, thermosensitive polymeric nanocarriers for drug delivery to solid tumors

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Doxorubicin-loaded micelles formed from a series of dual pH- and temperature-responsive block copolymers were stable at blood pH and showed increased drug release at acidic pH and displayed more potent anti-cancer activity than free doxorUBicin when tested in a tumor xenograft model in mice.
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This article is published in Biomaterials.The article was published on 2013-06-01 and is currently open access. It has received 125 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Drug carrier & Micelle.

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Advances in Biomaterials for Drug Delivery.

TL;DR: Advances in biomaterials for drug delivery are enabling significant progress in biology and medicine, including major breakthroughs in materials for cancer immunotherapy, autoimmune diseases, and genome editing.
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Tumor vascular permeability and the EPR effect in macromolecular therapeutics: a review.

TL;DR: The basic characteristics of the EPR effect, particularly the factors involved, are described, as well as its modulation for improving delivery of macromolecular drugs to the tumor.
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Blood Flow, Oxygen and Nutrient Supply, and Metabolic Microenvironment of Human Tumors: A Review

TL;DR: Current knowledge of blood flow and perfusion-related parameters, which usually go hand in hand and in turn define the cellular metabolic microenvironment of human malignancies, are summarized for predicting the acute and/or long-term response of tumors to therapy.
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Thermosensitive sol-gel reversible hydrogels.

TL;DR: It is timely to summarize the polymeric systems that undergo sol-gel transitions, particularly due to temperature, with emphasis on the underlying transition mechanisms and potential delivery aspects.
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