Smart multifunctional polyurethane microcapsules for the quick release of anticancer drugs in BGC 823 and HeLa tumor cells

  • Yuqing Niu
  • , Florian J. Stadler
  • , Tao He
  • , Xingcai Zhang
  • , Yingjie Yu*
  • , Shiguo Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Smart multifunctional drug delivery systems (DDSs) based on cytophilic fluorescent polyurethane copolymer microcapsules with high tumor cell internalization, triggered release, quick cancer cell death and real time fluorescent monitoring abilities is developed as a facile and versatile approach for precision cancer therapy.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)9477-9481
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Materials Chemistry B
Volume5
Issue number48
DOIs
StatePublished - 2017
Externally publishedYes

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 The Royal Society of Chemistry.

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Chemistry
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • General Materials Science

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