title: Biofunctional nanosystems based on dendritic polymers.
abstract: Among the various polymeric architectures, dendritic polymers have received a substantial scientific focus for their highly branched, multifunctional, and well-defined structures. Dendritic scaffolds have found many applications for designing nanoscale drug/gene delivery carriers and constructing diagnostic and biosensor devices, and protein-resistant surfaces. A significant number of research groups across Europe share the common objective, yet in conspicuously individual ways, of utilizing such polymers for devising innovative biomedical tools and techniques. This review describes the European effort of finding the application of dendritic polymers as advanced generation therapeutics within the purview of nanomedicine.
authors.affiliation: Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Freie Universität Berlin, Takustrasse 3, 14195 Berlin Germany. quadir_mohiuddin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Mohiuddin A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Quadir
authors.forename: Rainer
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Haag
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D050091:Dendrimers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D006801:Humans; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D050091:Dendrimers