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Pharmaceutics, Volume 13, Issue 8

August 2021 - 219 articles

Cover Story: Bioresponsive nanoparticles exclusively made of a homo-dimeric paclitaxel prodrug were prepared and loaded with the photosensitizer pheophorbide A. The one-pot production process allowed us to obtain nanoparticles with high drug loading, elevated stability and improved reactive oxygen species and singlet oxygen production. This paper demonstrates that the concomitant presence of elevated GSH concentrations, typical of the tumor and its microenvironment, and ROS produced upon light irradiation cooperate to promote PTX release. Our combined multimodal system allows for a 30- and 3-fold dose reduction for PTX and PheoA, respectively, in treated SK-OV-3 cells. View this paper.
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Articles (219)

  • Review
  • Open Access
85 Citations
10,034 Views
23 Pages

Biopolymeric microparticles have been widely used for long-term release formulations of short half-life chemicals or synthetic peptides. Characterization of the drug release from microparticles is important to ensure product quality and desired pharm...

  • Review
  • Open Access
45 Citations
9,648 Views
36 Pages

Prompted by the ground-breaking discovery of the rodent odorant receptor (OR) gene family within the olfactory epithelium nearly 30 years ago, followed by that of OR genes in cells of the mammalian germ line, and potentiated by the identification of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,331 Views
20 Pages

Improved Bioavailability of Ebastine through Development of Transfersomal Oral Films

  • Nayyer Islam,
  • Muhammad Irfan,
  • Ameer Fawad Zahoor,
  • Muhammad Shahid Iqbal,
  • Haroon Khalid Syed,
  • Ikram Ullah Khan,
  • Akhtar Rasul,
  • Salah-Ud-Din Khan,
  • Alaa M. Alqahtani and
  • Muzzamil Ikram
  • + 4 authors

The main objective of this research work was the development and evaluation of transfersomes integrated oral films for the bioavailability enhancement of Ebastine (EBT) to treat allergic rhinitis. The flexible transfersomes, consisting of drug (EBT),...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,643 Views
14 Pages

Cinnamomum cassia L. is used as a spice and flavoring agent as well as a traditional medicine worldwide. Diterpenoids, a class of compounds present in C. cassia, have various pharmacological effects, such as anti-inflammatory, antitumor, and ant...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
10,878 Views
22 Pages

Formulation Considerations for Autologous T Cell Drug Products

  • Christopher F. van der Walle,
  • Sonya Godbert,
  • Gabriele Saito and
  • Zein Azhari

Genetically modified autologous T cells have become an established immunotherapy in the fight against cancer. The manufacture of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and αβ-T cell receptor (TCR) transduced T cells poses unique challenges, including the fo...

  • Review
  • Open Access
74 Citations
7,551 Views
21 Pages

Recent Technologies for Amorphization of Poorly Water-Soluble Drugs

  • Dohyun Kim,
  • Youngwoo Kim,
  • Yee-Yee Tin,
  • Mya-Thet-Paing Soe,
  • Byounghyen Ko,
  • Sunjae Park and
  • Jaehwi Lee

Amorphization technology has been the subject of continuous attention in the pharmaceutical industry, as a means to enhance the solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs. Being in a high energy state, amorphous formulations generally display significa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
5,335 Views
16 Pages

Stimuli-Responsive Nanofibers Containing Gold Nanorods for On-Demand Drug Delivery Platforms

  • Baljinder Singh,
  • Nutan Shukla,
  • Junkee Kim,
  • Kibeom Kim and
  • Myoung-Hwan Park

On-demand drug delivery systems using nanofibers have attracted significant attention owing to their controllable properties for drug release through external stimuli. Near-infrared (NIR)-responsive nanofibers provide a platform where the drug releas...

  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
6,407 Views
22 Pages

Neurovascular Unit: A New Target for Treating Early Stages of Diabetic Retinopathy

  • Rafael Simó,
  • Olga Simó-Servat,
  • Patricia Bogdanov and
  • Cristina Hernández

The concept of diabetic retinopathy as a microvascular disease has evolved and is now considered a more complex diabetic complication in which neurovascular unit impairment plays an essential role and, therefore, can be considered as a main therapeut...

  • Review
  • Open Access
22 Citations
5,798 Views
27 Pages

Nanocarriers as a Tool for the Treatment of Colorectal Cancer

  • Ana Luiza C. de S. L. Oliveira,
  • Timo Schomann,
  • Lioe-Fee de Geus-Oei,
  • Ellen Kapiteijn,
  • Luis J. Cruz and
  • Raimundo Fernandes de Araújo Junior

Nanotechnology is a promising tool for the treatment of cancer. In the past decades, major steps have been made to bring nanotechnology into the clinic in the form of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems. The great hope of drug delivery systems i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,885 Views
21 Pages

The Physicochemical, Biopharmaceutical, and In Vitro Efficacy Properties of Freeze-Dried Dexamethasone-Loaded Lipomers

  • Eloy Pena-Rodríguez,
  • Aida Mata-Ventosa,
  • Laura Garcia-Vega,
  • Sandra Pérez-Torras and
  • Francisco Fernández-Campos

Dexamethasone-loaded polymer hybrid nanoparticles were developed as a potential tool to treat alopecia areata due to their follicular targeting ability. Freeze drying (FD) is a common technique used to improve nanoparticle stability; however, there a...

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Pharmaceutics - ISSN 1999-4923