2020 journal article

Clickable, acid labile immunosuppressive prodrugs for in vivo targeting

Biomaterials Science, 8(1), 266–277.

By: H. Wang*, M. Sobral*, T. Snyder, Y. Brudno*, V. Gorantla* & D. Mooney*

TL;DR: Dibenzocyclooctyne-modified prodrugs of the immunosuppressive drugs tacrolimus, rapamycin and mycophenolic acid are developed and targeted conjugation both in vitro and in vivo to azido-modified hydrogels via Click chemistry is demonstrated. (via Semantic Scholar)
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Added: July 8, 2023

Clickable immunosuppressive prodrugs enablein vivoreplenishment of drugs in biomaterial depots to maintain long-term immunosuppression in tissue/organ transplantation.