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Jiyuan Yang1, Jindřich Kopeček2.
Abstract
This review covers water-soluble polymer-drug conjugates and macromolecules that possess biological activity without attached low molecular weight drugs. The main design principles of traditional and backbone degradable polymer-drug conjugates as well as the development of a new paradigm in nanomedicines - (low molecular weight) drug-free macromolecular therapeutics are discussed. To address the biological features of cancer, macromolecular therapeutics directed to stem/progenitor cells and the tumor microenvironment are deliberated. Finally, the future perspectives of the field are briefly debated.Entities:
Keywords: Cancer; Degradable polymeric carriers; Drug-free macromolecular therapeutics; Macromolecular therapeutics; N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide; Water-soluble polymers
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Year: 2014 PMID: 24747162 PMCID: PMC4142088 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2014.04.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Control Release ISSN: 0168-3659 Impact factor: 9.776