PMID- 26688694 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1773-2247 (Print) IS - 1773-2247 (Linking) VI - 30 IP - Pt B DP - 2015 Dec 1 TI - POLYMERIC BIOMATERIALS AND NANOMEDICINES. PG - 318-330 AB - This overview intends to demonstrate the close relationship between the design of smart biomaterials and water-soluble polymer-drug conjugates. First, the discovery and systematic studies of hydrogels based on crosslinked poly(meth)acrylic acid esters and substituted amides is described. Then, the lessons learned for the design of water-soluble polymers as drug carriers are highlighted. The current state-of-the-art in water-soluble, mainly poly[N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacylamide (HPMA), polymer-drug conjugates is shown including the design of backbone degradable HPMA copolymer carriers. In the second part, the modern design of hybrid hydrogels focuses on the self-assembly of hybrid copolymers composed from the synthetic part (backbone) and biorecognizable grafts (coiled-coil forming peptides or morpholino oligonucleotides) is shown. The research of self-assembling hydrogels inspired the invention and design of drug-free macromolecular therapeutics - a new paradigm in drug delivery where crosslinking of non-internalizating CD20 receptors results in apoptosis in vitro and in vivo. The latter is mediated by biorecognition of complementary motifs; no low molecular weight drug is needed. FAU - Yang, Jiyuan AU - Yang J AD - Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. FAU - Kopecek, Jindrich AU - Kopecek J AD - Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA ; Department of Bioengineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 EB005288/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM095606/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R03 TW006260/TW/FIC NIH HHS/United States GR - R41 CA156933/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA132831/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R42 CA156933/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 GM069847/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 CA051578/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PL - France TA - J Drug Deliv Sci Technol JT - Journal of drug delivery science and technology JID - 101214432 PMC - PMC4681002 MID - NIHMS693394 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cancer OT - Drug-free macromolecular therapeutics OT - Hydrogels OT - Nanomedicines OT - Polymer-drug conjugates OT - Self-assembly of macromolecules EDAT- 2015/12/22 06:00 MHDA- 2015/12/22 06:01 PMCR- 2016/12/01 CRDT- 2015/12/22 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/22 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/12/22 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/12/22 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1016/j.jddst.2015.05.012 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Drug Deliv Sci Technol. 2015 Dec 1;30(Pt B):318-330. doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2015.05.012.