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Review Article

The glyconanoparticle as carrier for drug delivery

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Pages 1840-1845 | Received 22 Jun 2018, Accepted 30 Aug 2018, Published online: 26 Dec 2018
 

Abstract

The glyconanoparticle (GlycoNP) has multiple effects and has important applications in drug delivery and bioimaging. It not only has the advantages of nano drug delivery system but also utilizes the characteristics of multivalent interaction of sugar, which greatly improves the targeting of drug delivery. Herein, the application of GlycoNP in drug delivery was analyzed and discussed, the solution to its problem was proposed, and its prospects were forecasted.

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Funding

The Project Sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry [No. 2015-1098]. The work was also supported by Chongqing Key Research Project of Basic Science & Frontier Technology [No. cstc2017jcyjBX0012], Foundation Project of Chongqing Normal University [No. 14XYY020], Chongqing General Research Program of Basic Research and Frontier Technology [No. cstc2015jcyjA10054], and Chongqing Normal University Postgraduate's Research and Innovation Project [No. YKC17004], China.