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Pharmaceutics, Volume 14, Issue 10

October 2022 - 276 articles

Cover Story: A prodrug is bioreversible medication that is specifically converted to the active drugs by enzymes overexpressed in the tumor microenvironment, which can considerably reduce the chemotherapy-induced side effects. However, prodrug strategies usually have low antitumor efficacy compared to free drugs by delayed drug release. Herein, we propose tumor-specific monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE) prodrug nanoparticles for safe and effective chemotherapy. The cathepsin B-specific cleavable FRRG peptide and MMAE are chemically conjugated via one-step simple synthetic chemistry. The resulting FRRG-MMAE nanoparticles efficiently accumulated within tumor tissues and inhibited tubulin polymerization by releasing free MMAE in cathepsin B-overexpressing tumor cells. Collectively, this study provides a promising approach for safe and effective chemotherapy via MMAE-based prodrug nanoparticles. View this paper
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Articles (276)

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,271 Views
19 Pages

Wound control in patients on anticoagulants is challenging and often leads to poor hemostasis. They have a higher tendency to develop alveolar osteitis after tooth extraction. The application of a hemostatic dressing that has a high absorbing capacit...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
5,397 Views
22 Pages

Exosomes as CNS Drug Delivery Tools and Their Applications

  • Ke Sun,
  • Xue Zheng,
  • Hongzhen Jin,
  • Fan Yu and
  • Wei Zhao

Central nervous system (CNS) diseases threaten the health of people all over the world. However, due to the structural and functional particularities of the brain and spinal cord, CNS-targeted drug development is rather challenging. Exosomes are smal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
6,400 Views
20 Pages

Depression is a debilitating mood disorder with highly heterogeneous pathogenesis. The limbic system is well-linked to depression. As an important node in the limbic system, the lateral septum (LS) can modulate multiple affective and motivational beh...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,437 Views
12 Pages

Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Evaluation of Tetrahydropyrimidines: Dual-Activity and Mechanism of Action

  • Emilija Milović,
  • Nenad Janković,
  • Jelena Petronijević,
  • Nenad Joksimović,
  • Marijana Kosanić,
  • Tatjana Stanojković,
  • Ivana Matić,
  • Nađa Grozdanić,
  • Olivera Klisurić and
  • Srđan Stefanović

In this paper, the synthesis, characterization, and biological evaluation of the novel tetrahydropyrimidines—THPMs are described. THPMs are well-known for wide pharmacological activities such as antimicrobial, anticancer, antiviral, etc. This r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,564 Views
21 Pages

Intrinsic aqueous solubility is a foundational property for understanding the chemical, technological, pharmaceutical, and environmental behavior of drug substances. Despite years of solubility research, molecular structure-based prediction of the in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
3,365 Views
25 Pages

Therapeutic Intervention for Various Hospital Setting Strains of Biofilm Forming Candida auris with Multiple Drug Resistance Mutations Using Nanomaterial Ag-Silicalite-1 Zeolite

  • Hanan A. Aldossary,
  • Suriya Rehman,
  • B. Rabindran Jermy,
  • Reem AlJindan,
  • Afra Aldayel,
  • Sayed AbdulAzeez,
  • Sultan Akhtar,
  • Firdos Alam Khan,
  • J. Francis Borgio and
  • Ebtesam Abdullah Al-Suhaimi

Candida auris (C. auris), an emerging multidrug-resistant microorganism, with limited therapeutical options, is one of the leading causes of nosocomial infections. The current study includes 19 C. auris strains collected from King Fahd Hospital of th...

  • Review
  • Open Access
34 Citations
4,934 Views
23 Pages

Nano-Based Drug Delivery Systems for Periodontal Tissue Regeneration

  • Huanhuan Chen,
  • Yunfan Zhang,
  • Tingting Yu,
  • Guangying Song,
  • Tianmin Xu,
  • Tianyi Xin,
  • Yifan Lin and
  • Bing Han

Periodontitis is a dysbiotic biofilm-induced and host-mediated inflammatory disease of tooth supporting tissues that leads to progressive destruction of periodontal ligament and alveolar bone, thereby resulting in gingival recession, deep periodontal...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
3,679 Views
18 Pages

Orange-Peel-Derived Nanobiochar for Targeted Cancer Therapy

  • Daniela Iannazzo,
  • Consuelo Celesti,
  • Claudia Espro,
  • Angelo Ferlazzo,
  • Salvatore V. Giofrè,
  • Mario Scuderi,
  • Silvia Scalese,
  • Bartolo Gabriele,
  • Raffaella Mancuso and
  • Ida Ziccarelli
  • + 2 authors

Cancer-targeted drug delivery systems (DDS) based on carbon nanostructures have shown great promise in cancer therapy due to their ability to selectively recognize specific receptors overexpressed in cancer cells. In this paper, we have explored a gr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,689 Views
14 Pages

G-Quadruplex Linked DNA Guides Selective Transfection into Nucleolin-Overexpressing Cancer Cells

  • Mengxi Xiang,
  • Yongkui Li,
  • Jia Liu,
  • Jie Shi,
  • Yizhi Ge,
  • Chen Peng,
  • Yawen Bin,
  • Zheng Wang and
  • Lin Wang

Gene therapy is a promising approach for treating tumors. Conventional approaches of DNA delivery depending on non-viral or viral vectors are unsatisfactory due to the concerns of biosafety and cell-targeting efficiency. The question how to deliver D...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,795 Views
16 Pages

Formulation and Evaluation of a Drug-in-Adhesive Patch for Transdermal Delivery of Colchicine

  • Yaran Lei,
  • Guobao Yang,
  • Feng Du,
  • Jiahe Yi,
  • Liangzhu Quan,
  • Hanhan Liu,
  • Xun Zhou,
  • Wei Gong,
  • Jing Han and
  • Yuli Wang
  • + 1 author

Gout is one of the most prevalent rheumatic diseases, globally. Colchicine (COL) is the first-line drug used for the treatment of acute gout. However, the oral administration of COL is restricted, owing to serious adverse reactions. Therefore, this s...

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