Abstract
A multifunctional drug delivery system is developed comprising biodegradable porous silicon microparticles that act as motherships to ferry different types of imaging and therapeutic nanoparticles loaded within their porous structure. An E-selectin thioaptamer ligand is used to actively target this delivery system to the bone marrow vasculature where the payload is released as the porous silicon underwent degradation under physiological conditions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | H278-H282 |
| Journal | Advanced Materials |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 36 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 22 2011 |
Keywords
- bone marrow
- E-selectin
- nanomedicine
- porous silicon
- thioaptamers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Materials Science
- Mechanics of Materials
- Mechanical Engineering