title: Glyconanoparticles for biomedical applications.
abstract: Over the past two decades, glycosylated nanoparticles (i.e., glyconanoparticles having sugar residues on the surface) received much attention for biomedical applications such as bioassays and targeted drug delivery. This minireview focuses on three aspects: (1) glycosylated gold nanoparticles, (2) glycosylated quantum dots, and (3) glyconanoparticles self-assembled from amphiphilic glycopolymers. The synthetic methods and the multivalent interactions between glyconanoparticles and lectins is shortly illustrated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Polymer Science & Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, PR China. cmdong@sjtu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Chang-Ming
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D001681:Biological Assay; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006031:Glycosylation; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D050997:Nanomedicine / Q000379:methods*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D011108:Polymers / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D011108:Polymers