Membrane Transport and Drug Permeation
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 346
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liposomes; targeted delivery; nanoparticles; transport
Interests: design and evaluation of novel drug delivery systems; preformulation studies; solid-state characterization of drugs and dosage forms; pharmaceutical analysis utilizing the following techniques: HPLC, GC, GC-MS, thermoanalytical methods, IR, powder X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy; evaluation and design of dosage forms for nutraceuticals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Pharmaceutics focused on “Membrane Transport and Drug Permeation”. This issue aims to showcase research that explores mechanisms and applications of membrane transport in drug delivery and highlights its significance in drug development and clinical practice.
We welcome original research articles or reviews that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:
- Mechanisms: Passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, and vesicular transport mechanisms in drug permeation.
- Emerging Technologies: Advances in techniques for studying membrane transport, such as high-throughput screening and computational modeling.
- In Vitro and In Vivo Models: Experimental models studying drug transport, such as cell cultures, artificial membranes, and animal models.
- Drug Delivery Strategies: Nanoparticle-based and targeted drug delivery approaches exploiting membrane transport mechanisms.
We encourage researchers from various disciplines to contribute to this Special Issue.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Maria Lambros
Prof. Dr. Alekha K. Dash
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- drug permeation
- membrane transporter
- membrane transport
- ABC transporter
- targeted delivery
- membrane-transport protein
- blood-brain barrier
- solute carrier
- ATP-binding cassette family (ABC) transporters
- drug delivery
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