Researches on PEG-modified copolymer nanoparticle / 生物医学工程学杂志

ABSTRACT

Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles acting as drug carrier have important potential applications such as site-specific drug delivery and controllable drug delivery. However, these carriers cannot generally be used because they are eliminated by the reticulo-endothelial system within seconds or minutes after intravenous injection. To overcome this limitation, more and more researchers introduce hydrophilic polyethylene glyeol(PEG) to modify polymeric nanoparticles for avoiding their uptake by reticulo-endothelial system. Introducing PEG not only changes polymer nanoparticles' biodegradation in vivo, but also influences drug's properties such as drug release, in vivo biodistribution, et. al. In this paper are reviewed the researches of PEG-modified copolymer nanoparticles, including their preparation and size distribution, stability, drug incorporation, drug release, in vivo biodistribution, in vitro cytotoxicty. A prospect for the researches and developments of the PEG-modified copolymer nanoparticles was also made.