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Pharmaceutics, Volume 11, Issue 5

May 2019 - 53 articles

Cover Story: An illustration showing that chemotherapy drug (doxorubicin, DOX)-loaded bubbles can serve as drug-loaded carriers in combination with ultrasound exposure for facilitating tumor drug delivery in an osteosarcoma animal model. At the same time, tumor perfusion and volume can be monitored using the DOX-bubbles in conjunction with contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging, demonstrating potential theranostic application. View this paper
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Articles (53)

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,333 Views
11 Pages

Vibrating Mesh Nebulisation of Pro-Antimicrobial Peptides for Use in Cystic Fibrosis

  • Éanna Forde,
  • Graeme Kelly,
  • Louise Sweeney,
  • Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes,
  • Ronan MacLoughlin and
  • Marc Devocelle

Background: There has been considerable interest in the use of antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) as antimicrobial therapeutics in many conditions including cystic fibrosis (CF). The aim of this study is to determine if the prodrugs of AMPs (pro-AMPs) can...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
5,130 Views
20 Pages

Ocular Biodistribution Studies Using Molecular Imaging

  • Ana Castro-Balado,
  • Cristina Mondelo-García,
  • Miguel González-Barcia,
  • Irene Zarra-Ferro,
  • Francisco J Otero-Espinar,
  • Álvaro Ruibal-Morell,
  • Pablo Aguiar and
  • Anxo Fernández-Ferreiro

Classical methodologies used in ocular pharmacokinetics studies have difficulties to obtain information about topical and intraocular distribution and clearance of drugs and formulations. This is associated with multiple factors related to ophthalmic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
7,998 Views
12 Pages

Microneedle-Assisted Transdermal Delivery of Etanercept for Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment

  • Jian Cao,
  • Nan Zhang,
  • Ziyi Wang,
  • Jingjing Su,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Jiabing Han and
  • Yongxing Zhao

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complicated autoimmune disease. The clinical applications of etanercept (EN), a TNF-α inhibitor, can efficiently halt the development of RA. EN is mainly administrated by subcutaneous injection, which may cause lo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
99 Citations
7,821 Views
17 Pages

Bacteria-Targeted Clindamycin Loaded Polymeric Nanoparticles: Effect of Surface Charge on Nanoparticle Adhesion to MRSA, Antibacterial Activity, and Wound Healing

  • Nurhasni Hasan,
  • Jiafu Cao,
  • Juho Lee,
  • Shwe Phyu Hlaing,
  • Murtada A. Oshi,
  • Muhammad Naeem,
  • Min-Hyo Ki,
  • Bok Luel Lee,
  • Yunjin Jung and
  • Jin-Wook Yoo

Adhesion of nanoparticles (NPs) to the bacterial cell wall by modifying their physicochemical properties can improve the antibacterial activity of antibiotic. In this study, we prepared positively charged clindamycin-loaded poly (lactic-co-glycolic a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
5,258 Views
19 Pages

Antimicrobial Effect of Thymus capitatus and Citrus limon var. pompia as Raw Extracts and Nanovesicles

  • Roberto Pinna,
  • Enrica Filigheddu,
  • Claudia Juliano,
  • Alessandra Palmieri,
  • Maria Manconi,
  • Guy D’hallewin,
  • Giacomo Petretto,
  • Margherita Maioli,
  • Carla Caddeo and
  • Maria Letizia Manca
  • + 4 authors

In view of the increasing interest in natural antimicrobial molecules, this study screened the ability of Thymus capitatus (TC) essential oil and Citrus limon var. pompia (CLP) extract as raw extracts or incorporated in vesicular nanocarriers against...

  • Article
  • Open Access
76 Citations
6,993 Views
21 Pages

Clotrimazole-Loaded Mediterranean Essential Oils NLC: A Synergic Treatment of Candida Skin Infections

  • Claudia Carbone,
  • Maria do Céu Teixeira,
  • Maria do Céu Sousa,
  • Carlos Martins-Gomes,
  • Amelia M. Silva,
  • Eliana Maria Barbosa Souto and
  • Teresa Musumeci

The increasing development of resistance of Candida species to traditional drugs represents a great challenge to the medical field for the treatment of skin infections. Essential oils were recently proposed to increase drug effectiveness. Herein, we...

  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
6,713 Views
19 Pages

Smart Freeze-Dried Bigels for the Prevention of the Sexual Transmission of HIV by Accelerating the Vaginal Release of Tenofovir during Intercourse

  • Araceli Martín-Illana,
  • Fernando Notario-Pérez,
  • Raúl Cazorla-Luna,
  • Roberto Ruiz-Caro and
  • María Dolores Veiga

Sub-Saharan African women are still at risk from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and sex with men is the main route of transmission. Vaginal formulations containing antiretroviral drugs are promising tools to give women the power to protect t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
6,607 Views
15 Pages

Characterization and Formulation of Isoniazid for High-Dose Dry Powder Inhalation

  • Imco Sibum,
  • Paul Hagedoorn,
  • Henderik W. Frijlink and
  • Floris Grasmeijer

Tuberculosis is a major health problem and remains one of the main causes of mortality. In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the pulmonary delivery of antibiotics to treat tuberculosis. Isoniazid is one of these antibiotics. In th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
27 Citations
5,733 Views
14 Pages

Rotavirus VP6 as an Adjuvant for Bivalent Norovirus Vaccine Produced in Nicotiana benthamiana

  • Maria Malm,
  • André Diessner,
  • Kirsi Tamminen,
  • Markus Liebscher,
  • Timo Vesikari and
  • Vesna Blazevic

Rotaviruses (RVs) and noroviruses (NoVs) are major causes of childhood acute gastroenteritis. During development of a combination vaccine based on NoV virus-like particles (VLP) and RV VP6 produced in baculovirus expression system in insect cells, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
121 Citations
8,237 Views
16 Pages

Nanoemulsion Based Vehicle for Effective Ocular Delivery of Moxifloxacin Using Experimental Design and Pharmacokinetic Study in Rabbits

  • Jigar Shah,
  • Anroop B. Nair,
  • Shery Jacob,
  • Rakesh K. Patel,
  • Hiral Shah,
  • Tamer M. Shehata and
  • Mohamed Aly Morsy

Nanoemulsion is one of the potential drug delivery strategies used in topical ocular therapy. The purpose of this study was to design and optimize a nanoemulsion-based system to improve therapeutic efficacy of moxifloxacin in ophthalmic delivery. Mox...

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