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- Title
The immune-stealth polymeric coating on drug delivery nanocarriers: In vitro engineering and in vivo fate.
- Authors
Shafaei, Nadia; Khorshidi, Sajedeh; Karkhaneh, Akbar
- Abstract
Although essential nanosystems such as nanoparticles and nanocarriers are desirable options for transporting various drug molecules into the biological environment, they rapidly remove from the circulatory system due to their interaction with multiple in vivo barriers, especially the immune barrier, which will result in their short-term effects. In order to improve their effectiveness and durability in the circulatory system, the polymer coatings can use to cover the surface of nanoparticles and nanocarriers to conceal them from the immune system. Due to their different properties (like charge, elasticity, and hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity), these coatings can improve drug delivery nanosystem durability and therapeutic applications. The mentioned coatings have different types and are divided into various categories, such as synthetic polymers, polysaccharides, and zwitterionic polymers. Each of these polymers has unique properties based on its category, origin, and chemical structure that make them suitable for producing stealth drug delivery nanocarriers. In this review article, we have tried to explain the importance of these diverse polymer coatings in determining the fate of drug nanocarriers and then introduced the different types of these coatings and, finally, described various methods that directly and indirectly analyze the nanocoatings to determine the stability of nanoparticles in the body. Graphical Abstract
- Subjects
NANOCARRIERS; DRUG coatings; POLYMERIC drugs; POLYZWITTERIONS; BIOMOLECULES; CHEMICAL structure
- Publication
Journal of Biomaterials Applications, 2023, Vol 38, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
0885-3282
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/08853282231185352