Polymeric micelles for apoptosis-targeted optical imaging of cancer and intraoperative surgical guidance.

In a two-step strategy, an intraperitoneal (IP) injection of poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PEG-b-PCL) micelles containing paclitaxel (PTX), cyclopamine (CYP), and gossypol (GSP) at 30, 30, and 30 mg/kg, respectively, debulked tumor tissues by 1.3-fold, based on loss of biolumines...

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Main Authors: Hyunah Cho, Clifford S Cho, Guilherme L Indig, Afsaneh Lavasanifar, Mohammad Reza Vakili, Glen S Kwon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3935963?pdf=render