Periadventitial application of rapamycin-loaded nanoparticles produces sustained inhibition of vascular restenosis.

Open vascular reconstructions frequently fail due to the development of recurrent disease or intimal hyperplasia (IH). This paper reports a novel drug delivery method using a rapamycin-loaded poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLGA) nanoparticles (NPs)/pluronic gel system that can be applied periadventitia...

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Main Authors: Xudong Shi, Guojun Chen, Lian-Wang Guo, Yi Si, Men Zhu, Srikanth Pilla, Bo Liu, Shaoqin Gong, K Craig Kent
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3931710?pdf=render