Active targeted drug delivery of MMP-2 sensitive polymeric nanoparticles

Chem Commun (Camb). 2018 Oct 2;54(79):11092-11095. doi: 10.1039/c8cc05504a.

Abstract

Novel matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP2)-sensitive nanoparticles (NPs) are developed with copolymers of TPGS3350-pp-PLGA and TPGS-folate to overcome some drawbacks of traditional anticancer formulations in drug delivery, such as short circulation time in blood, small drug accumulation at the tumor site, low intracellular uptake, etc.