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Pharmaceutics, Volume 15, Issue 5

May 2023 - 249 articles

Cover Story: This manuscript provides an in-depth review of the scientific literature from recent years, focusing on the use of intranasal drug delivery as a promising approach for enhancing the treatment of Alzheimer-type dementia. The authors present a concise and accessible summary of key aspects of the disease, as well as the mechanisms involved in nose-to-brain drug transport. The paper covers important topics, such as the anatomical–physiological features of the nasal route and the challenges associated with delivering drugs to the brain through this pathway. Furthermore, the review critically analyzes the most promising trends in nano lipid carriers (NLCs) that have the potential to yield therapeutically valuable outcomes. The emphasis is placed on highlighting the most significant and relevant findings based on current knowledge in the field. View this paper
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Articles (249)

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,497 Views
15 Pages

RETRACTED: An Innovative Tool for Evidence-Based, Personalized Treatment Trials in Mucopolysaccharidosis

  • Anna-Maria Wiesinger,
  • Brian Bigger,
  • Roberto Giugliani,
  • Christina Lampe,
  • Maurizio Scarpa,
  • Tobias Moser,
  • Christoph Kampmann,
  • Georg Zimmermann and
  • Florian B. Lagler

Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a group of rare metabolic diseases associated with reduced life expectancy and a substantial unmet medical need. Immunomodulatory drugs could be a relevant treatment approach for MPS patients, although they are not lice...

  • Review
  • Open Access
52 Citations
5,579 Views
51 Pages

Current Principles, Challenges, and New Metrics in pH-Responsive Drug Delivery Systems for Systemic Cancer Therapy

  • Roman A. Verkhovskii,
  • Alexey N. Ivanov,
  • Ekaterina V. Lengert,
  • Ksenia A. Tulyakova,
  • Natalia Yu. Shilyagina and
  • Alexey V. Ermakov

The paradigm of drug delivery via particulate formulations is one of the leading ideas that enable overcoming limitations of traditional chemotherapeutic agents. The trend toward more complex multifunctional drug carriers is well-traced in the litera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,122 Views
14 Pages

Design and Synthesis of Amphiphilic Graft Polyphosphazene Micelles for Docetaxel Delivery

  • Diana Serbezeanu,
  • Tǎchițǎ Vlad-Bubulac,
  • Ana-Maria Macsim and
  • Vera Bǎlan

The structural versatility of polydichlorophosphazene derived from the inestimable possibilities to functionalize the two halogens, attached to each phosphazene main chain unit, attracted increasing attention in the last decade. This uncountable chem...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,486 Views
25 Pages

Differential Expression of ABC Transporter Genes in Brain Vessels vs. Peripheral Tissues and Vessels from Human, Mouse and Rat

  • Wandong Zhang,
  • Qing Yan Liu,
  • Arsalan S. Haqqani,
  • Ziying Liu,
  • Caroline Sodja,
  • Sonia Leclerc,
  • Ewa Baumann,
  • Christie E. Delaney,
  • Eric Brunette and
  • Danica B. Stanimirovic

Background: ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters comprise a superfamily of genes encoding membrane proteins with nucleotide-binding domains (NBD). These transporters, including drug efflux across the blood–brain barrier (BBB), carry a variet...

  • Review
  • Open Access
25 Citations
8,057 Views
34 Pages

Coronavirus infections are neuroinvasive and can provoke injury to the central nervous system (CNS) and long-term illness consequences. They may be associated with inflammatory processes due to cellular oxidative stress and an imbalanced antioxidant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,831 Views
17 Pages

Herb Robert’s Gift against Human Diseases: Anticancer and Antimicrobial Activity of Geranium robertianum L.

  • Łukasz Świątek,
  • Inga Wasilewska,
  • Anastazja Boguszewska,
  • Agnieszka Grzegorczyk,
  • Jakub Rezmer,
  • Barbara Rajtar,
  • Małgorzata Polz-Dacewicz and
  • Elwira Sieniawska

Geranium robertianum L. is a widely distributed plant used as a traditional herbal medicine, but the knowledge of its biological properties still needs to be improved. Thus, the purpose of this presented research was to assess the phytochemical profi...

  • Review
  • Open Access
48 Citations
6,114 Views
31 Pages

Transforming Wound Management: Nanomaterials and Their Clinical Impact

  • Ashwini T,
  • Ashlesh Prabhu,
  • Vishal Baliga,
  • Shreesha Bhat,
  • Siddarth T. Thenkondar,
  • Yogendra Nayak and
  • Usha Y. Nayak

Wound healing is a complex process that can be further complicated in chronic wounds, leading to prolonged healing times, high healthcare costs, and potential patient morbidity. Nanotechnology has shown great promise in developing advanced wound dres...

  • Review
  • Open Access
27 Citations
10,564 Views
16 Pages

Oral Mucosa Models to Evaluate Drug Permeability

  • Elena Mazzinelli,
  • Ilaria Favuzzi,
  • Alessandro Arcovito,
  • Raffaella Castagnola,
  • Giorgia Fratocchi,
  • Alvaro Mordente and
  • Giuseppina Nocca

Due to its numerous advantages, such as excellent drug accessibility, rapid absorption, and bypass of first-pass metabolism, the route of drug administration that involves crossing the oral mucosa is highly favored. As a result, there is significant...

  • Review
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,179 Views
12 Pages

Pharmacotherapeutic Potential of Aloe secundiflora against Colorectal Cancer Growth and Proliferation

  • John M. Macharia,
  • Veronica Ngure,
  • Barnabás Emődy,
  • Bence Király,
  • Zsolt Káposztás,
  • Nóra Rozmann,
  • Attila Erdélyi and
  • Bence Raposa

Aloe species are widespread and diverse in African ecosystems, and this commonly correlates to their habitual use as reservoirs of herbal medicine. The side effects associated with chemotherapy and the development of antimicrobial resistance to empir...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,531 Views
19 Pages

Challenges in the Development and Application of Organ-on-Chips for Intranasal Drug Delivery Studies

  • Muhammad Usman Khan,
  • Xinyu Cai,
  • Zhiwei Shen,
  • Taye Mekonnen,
  • Agisilaos Kourmatzis,
  • Shaokoon Cheng and
  • Hanieh Gholizadeh

With the growing demand for the development of intranasal (IN) products, such as nasal vaccines, which has been especially highlighted during the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of novel technologies to accurately test the safety and effectiveness of IN...

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