摘要
现在,纳米医学通过材料结构在纳米水平、生物分子和物理化学过程的创新组合,为诊断和治疗带来了新机会。如果纳米材料的固有性质在此新学科中具有重大意义,那么这些纳米工具的功能化与生物分子均改善了其生物相容性及有效性。碳水化合物衍生物、天然的或合成的化合物,在医疗中越来越多地使用纳米结构。正如当前医学上,糖类物质被用于模仿其生理作用。事实上,碳水化合物可提高药物溶解度和降低药物清除率。它们被用于屏蔽纳米物体的免疫原性组分和逃避身体防御,最后促进靶组织给药。所有这些特性解释了糖类物质在纳米药物的重要性日益增加。
关键词: 给药,糖化学,纳米医学,纳米颗粒。
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Why Anticancer Nanomedicine Needs Sugars?
Volume: 22 Issue: 26
Author(s): E. Bouffard, K. El Cheikh, A. Gallud, A. Da Silva, M. Maynadier, I. Basile, M. Gary-Bobo, A. Morere and M. Garcia
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关键词: 给药,糖化学,纳米医学,纳米颗粒。
摘要: Nowadays, nanomedicine brings new opportunities for diagnosis and treatment through innovative combinations of materials structured at the nanoscale, biomolecules and physicochemical processes. If the intrinsic properties of nanomaterials appear of major importance in this new discipline, the functionalization of these nanotools with biomolecules improves both their biocompatibility and efficacy. This is the case of carbohydrate derivatives, natural or synthetic, which are increasingly being used in nanostructures for medical purposes. As in current medicine, sugars are used to mimic their physiological roles. Indeed, carbohydrates enhance the solubility and reduce the clearance of drugs. They are used to mask immunogenic components of nano-objects and escape the body defenses and finally facilitate the delivery to the target tissue. All these properties explain the growing importance of sugars in nanomedicine.
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Bouffard E., El Cheikh K., Gallud A., Da Silva A., Maynadier M., Basile I., Gary-Bobo M., Morere A. and Garcia M., Why Anticancer Nanomedicine Needs Sugars?, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 22 (26) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867322666150805103104
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867322666150805103104 |
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