Cationic phospholipids forming cubic phases: lipoplex structure and transfection efficiency.

abstract：:Molecular imaging of programmed cell death (apoptosis) in vivo is an innovative strategy for early assessment of treatment response and treatment efficacy in cancer patients. Externalization of phosphatidylserine (PS) to the cell membrane surface of dying cells makes this phospholipid an attractive molecular target fo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Perreault A,Richter S,Bergman C,Wuest M,Wuest F

更新日期：2016-10-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B (AmB) loaded polymer lipid hybrid nanoparticles (AmB-PLNs) comprised of lecithin (anionic lipid) and gelatin (Type A, cationic below its isoelectric point 7.0-9.0) were prepared by a two-step desolvation method to improve the oral bioavailability of AmB. The optimized AmB-PLNs were found to have particl...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Jain S,Valvi PU,Swarnakar NK,Thanki K

更新日期：2012-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:DiI and DiD, two fluorophores able to interact by FRET (Förster resonance energy transfer), were coencapsulated in the core of lipid nanocapsules (LNCs) and nanoemulsions (LNEs), lipophilic reservoirs for the delivery of drugs. The ability of FRET imaging to provide information on the kinetics of dissociation of the n...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Gravier J,Sancey L,Hirsjärvi S,Rustique E,Passirani C,Benoît JP,Coll JL,Texier I

更新日期：2014-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Constitutively activated signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 (STAT3) in tumor and dendritic cells (DCs) plays a critical role in tumor-induced immunosuppression. This is considered a major challenge in effective immunotherapy of cancer. Herein we describe the development of a polymeric nanocarrier for t...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Molavi O,Mahmud A,Hamdy S,Hung RW,Lai R,Samuel J,Lavasanifar A

更新日期：2010-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Porous silicon microparticles presenting pathogen-associated molecular patterns mimic pathogens, enhancing internalization of the microparticles and activation of antigen presenting dendritic cells. We demonstrate abundant uptake of microparticles bound by the TLR-4 ligands LPS and MPL by murine bone marrow-derived de...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Meraz IM,Melendez B,Gu J,Wong ST,Liu X,Andersson HA,Serda RE

更新日期：2012-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this work was to elucidate the molecular interactions leading to monoclonal antibody self-association and precipitation and utilize biophysical measurements to predict solubility behavior at high protein concentration. Two monoclonal antibodies (mAb-G and mAb-R) binding to overlapping epitopes were inve...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Pindrus M,Shire SJ,Kelley RF,Demeule B,Wong R,Xu Y,Yadav S

更新日期：2015-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Photostability conditions as prescribed by ICH guidelines induced highly reduction-resistant scrambled disulfides that contribute to the population of apparent nonreducible aggregates in an IgG1 mAb. Photoinduced cross-linked species were isolated under reducing conditions using an organic phase size exclusion chromat...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Wecksler AT,Yin J,Lee Tao P,Kabakoff B,Sreedhara A,Deperalta G

更新日期：2018-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of chemotherapy and radiotherapy agents are available for treating cancer, but a critical challenge is to deliver these agents locally to cancer cells and tumors while minimizing side effects from systemic delivery. Nanomedicine uses nanoparticles with diameters in the range of ∼1-100 nm to encapsulate ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Moore T,Chen H,Morrison R,Wang F,Anker JN,Alexis F

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophobic single-wall carbon nanohorns (SWNHs) were dispersed in aqueous media by noncovalently modifying their surfaces with conjugate molecules comprised of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and a peptide aptamer (NHBP-1) that specifically bind to the surfaces of the SWNHs. The conjugates were synthesized by coupling PEG ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Matsumura S,Ajima K,Yudasaka M,Iijima S,Shiba K

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted delivery system would be an interesting platform to enhance the therapeutic effect and to reduce the side effects of anticancer drugs. In this study, we have developed lactobionic acid (LA)-modified chitosan-stearic acid (CS-SA) (CSS-LA) to deliver doxorubicin (DOX) to hepatic cancer cells. The average partic...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Yang Y,Yuan SX,Zhao LH,Wang C,Ni JS,Wang ZG,Lin C,Wu MC,Zhou WP

更新日期：2015-02-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are a subpopulation of cancer cells that have stem cell-like properties and are thought to be responsible for tumor drug resistance and relapse. Therapies that can effectively eliminate CSCs will, therefore, likely inhibit tumor recurrence. The objective of our study was to determine the susce...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Sadhukha T,Niu L,Wiedmann TS,Panyam J

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Flory-Huggins interaction parameter has been shown to be useful in predicting the thermodynamic miscibility of a polymer and a small molecule in a binary mixture. In the present paper, this concept was extended and evaluated to determine whether or not the Flory-Huggins interaction parameter can be applied to smal...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Pajula K,Taskinen M,Lehto VP,Ketolainen J,Korhonen O

更新日期：2010-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objective was to design a polymeric micelle-based doxorubicin and lapatinib combination therapy for treating multidrug resistant (MDR) breast cancers. Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(2-methyl-2-benzoxycarbonylpropylene carbonate) (PEG-PBC) polymers were synthesized for preparing doxorubicin and lapatinib loaded m...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Wang H,Li F,Du C,Wang H,Mahato RI,Huang Y

更新日期：2014-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of P-gp efflux in the in vivo intestinal absorption process of BCS class III P-gp substrates, i.e. high-solubility low-permeability drugs. The in vivo permeability of two H (2)-antagonists, cimetidine and famotidine, was determined by the single-pass intestinal per...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Dahan A,Amidon GL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Macromolecules with defined nanosizes--nanoglobules--were synthesized and characterized as novel drug carriers with precise molecular architectures. Poly-L-lysine dendrimers with a cubic octa(3-aminopropyl)silsesquioxane (OAS) core, (L-lysine 8-OAS, (L-lysine) 16-(L-lysine) 8-OAS, (L-lysine) 32-(L-lysine) 16-(L-lysine...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Kaneshiro TL,Wang X,Lu ZR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a lipidated prodrug of mitomycin C (MLP) on the membrane of a pegylated liposome formulation (PL-MLP), also known as Promitil, was characterized through high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and cryo-TEM. The thermodynamic analysis demonstrated that MLP led to the formation of heteroge...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Wei X,Patil Y,Ohana P,Amitay Y,Shmeeda H,Gabizon A,Barenholz Y

更新日期：2017-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the polymer-free electrospinning was performed in order to produce cyclodextrin/ibuprofen inclusion complex nanofibers, which could have potential as the fast dissolving oral drug delivery system. Ibuprofen is a poorly water-soluble nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug; however, the water solubility of i...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Celebioglu A,Uyar T

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we measured self-diffusion coefficients of 5 drugs (aspirin, caffeine, ethionamide, salicylic acid, and paracetamol) and 11 biologically active compounds of similar structure in deuterated water and 1-octanol by NMR. It has been found that an increase in the van der Waals volume of the molecules of the st...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Blokhina SV,Volkova TV,Golubev VA,Perlovich GL

更新日期：2017-10-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular mechanisms of autophagy in polyethylenimine (PEI)-treated cells are not well understood because of the use of nonspecific autophagy inhibitors. Here, we applied autophagy-related gene expression analysis to pinpoint the molecular mechanisms of autophagy in PEI-treated wild-type and atg5 gene knockout (at...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Lin CW,Jan MS,Kuo JH

更新日期：2014-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophilic matrices are an effective option for oral controlled release but can face challenges in terms of bioavailability and efficacy when used in conjunction with poorly soluble, weakly basic drugs. Attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) imaging provides dynamic information relating to...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zahoor FD,Mader KT,Timmins P,Brown J,Sammon C

更新日期：2020-04-06 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on tailored lipid-polymer hybrid nanoparticles (NPs) delivering nitric oxide (NO) under the control of visible light as a tool for overcoming doxorubicin (DOX) resistance. The NPs consist of a polymeric core and a coating. They are appropriately designed to entrap DOX in the poly(lactide-co-glycolide) core a...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Fraix A,Conte C,Gazzano E,Riganti C,Quaglia F,Sortino S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HEPES has been widely employed as an organic buffer agent in cell culture medium as well as uptake and transport experiments in vitro. However, concentrations of HEPES used in such studies vary from one laboratory to another. In this study, we investigated the effect of HEPES on the uptake and bidirectional transport ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Luo S,Pal D,Shah SJ,Kwatra D,Paturi KD,Mitra AK

更新日期：2010-04-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymeric micelles are emerging as a highly integrated nanoplatform for cancer targeting, drug delivery and tumor imaging applications. In this study, we describe a multifunctional micelle (MFM) system that is encoded with a lung cancer-targeting peptide (LCP), and encapsulated with superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Guthi JS,Yang SG,Huang G,Li S,Khemtong C,Kessinger CW,Peyton M,Minna JD,Brown KC,Gao J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Noninvasive measurement of human islet cell mass in pancreas or following islet transplantation by nuclear imaging has yet to be achieved. It has been shown using mouse tumor models that pretargeting imaging strategies are sensitive and can greatly increase target to nontarget signal ratios. The objective now is to de...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Liu G,Dou S,Cheng D,Leif J,Rusckowski M,Streeter PR,Shultz LD,Hnatowich DJ,Greiner DL

更新日期：2011-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacological exploitation of resveratrol is hindered by rapid phase-II conjugative metabolism in enterocytes and hepatocytes. One approach to the solution of this problem relies on prodrugs. We report the synthesis and characterization as well as the assessment of in vivo absorption and metabolism of a set of p...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Mattarei A,Azzolini M,Carraro M,Sassi N,Zoratti M,Paradisi C,Biasutto L

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a new approach for characterizing drug-polymer interactions in aqueous media, using sedimentation velocity analytical ultracentrifugation (AUC). We investigated the potential interaction of ketoconazole (KTZ), a poorly water-soluble drug, with polyacrylic acid (PAA) and a polyvinyl caprolactam-polyvinyl ace...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Amponsah-Efah KK,Demeler B,Suryanarayanan R

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, nanoparticles containing the antimetabolite drug methotrexate (MTX) and the novel tubulin-binding drug pretubulysin (PT) were developed for combination chemotherapy. Polyelectrolyte complexes were formed based on ∼20 nm cationic nanomicelles of lipo-oligomer 454 with the anionic MTX at the molar ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Truebenbach I,Kern S,Loy DM,Höhn M,Gorges J,Kazmaier U,Wagner E

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Deacetylated gellan gum and two sodium alginate polymer types were used each at three concentrations in the suitable range for their sol-gel transition. The prepared nine droppable gels were evaluated in vitro, ex vivo through sheep nasal mucosa, as well as in vivo in comparison to drug solution given intravenously an...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Ibrahim HK,Abdel Malak NS,Abdel Halim SA

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While highly efficacious in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the approved Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, Tofacitinib (Tofa, CP-690 550), has dose-dependent toxicities that limit its clinical application. In this study, we have examined whether a prodrug design that targets arthritic joints would enhance Tofa's thera...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Wei X,Wu J,Zhao G,Galdamez J,Lele SM,Wang X,Liu Y,Soni DM,Purdue PE,Mikuls TR,Goldring SR,Wang D

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Olive pollen is one of the most important causes of respiratory allergy, with Ole e 1 being the most clinically relevant sensitizing allergen. Peptide-based vaccines represent promising therapeutic approaches, but the use of adjuvants is required to strengthen the weak immunogenicity of small peptides. We propose the ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Benedé S,Ramos-Soriano J,Palomares F,Losada J,Mascaraque A,López-Rodríguez JC,Rojo J,Mayorga C,Villalba M,Batanero E

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00