| Literature DB >> 20820745 |
Barbara Pili1, L Harivardhan Reddy, Claudie Bourgaux, Sinda Lepêtre-Mouelhi, Didier Desmaële, Patrick Couvreur.
Abstract
A new prodrug of gemcitabine, based on the covalent coupling of squalene to gemcitabine (GemSQ), has been designed to enhance the anticancer activity of gemcitabine, a nucleoside analogue active against a wide variety of tumors. In the present study, the feasibility of encapsulating GemSQ into liposomes either PEGylated or non-PEGylated has been investigated. The in vivo anticancer activity of these formulations has been tested on subcutaneous grafted L1210wt leukemia model and compared to that of free gemcitabine. The liposomal GemSQ appears to be a potential delivery system for the effective treatment of tumors.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20820745 DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00132e
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nanoscale ISSN: 2040-3364 Impact factor: 7.790