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Abstract
Artificial, single or multilaminar vesicles (made from lecithins or other lipids) that are used for the delivery of a variety of biological molecules or molecular complexes to cells, for example, drug delivery and gene transfer. They are also used to study membranes and membrane proteins.
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- Liposome
- Liposomes, Ultra-deformable
- Niosomes
- Transferosomes
- Ultradeformable Liposomes
- Liposome, Ultra-deformable
- Liposome, Ultradeformable
- Liposomes, Ultra deformable
- Liposomes, Ultradeformable
- Niosome
- Transferosome
- Ultra-deformable Liposome
- Ultra-deformable Liposomes
- Ultradeformable Liposome
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.
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when used as a vehicle in drug therapy, index specific drug / admin (IM) + LIPOSOMES (NIM without qualifiers); differentiate from LIPID DROPLETS which are organelles
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- Membranes, Artificial (1966-1972)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Liposomes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008081. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008081
- Liposomes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liposome
- Liposomes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q410454