Nature Communications (May 2018)

Reversible glycosidic switch for secure delivery of molecular nanocargos

  • Pierre-Alain Burnouf,
  • Yu-Lin Leu,
  • Yu-Cheng Su,
  • Kenneth Wu,
  • Wei-Chi Lin,
  • Steve R. Roffler

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04225-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Retention of drugs loaded into liposomes is a major challenge to effective targeted drug delivery. Here, the authors report on the modification of drugs with a glycosidic pH sensitive switch to improve encapsulation and retention of drugs and demonstrate application in an in vivo cancer model.