“…PEG is often used for its stealth functions in nanoparticle formulations because it is a hydrophilic (Bolwell et al, 1988;Crom et al, 1994;Wall and Wani, 1995;Clarke and Rivory, 1999;Lobert et al, 2000;Screnci et al, 2000;Hirschfeld et al, 2003;Forrest et al, 2006;Pommier, 2006;Yang et al, 2006;Kelland, 2007;Kreder and Dmochowski, 2007;Cai et al, 2010;Surapaneni et al, 2012;Wilson and Lippard, 2012;Yadav and Khan, 2013;Ferrati et al, 2015;Nirmalanandhan et al, 2015;Saari et al, 2015). and flexible polymer (Bergström et al, 1994). The conjugation of PEG to the surface of the liposomal phospholipid bilayer reduces the interaction of liposomes with plasma proteins through steric hindrance (Allen et al, 1985;Allen and Chonn, 1987;Gabizon and Papahadjopoulos, 1988;Allen et al, 1991b;Papahadjopoulos et al, 1991;Allen et al, 2002).…”