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SCIENCE CHINA-CHEMISTRY
Volume 53, Issue 3, Pages 458-478Publisher
SCIENCE PRESS
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-010-0107-y
Keywords
peptide dendrimers; molecular probes; drug delivery; gene delivery
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50633020]
- 973 Program [2005CB623903]
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Peptide dendrimers are attractive synthetic polymers and have been widely used as a new generation of biomaterials in recent years. Peptide dendrimers, as well as general dendrimers, may be synthesized to reach nano sizes, and display well-defined architectures, highly-branched structures, high density of functional terminal groups, and controllable molecular weights. On the other hand, peptide dendrimers have properties similar to proteins and some special characteristics, such as good biocompatibility, water solubility and resistance to proteolytic digestion. Due to these advantages, peptide dendrimers have received considerable attention in biomedicine. This review focuses on the development of peptide dendrimers with emphasis on their applications both in diagnostics and in therapy.
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