Micellar Drug Delivery
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2012) | Viewed by 29218
Special Issue Editor
Interests: drug carriers; drug delivery sytems; drug targeting; liposomes; micelles; experimental cancer immunology; imaging agents
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Dear Colleagues,
Micells including polymeric micelles represent an important class of pharmaceutical carriers for poorly soluble diagnostic and therapeutic agents. Sable micelles with low CMC values maintain stability upon dilution and in biological fluids, demonstrate prolonged circulation times in vivo, and can be effectively loaded with various poorly soluble pharmaceuticals. Drug-loaded micelles demonstrate an increased accumulation in tumors via the enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect, and cytotoxicity of micellar formulations is usually markedly higher compared to free drugs. The potential of micellar drugs may be further improved by attaching targeting ligands, such as specific antibodies, to the micelle surface. By proper modification or synthetic chemistry, the micelles could be made stimuli-sensitive and capable of intracellular penetration. Many of these aspects of micellar drug delivery systems will be considered in this issue.
Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Torchilin
Guest Editor
Keywords
- pharmaceutical micelles
- polymeric micelles
- lipid-core micelles
- drug delivery
- drug targeting
- poorly soluble drugs
- drug solubilization