Figure 8.
(A) Drug model (fluorescent dye DY-676) distribution in human colon carcinoma-bearing nude mice after injection of star-like HPMA-based copolymers containing different spacers—4-(2-oxopropyl)benzoyl (OPB), 4-isopropyl-4-oxobutanoyl (IPB), and 4-oxo-4-(2-pyridyl)butanoyl (PYR) spacers. (Reprinted with permission from [32], Copyright [2017], Elsevier). (B) Release of drug model from the copolymers incubated in phosphate buffered saline at pH 5.0 (●──OPB; ▲──IPB; ▽──PYR) and pH 7.4 (●- - - OPB; ▲- - - IPB; ▽- - - PYR) at 37 °C.