Liposomes with Water as a pH-Responsive Functionality for Targeting of Acidic Tumor and Infection Sites

Da-Yuan Wang, Guang Yang, Henny C. van Der Mei*, Yijin Ren, Henk J. Busscher*, Linqi Shi*

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Abstract

A lipid named DCPA was synthesized under microwave-assisted heating. DCPA possesses a pyridine betaine, hydrophilic group that can be complexed with water through hydrogen bonding (DCPA-H2O). DCPA-H2O liposomes became protonated relatively fast already at pH

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)17714-17719
Number of pages6
JournalAngewandte Chemie-International Edition
Volume60
Issue number32
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2-Aug-2021

Keywords

  • hydrogen bonding
  • pH-responsive
  • pyridine betaine
  • self-targeting
  • zwitterionic lipids
  • NANOPARTICLES
  • CIRCULATION
  • ACTIVATION
  • STRATEGY
  • BEHAVIOR
  • TIME

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