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Pharmaceutics, Volume 14, Issue 3

March 2022 - 216 articles

Cover Story: The self-defense mechanism of cancer cells, known as autophagy, and un-sustained ROS generation often restricts efficiency, lowering the immune attack, especially in invading metastatic clusters. Fenton-like reactions in cancer cells cause intratumoral generation of ROS, allowing the potential for immune therapy of tumor metastasis via the recognition of tumor-associated antigens. In this paper, a functional core–shell metal–organic framework nano-cube (dual MOF) as a programmed peroxide mimic in the cancer cells, doubling as a catalytic agent and T cell infiltration inducer that programs ROS and inhibits autophagy, is reported. Such synergy of T cell recruitment and ROS generation transported by dual MOF during metastases successfully suppresses more than 90% of tumor foci in the lung. View this paper
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Articles (216)

  • Review
  • Open Access
95 Citations
11,777 Views
14 Pages

Strategies for Targeted Delivery of Exosomes to the Brain: Advantages and Challenges

  • Hojun Choi,
  • Kyungsun Choi,
  • Dae-Hwan Kim,
  • Byung-Koo Oh,
  • Hwayoung Yim,
  • Soojin Jo and
  • Chulhee Choi

Delivering therapeutics to the central nervous system (CNS) is difficult because of the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Therapeutic delivery across the tight junctions of the BBB can be achieved through various endogenous transportation mechanisms....

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,949 Views
12 Pages

PLA2-Triggered Activation of Cyclosporine-Phospholipid Prodrug as a Drug Targeting Approach in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Therapy

  • Milica Markovic,
  • Shimon Ben-Shabat,
  • Jagadeesh Nagendra Manda,
  • Karina Abramov-Harpaz,
  • Clil Regev,
  • Yifat Miller,
  • Aaron Aponick,
  • Ellen M. Zimmermann and
  • Arik Dahan

Oral medication with activity specifically at the inflamed sites throughout the gastrointestinal tract and limited systemic exposure would be a major advance in our therapeutic approach to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). For this purpose, we have d...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,564 Views
19 Pages

The pharmacologically relevant physicochemical properties of the antiandrogen drug bicalutamide (BCL) have been determined for the first time. Solubility in aqueous solution, 1-octanol, n-hexane, and ethanol was measured by the shake flask method in...

  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
5,096 Views
32 Pages

Finite Element Analysis and Modeling in Pharmaceutical Tableting

  • Ioannis Partheniadis,
  • Vasiliki Terzi and
  • Ioannis Nikolakakis

Finite element analysis (FEA) is a computational method providing numerical solutions and mathematical modeling of complex physical phenomena that evolve during compression tableting of pharmaceutical powders. Since the early 2000s, FEA has been util...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
4,032 Views
19 Pages

Aggregates Associated with Instability of Antibodies during Aerosolization Induce Adverse Immunological Effects

  • Thomas Sécher,
  • Elsa Bodier-Montagutelli,
  • Christelle Parent,
  • Laura Bouvart,
  • Mélanie Cortes,
  • Marion Ferreira,
  • Ronan MacLoughlin,
  • Guy Ilango,
  • Otmar Schmid and
  • Renaud Respaud
  • + 1 author

Background: Immunogenicity refers to the inherent ability of a molecule to stimulate an immune response. Aggregates are one of the major risk factors for the undesired immunogenicity of therapeutic antibodies (Ab) and may ultimately result in immune-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,039 Views
12 Pages

Effect of Pregabalin Combined with Duloxetine and Tramadol on Allodynia in Chronic Postischemic Pain and Spinal Nerve Ligation Mouse Models

  • Jie Quan,
  • Jin Young Lee,
  • Hoon Choi,
  • Young Chan Kim,
  • Sungwon Yang,
  • Jongmin Jeong and
  • Hue Jung Park

Although there are various drugs for Neuropathic pain (NP), the effects of single drugs are often not very satisfactory. The analgesic effects of different combinations of pregabalin, duloxetine, and tramadol or the combination of all three are still...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,572 Views
18 Pages

Dually Active Polycation/miRNA Nanoparticles for the Treatment of Fibrosis in Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease

  • Chuhan Zhang,
  • Yu Hang,
  • Weimin Tang,
  • Diptesh Sil,
  • Heather C. Jensen-Smith,
  • Robert G. Bennett,
  • Benita L. McVicker and
  • David Oupický

Alcohol-associated liver disease (AALD) is a major cause of liver disorders worldwide. Current treatment options are limited, especially for AALD-associated fibrosis. Promising approaches include RNA interference for miR-155 overexpression in Kupffer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,873 Views
16 Pages

High-Resolution Ultrasound Spectroscopy for the Determination of Phospholipid Transitions in Liposomal Dispersions

  • Diego Romano Perinelli,
  • Marco Cespi,
  • Giovanni Filippo Palmieri,
  • Annalisa Aluigi and
  • Giulia Bonacucina

High-resolution ultrasound spectroscopy (HR-US) is a spectroscopic technique using ultrasound waves at high frequencies to investigate the structural properties of dispersed materials. This technique is able to monitor the variation of ultrasound par...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,094 Views
19 Pages

Nonpeptidic Z360-Analogs Tagged with Trivalent Radiometals as Anti-CCK2R Cancer Theranostic Agents: A Preclinical Study

  • Berthold A. Nock,
  • Panagiotis Kanellopoulos,
  • Oleg G. Chepurny,
  • Maritina Rouchota,
  • George Loudos,
  • George G. Holz,
  • Eric P. Krenning and
  • Theodosia Maina

(1) Background: Theranostic approaches in the management of cholecystokinin subtype 2 receptor (CCK2R)-positive tumors include radiolabeled gastrin and CCK motifs. Moving toward antagonist-based CCK2R-radioligands instead, we herein present three ana...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,314 Views
13 Pages

Image-Based Quantification of Gold Nanoparticle Uptake and Localization in 3D Tumor Models to Inform Radiosensitization Schedule

  • Ljubica Z. Petrovic,
  • Michael Oumano,
  • Justin Hanlon,
  • Mark Arnoldussen,
  • Igor Koruga,
  • Sayeda Yasmin-Karim,
  • Wilfred Ngwa and
  • Jonathan Celli

Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have shown particular promise as radiosensitizing agents and as complementary drug delivery agents to improve therapeutic index in cancer treatment. Optimal implementation, however, depends critically on the localization of...

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