Nature Communications (Jul 2018)

Rapid transport of deformation-tuned nanoparticles across biological hydrogels and cellular barriers

  • Miaorong Yu,
  • Lu Xu,
  • Falin Tian,
  • Qian Su,
  • Nan Zheng,
  • Yiwei Yang,
  • Jiuling Wang,
  • Aohua Wang,
  • Chunliu Zhu,
  • Shiyan Guo,
  • XinXin Zhang,
  • Yong Gan,
  • Xinghua Shi,
  • Huajian Gao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05061-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Penetration of the mucus and tumor interstitial matrix is an important consideration for drug delivery devices. Here, the authors report on a study into the optimization of rigidity for the transport of nanoparticles through biological hydrogels using core-shell polymer-lipid nanoparticles.