PolyMetformin combines carrier and anticancer activities for in vivo siRNA delivery

The anti-diabetic drug Metformin also possesses anti-tumour activity. Here, the authors synthesize polymeric Metformin-based nanoparticles that still exert intrinsic biological activity through AMPK and mTOR regulation and can systematically deliver VEGF siRNA, significantly reducing lung cancer gro...

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Main Authors: Yi Zhao, Wei Wang, Shutao Guo, Yuhua Wang, Lei Miao, Yang Xiong, Leaf Huang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/d8d0188e952a4aed809eebe69a78701e
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