1991
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-75862-1_5
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Soluble Polymers as Targetable Drug Carriers

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“…Oligopeptidyl spacers were the most thoroughly studied. 2,19,27,28 It was found that this type of spacer can be designed to have a structure that remains stable during transport and releases the drug in its active form intracellularly by matching the specificities of certain lysosomal enzymes. 42 However, in this study, we found that the attachment of the oligopeptides linking the bioactive compounds to the polymeric carriers decreases the probability of backbone cleavage.…”
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“…Oligopeptidyl spacers were the most thoroughly studied. 2,19,27,28 It was found that this type of spacer can be designed to have a structure that remains stable during transport and releases the drug in its active form intracellularly by matching the specificities of certain lysosomal enzymes. 42 However, in this study, we found that the attachment of the oligopeptides linking the bioactive compounds to the polymeric carriers decreases the probability of backbone cleavage.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…19 In addition, the permeability limit of the lysosomal membrane lies approximately at the size of dipeptides 20 and, subsequently, may further restrict the usefulness of the polymeric drug carriers to anticancer chemotherapy. 2,19 Although poly(␣-amino acids) have been considered enzymatically degradable, the relationship between their lysosomal degradability and their structure was not systematically studied. In this study, poly(L-glutamic acid) and its derivatives/copolymers were selected and their lysosomal degradability evaluated.…”
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“…Renal filtration and endocytosis are two major processes that affect the distribution of water-soluble polymers in the body (30). The main interrelated factors influencing the distribution volumes in the body and the rate of elimination of a macromolecular carrier from the body include its chemical structure, molecular size [weight and chemical conformation), and biodegradability.…”
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