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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Main Author: Jaradat, Abdolelah
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/60527/