Synthesis of heparin conjugated silica nanoparticles for nanomedicine applications
Heparin has been extensively explored for cancer metastasis treatment owing to its ability to competitively inhibit metastatic cancer cells adhesion to P-selectin which is overexpressed on vascular endothelium and its inhibitory activity of platelet-tumour cells interaction. Moreover, heparin plays...
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| Format: | Thesis (University of Nottingham only) |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60527/ |