Recent developments in carbohydrate‐decorated targeted drug/gene delivery
- 22 July 2009
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Medicinal Research Reviews
- Vol. 30 (2), 270-289
- https://doi.org/10.1002/med.20171
Abstract
Targeted delivery of a drug or gene to its site of action has clear therapeutic advantages by maximizing its therapeutic efficiency and minimizing its systemic toxicity. Generally, targeted drug or gene delivery is performed by loading a macromolecular carrier with an appropriate drug or gene, and by targeting the drug/gene carrier to specific cell or tissue with the help of specific targeting ligand. The emergence of glycobiology, glycotechnology, and glycomics and their continual adaptation by pharmaceutical scientists have opened exciting avenue of medicinal applications of carbohydrates. Among them, the biocompatibility and specific receptor recognition ability confer the ability of carbohydrates as potential targeting ligands for targeted drug and gene delivery applications. This review summarizes recent progress of carbohydrate‐decorated targeted drug/gene delivery applications. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Med Res Rev, 30, No. 2, 270–289, 2010Keywords
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