Search results for " polyaspartamide"

Synthesis and characterization of polyaspartamide copolymers obtained by ATRP for nucleic acid delivery

2014

Abstract Nucleic acid molecules such as small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and plasmidic DNAs (pDNAs) have been shown to have the potential to be of therapeutic value in different human diseases. Their practical use is however compromised by the lack of appropriate release systems. Delivered as naked molecules, siRNAs/pDNAs are rapidly degraded by extracellular nucleases thus considerably reducing the amount of molecule which can reach the target cells. Additionally, the anionic charge of the phosphate groups present on the siRNAs/pDNAs backbone, disfavors the interaction with the negatively charged surface of the cell membrane. In this paper we describe the generation of a novel polymer able …

TOWARD POTENT ANTIBIOFILM DEGRADABLE MEDICAL DEVICES: GENERIC METHODOLOGIES FOR THE SURFACE MODIfiCATION OF POLYLACTIDE

2014

Polymeric micelles based on a polyaspartamide copolymer for pulmonary delivery of beclomethasone dipropionate

2015

FLUORINATED DERIVATIVES OF A POLYASPARTAMIDE BEARING POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL CHAINS AS OXYGEN CARRIERS

2008

Abstract In this paper the synthesis and characterization of new fluorinated polymers based on a polyaspartamide bearing polyethylene glycol (PEG) chains, are reported. The starting material was the α,β-poly(N-2-hydroxyethyl)- dl -aspartamide (PHEA), a water soluble and biocompatible polymer, that has been derivatized with both polyethylene glycol (with a molecular weight of 2000 Da) and 5-pentafluorophenyl-3-perfluoroheptyl-1,2,4-oxadiazole. By varying the amount of the fluorinated oxadiazole, three samples have been prepared and characterized by FT-IR, 1H NMR, 19F NMR and UV–VIS spectroscopy. Size exclusion chromatography analysis of these copolymers revealed the occurrence of a self-asso…