| Literature DB >> 6824743 |
R Duncan, J Kopecek, P Rejmanová, J B Lloyd.
Abstract
Soluble synthetic polymers have potential as targetable carriers of pharmacological agents. Here we report that incorporation into poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide)] of an oligopeptide side-chain terminating in galactose enhanced the polymer's pinocytic uptake from the rat bloodstream by the liver. Within the liver lysosomes enzymic digestion led to the intracellular release of a drug analogue also bound to oligopeptide side-chains of the polymer.Entities:
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Year: 1983 PMID: 6824743 DOI: 10.1016/0304-4165(83)90258-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002