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Butler, Jennifer S. (Jennifer Suzanne) and Sadler, P. J. (2013) Targeted delivery of platinum-based anticancer complexes. Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Volume 17 (Number 2). pp. 175-188. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.01.004 ISSN 1367-5931.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.01.004
Abstract
The most widely used anticancer drugs are platinum-based. Their efficacy might be improved by carriers which can transport large numbers of Pt centres, shield the drug from premature activation, and/or deliver Pt specifically to cancer cells using vectors which recognise specific targets. We describe recent progress using functionalized carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and nanorods, hollow Prussian blue (HPB), magnetic iron oxide and gold nanoparticles, liposomes, nanogels and polymers, as well as active targeting by conjugation to biodegradable proteins and peptides (e.g. EGF, heparin, herceptin, somatostatin and TAT). Spatially targeted activation of PtIV prodrugs using light is also a promising approach. Interestingly, use of these new delivery and targeting systems for platinum drugs can lead to species with unusual reactivity which can kill cancer cells by new mechanisms.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Chemistry | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Current Opinion in Chemical Biology | ||||
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1367-5931 | ||||
Official Date: | April 2013 | ||||
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Volume: | Volume 17 | ||||
Number: | Number 2 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 175-188 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.cbpa.2013.01.004 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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