期刊
JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE
卷 337, 期 -, 页码 356-370出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.07.036
关键词
Nanomedicine; Dendrimers; First-in-class nanodrugs; Best-in-class nanodrugs; Vertical and diagonal translations; Clinical multifunctionality
资金
- PRC NSFC-CNRS [21911530230, 199675]
- CNRS (France)
- EuroNanoMed III Project (European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme) [723770]
- FCT-Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia [UIDB/00674/2020, UIDP/00674/2020]
- Portuguese Government Funds
- ARDITI-Agencia Regional para o Desenvolvimento da Investigacao Tecnologia e Inovacao [M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000005]
Dendrimers, as a type of nanomedicine formulation, play important roles as drug carriers and drugs themselves. The review discusses the novelty and strategies of dendrimers as drugs, as well as the application of multifunctional elements in nanoparticles and principles for dendrimer nanomedicine design.
Among the numerous nanomedicine formulations, dendrimers have emerged as original, efficient, carefully assembled, hyperbranched, polymeric nanoparticles based on synthetic monomers. Dendrimers are used either as nanocarriers of drugs or as drugs themselves. When used as drug carriers, dendrimers are considered 'best-in-class agents', modifying and enhancing the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic properties of the active entities encapsulated or conjugated with the dendrimers. When used as drugs themselves, dendrimers represent a novel category of first-in-class drugs. The purpose of this original review is to analyse the different strategies involved in the development, application, and impact of dendrimers as drugs. We examine a selection of nanoparticles that use multifunctional elements and demonstrate clinical multifunctionality, and we extend these principles to applications in dendrimer nanomedicine design. Finally, for practical consideration, the concepts of vertical and diagonal translation are introduced as potential strategies to facilitate dendrimer development.
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