Adding vitamin E-TPGS to the formulation of Genexol-PM: specially mixed micelles improve drug-loading ability and cytotoxicity against multidrug-resistant tumors significantly.

Genexol-PM, produced by Samyang Company (Korea) is an excellent preparation of paclitaxel (PTX) for clinical cancer treatment. However, it cannot resolve the issue of multidrug resistance (MDR)-a significant problem in the administration of PTX to cancer patients. To increase the efficacy of Genexol...

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Main Authors: Zhuoyang Fan, Cheng Chen, Xiaoying Pang, Zhou Yu, Yang Qi, Xinyi Chen, Huihui Liang, Xiaoling Fang, Xianyi Sha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4382049?pdf=render