title: In situ micro-sized gel-forming injectable implant using biodegradable amphiphilic graft copolymer.
abstract: A synthesized graft polymer is used as a biodegradable polymer for an in situ gel-forming injectable implant system. The amphiphilic character of the polymer in the graft structure lowered the viscosity of the polymer solution, which enabled easy injection. A micro-sized gel can be obtained with this system, which has not been found for previous in situ gel-forming systems with poly[(D,L-lactide)-co-glycolide] copolymer. In addition, a protein particle embedded gel exhibits good in vitro drug release performance as a result of the enhanced stability and shorter diffusion length.
authors.affiliation: Division of Advanced Materials Engineering, Kongju National University, 275, Budae-dong, Cheonan, Chungnam, Korea. kycho@kongju.ac.kr
authors.forename: Kuk Young
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Seongnam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung-Ki
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Park
mesh_terms: D020341:Absorbable Implants; D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid / Q000737:chemistry*; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*; D013997:Time Factors; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D003692:Delayed-Action Preparations; D011108:Polymers; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D019344:Lactic Acid