Self-assembled, ellipsoidal polymeric nanoparticles for intracellular delivery of therapeutics. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Nanoparticle shape has emerged as a key regulator of nanoparticle transport across physiological barriers, intracellular uptake, and biodistribution. We report a facile approach to synthesize ellipsoidal nanoparticles through self-assembly of poly(glycerol sebacate)-co-poly(ethylene glycol) (PGS-co-PEG). The PGS-PEG nanoparticle system is highly tunable, and the semiaxis length of the nanoparticles can be modulated by changing PGS-PEG molar ratio and incorporating therapeutics. As both PGS and PEG are highly biocompatible, the PGS-co-PEG nanoparticles show high hemo-, immuno-, and cytocompatibility. Our data suggest that PGS-co-PEG nanoparticles have the potential for use in a wide range of biomedical applications including regenerative medicine, stem cell engineering, immune modulation, and cancer therapeutics. 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 106A: 2048-2058, 2018.

published proceedings

  • J Biomed Mater Res A

altmetric score

  • 5.2

author list (cited authors)

  • Desai, P., Venkataramanan, A., Schneider, R., Jaiswal, M. K., Carrow, J. K., Purwada, A., Singh, A., & Gaharwar, A. K.

citation count

  • 14

complete list of authors

  • Desai, Prachi||Venkataramanan, Anjana||Schneider, Rebecca||Jaiswal, Manish K||Carrow, James K||Purwada, Alberto||Singh, Ankur||Gaharwar, Akhilesh K

publication date

  • July 2018

publisher