Abstract
Multimeric grain-marked micelles consisting of an inner core micelle (for Fe3O4 encapsulation) and outer multi-grain micelles (for chlorin e6 (Ce6, a model drug) encapsulation) were fabricated using a micelle-to-micelle conjugation method. Grain micelles (mono-thiol functionalized micelles) were chemically linked to the surface of the core micelle (multi-maleimide functionalized micelle). These micelles enable discrete compartments for Ce6 and iron oxide (Fe3O4) that enable a significantly increased in vivo photodynamic tumor inhibition while preserving high contrast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the tumor in vivo.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 166-172 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | International Journal of Pharmaceutics |
| Volume | 471 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 25 Aug 2014 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was financially supported by a grant of the Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare (No. A111291 ).
Keywords
- Chlorin e6 (Ce6)
- Grain-marked micelles
- Magnetic resonance imaging
- Multimeric micelles
- Photodynamic therapy