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Pharmaceutics, Volume 15, Issue 6

June 2023 - 213 articles

Cover Story: Localized photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a promising approach to treating breast cancer since it triggers immunity against recurrence and metastasis distant from the treated area. Despite that, the widespread application of PDT is limited by a photosensitizer's (PS) tendency to aggregate and lack of selectivity for cancer cells. In this work, we report a nanotechnological biomimetic formulation for transporting the PS meso-tetraphenylchlorin disulfonate (TPCS2a). Poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanoparticles efficiently loaded TPCS2a and were coated with mesenchymal stem cell-derived plasma membranes to avoid premature clearance by the mononuclear phagocytes system and favor tumor accumulation. Encapsulation of TPCS2a into nanoparticles prevents its aggregation, facilitating the administration while maintaining therapeutic efficacy. View this paper
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Articles (213)

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,355 Views
20 Pages

Modified Sulfanilamide Release from Intelligent Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) Hydrogels

  • Ana Dinić,
  • Vesna Nikolić,
  • Ljubiša Nikolić,
  • Snežana Ilić-Stojanović,
  • Stevo Najman,
  • Maja Urošević and
  • Ivana Gajić

The aim of this study was to examine homopolymeric poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), p(NIPAM), hydrogels cross-linked with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate as carriers for sulfanilamide. Using FTIR, XRD and SEM methods, structural characterization of synthe...

  • Communication
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,499 Views
11 Pages

Novel Human/Non-Human Primate Cross-Reactive Anti-Transferrin Receptor Nanobodies for Brain Delivery of Biologics

  • Laura Rué,
  • Tom Jaspers,
  • Isabelle M. S. Degors,
  • Sam Noppen,
  • Dominique Schols,
  • Bart De Strooper and
  • Maarten Dewilde

The blood-brain barrier (BBB), while being the gatekeeper of the central nervous system (CNS), is a bottleneck for the treatment of neurological diseases. Unfortunately, most of the biologicals do not reach their brain targets in sufficient quantitie...

  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
5,352 Views
18 Pages

Polymorphism of Carbamazepine Pharmaceutical Cocrystal: Structural Analysis and Solubility Performance

  • Artem O. Surov,
  • Ksenia V. Drozd,
  • Anna G. Ramazanova,
  • Andrei V. Churakov,
  • Anna V. Vologzhanina,
  • Elizaveta S. Kulikova and
  • German L. Perlovich

Polymorphism is a common phenomenon among single- and multicomponent molecular crystals that has a significant impact on the contemporary drug development process. A new polymorphic form of the drug carbamazepine (CBZ) cocrystal with methylparaben (M...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
12,123 Views
50 Pages

Chronic ocular diseases can seriously impact the eyes and could potentially result in blindness or serious vision loss. According to the most recent data from the WHO, there are more than 2 billion visually impaired people in the world. Therefore, it...

  • Review
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,712 Views
19 Pages

Magnetic Nanoparticle-Based High-Performance Positive and Negative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Contrast Agents

  • Tirusew Tegafaw,
  • Shuwen Liu,
  • Mohammad Yaseen Ahmad,
  • Abdullah Khamis Ali Al Saidi,
  • Dejun Zhao,
  • Ying Liu,
  • Sung-Wook Nam,
  • Yongmin Chang and
  • Gang Ho Lee

In recent decades, magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) have attracted considerable research interest as versatile substances for various biomedical applications, particularly as contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Depending on their compos...

  • Review
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,438 Views
25 Pages

Green Routes for Bio-Fabrication in Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications

  • Carla Serri,
  • Iriczalli Cruz-Maya,
  • Irene Bonadies,
  • Giovanna Rassu,
  • Paolo Giunchedi,
  • Elisabetta Gavini and
  • Vincenzo Guarino

In the last decade, significant advances in nanotechnologies, rising from increasing knowledge and refining of technical practices in green chemistry and bioengineering, enabled the design of innovative devices suitable for different biomedical appli...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,305 Views
14 Pages

Determination of Mucoadhesion of Polyvinyl Alcohol Films to Human Intestinal Tissue

  • Laura Müller,
  • Christoph Rosenbaum,
  • Adrian Rump,
  • Michael Grimm,
  • Friederike Klammt,
  • Annabel Kleinwort,
  • Alexandra Busemann and
  • Werner Weitschies

The absorption of drugs with narrow absorption windows in the upper small intestine can be improved with a mucoadhesive drug delivery system such as enteric films. To predict the mucoadhesive behaviour in vivo, suitable in vitro or ex vivo methods ca...

  • Review
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,841 Views
20 Pages

A wide variety of therapeutic approaches and technologies for delivering therapeutic agents have been investigated for treating cancer. Recently, immunotherapy has achieved success in cancer treatment. Successful clinical results of immunotherapeutic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,708 Views
18 Pages

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been studied for their potential in facilitating tumor-targeted delivery of chemotherapeutics due to their tumor-homing characteristics. We hypothesized that targeting effectiveness of MSCs can be further enhanced b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,732 Views
19 Pages

Medical composites derived from Gamma-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) and beclomethasone dipropionate−gamma-cyclodextrin (BDP−γ-CD) are synthesized over supercritical-assisted atomization (SAA) herein. Carbon dioxide, which serves the dua...

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