Journal
MACROMOLECULAR BIOSCIENCE
Volume 12, Issue 12, Pages 1731-1738Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201200294
Keywords
biodegradable; glycogen; in vivo imaging; nanoparticles
Funding
- European Union under the Framework 7 program under a contract from an Integrated Infrastructure Initiative [262348 ESMI]
- Grant Agency of the Czech Republic [202/09/2078, P108/12/0640, P208/10/1600, P207/10/P054]
- Fund for Scientific Research Flanders (FWO)
- Ministry of Health, Czech Republic [MZ0IKEM2005]
- Premium Academiae of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
- Hercules Foundation of the Flemish government
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It is demonstrated that glycogen as a biodegradable and inexpensive material coming from renewable resources can be used as a carrier for the construction of in vivo imaging nanoagents. The model system considered is composed of glycogen modified with gadolinium and fluorescent labels. Systematic studies of properties of these nanocarriers by a variety of physical methods and results of in vivo tests of biodegradability are reported. This represents, to the authors' best knowledge, the first such use of glycogen.
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