Design, synthesis, and characterization of new 5-fluorocytosine salts.

abstract：:Chemotherapy is an indispensable auxiliary treatment for glioma but highly limited by the existence of both blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB). The dysfunctional brain tumor blood vessels and high interstitial pressure in glioma also greatly hindered the accumulation and deep penetration of...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Miao D,Jiang M,Liu Z,Gu G,Hu Q,Kang T,Song Q,Yao L,Li W,Gao X,Sun M,Chen J

更新日期：2014-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite being widely used in the clinical setting for sentinel lymph node detection (SLND), (99m)Tc-based colloids (e.g., (99m)Tc-human serum albumin colloids) present a set of properties that are far from ideal. Aiming to design novel compounds with improved biological properties, we describe herein the first class o...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Morais M,Subramanian S,Pandey U,Samuel G,Venkatesh M,Martins M,Pereira S,Correia JD,Santos I

更新日期：2011-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The success of targeted cancer therapy largely relies upon the selection of target and the development of efficient therapeutic agents that specifically bind to the target. In the current study, we chose a cannabinoid CB2 receptor (CB2R) as a new target and used a CB2R-targeted photosensitizer, IR700DX-mbc94, for phot...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Jia N,Zhang S,Shao P,Bagia C,Janjic JM,Ding Y,Bai M

更新日期：2014-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The antiviral drug tenofovir (TFV) is orally administered as the fumarate salt of its disoproxil prodrug (TFV disoproxil fumarate (TDF)). TFV is a dianion at physiological pH and, as a result, has poor lipid membrane permeability. Administration of the lipophilic and cell-permeable prodrug, TFV disoproxil, enhances th...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Durand-Gasselin L,Van Rompay KK,Vela JE,Henne IN,Lee WA,Rhodes GR,Ray AS

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determined intraluminal ethanol concentrations (stomach and duodenum) in fed healthy volunteers after the consumption of common alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, and whisky). The results of this study were compared with a previous study in fasted volunteers. Five healthy volunteers were recruited in a crosso...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Rubbens J,Riethorst D,Brouwers J,Wolfs K,Adams E,Tack J,Augustijns P

更新日期：2017-12-04 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：: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：:Tumor endothelial marker 8 (TEM8) is a cell surface receptor that is highly expressed in a variety of human tumors and promotes tumor angiogenesis and cell growth. Antibodies targeting TEM8 block tumor angiogenesis in a manner distinct from the VEGF receptor pathway. Development of a TEM8 imaging agent could aid in pa...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Kuo F,Histed S,Xu B,Bhadrasetty V,Szajek LP,Williams MR,Wong K,Wu H,Lane K,Coble V,Vasalatiy O,Griffiths GL,Paik CH,Elbuluk O,Szot C,Chaudhary A,St Croix B,Choyke P,Jagoda EM

更新日期：2014-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional drug solubilization strategies limit the understanding of the full potential of poorly water-soluble drugs during drug screening. Here, we propose a screening approach in which poorly water-soluble drugs are entrapped in poly(2-(methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)-poly(2-(diisopropylaminoethyl methacr...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Sola-Barrado B,M Leite D,Scarpa E,Duro-Castano A,Battaglia G

更新日期：2020-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomes are representative lipid nanoparticles widely used for delivering anticancer drugs, DNA fragments, or siRNA to cancer cells. Upon targeting, various internal and external triggers have been used to increase the rate for contents release from the liposomes. Among the internal triggers, decreased pH within the...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Nahire R,Hossain R,Patel R,Paul S,Meghnani V,Ambre AH,Gange KN,Katti KS,Leclerc E,Srivastava DK,Sarkar K,Mallik S

更新日期：2014-11-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The endothelial cells lining the capillaries supplying the brain with oxygen and nutrients form a formidable barrier known as the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which exhibits selective permeability to small drug molecules and virtually impermeable to macromolecular therapeutics. Current in vitro BBB models fail to replic...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Wang JD,Khafagy el-S,Khanafer K,Takayama S,ElSayed ME

更新日期：2016-03-07 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a macromolecular prodrug platform based on poly(l-lysine succinylated) (PLS) that targets scavenger receptor A1 (SR-A1), a receptor expressed by myeloid and endothelial cells. We demonstrate the selective uptake of PLS by murine macrophage, RAW 264.7 cells, which was eliminated upon cotreatment with ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Stevens DM,Adiseshaiah P,Dasa SSK,Potter TM,Skoczen SL,Snapp KS,Cedrone E,Patel N,Busman-Sahay K,Rosen EP,Sykes C,Cottrell M,Dobrovolskaia MA,Estes JD,Kashuba ADM,Stern ST

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Gemcitabine, a clinically effective nucleoside anticancer agent, is a polar drug with low membrane permeability and is administered intravenously. Further, extensive degradation of gemcitabine by cytidine deaminase to an inactive metabolite in the liver affects its activity adversely. Thus, strategies that provide bot...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Song X,Lorenzi PL,Landowski CP,Vig BS,Hilfinger JM,Amidon GL

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Targeted delivery of anticancer drugs to brain tumors, especially glioblastoma multiforme, which is the most frequent and aggressive type, is one of the important objectives in nanomedicine. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor type II (VEGFR2) are promising targets because they are overexpressed...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Shein SA,Kuznetsov II,Abakumova TO,Chelushkin PS,Melnikov PA,Korchagina AA,Bychkov DA,Seregina IF,Bolshov MA,Kabanov AV,Chekhonin VP,Nukolova NV

更新日期：2016-11-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is the major obstacle for chemotherapy. In a previous study, we have successfully synthesized a novel doxorubicin (DOX) derivative modified by triphenylphosphonium (TPP) to realize mitochondrial delivery of DOX and showed the potential of this compound to overcome DOX resistance in MDA-MB-43...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Liu HN,Guo NN,Wang TT,Guo WW,Lin MT,Huang-Fu MY,Vakili MR,Xu WH,Chen JJ,Wei QC,Han M,Lavasanifar A,Gao JQ

更新日期：2018-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Prediction of the rate and extent of drug absorption upon oral dosing needs models that capture the complexities of both the drug molecule and intestinal physiology. We report here the development of a continuous intestinal absorption model based on the convection-diffusion equation. The model includes explicit entero...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Nagar S,Korzekwa RC,Korzekwa K

更新日期：2017-09-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal extracellular deposition of β-amyloid (Aβ) is thought to play a key role in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Preventing Aβ-induced neurotoxicity has become a potential therapeutic approach to improve the onset and progression of AD. Here we report the synthesis of 1,1'-(biphenyl-4,4'-diyl)-bis(3-...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhu Y,Sun X,Gong T,He Q,Zhang Z

更新日期：2014-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracetamol has been one of the most commonly used and prescribed analgesic drugs for more than a hundred years. Despite being generally well tolerated, it can result in high liver toxicity when administered in specific conditions, such as overdose, or in vulnerable individuals. We have synthesized and characterized a...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Sodano F,Lazzarato L,Rolando B,Spyrakis F,De Caro C,Magliocca S,Marabello D,Chegaev K,Gazzano E,Riganti C,Calignano A,Russo R,Rimoli MG

更新日期：2019-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk has been used as a vehicle for the delivery of antimalarial drugs during clinical trials to test for a food effect and artefenomel (OZ439) showed enhanced oral bioavailability with milk. However, the nature of the interaction between milk and OZ439 in the gastrointestinal tract remains poorly understood. To under...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Salim M,Khan J,Ramirez G,Clulow AJ,Hawley A,Ramachandruni H,Boyd BJ

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe and effective gene delivery is essential to the success of gene therapy. We synthesized and characterized a novel nonviral gene delivery system in which folate (FA) molecules were functioned as blockers on cationic polyrotaxanes (PR) composed of poly(ethylenimine) (PEI)(600)-grafted α-cyclodextrin rings linearize...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhou Y,Wang H,Wang C,Li Y,Lu W,Chen S,Luo J,Jiang Y,Chen J

更新日期：2012-05-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyclic RGD (cRGD) peptide-conjugated boronated albumin was developed to direct toward integrin αvβ3, which overexpresses on many cancer cells. A stepwise conjugation of c[RGDfK(Mal)] and maleimide-conjugated closo-dodecaborate (MID) to bovine serum albumin (BSA) afforded cRGD-MID-BSA, which was noncytotoxic toward bot...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Kawai K,Nishimura K,Okada S,Sato S,Suzuki M,Takata T,Nakamura H

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent progress in peptide synthesis simplified the synthesis of multiple N-methylation of peptides. To evaluate how multiple N-methylation affects the bioavailability of peptides, a poly alanine cyclic hexapeptide library (n = 54), varying in the number of N-methyl (N-Me) groups (1-5 groups) and their position, was s...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Ovadia O,Greenberg S,Chatterjee J,Laufer B,Opperer F,Kessler H,Gilon C,Hoffman A

更新日期：2011-04-04 00:00:00

abstract：:TGX-221 is a highly potent phosphoinositide 3-kinase β (PI3Kβ) inhibitor that holds great promise as a novel chemotherapeutic agent to treat prostate cancer. However, poor solubility and lack of targetability limit its therapeutic applications. The objective of this present study is to develop a peptide-drug conjugate...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Tai W,Shukla RS,Qin B,Li B,Cheng K

更新日期：2011-06-06 00:00:00

abstract：:2-Methoxyestradiol (2MeO-E2) is an endogenous metabolite of estrogen which was initially considered to be inactive. During the last few decades it has been shown that 2MeO-E2 is a promising anticancer drug. In vitro experiments have demonstrated that it has several anticancer activities, and potential to alleviate hyp...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Verenich S,Gerk PM

更新日期：2010-12-06 00:00:00

abstract：:An ability to estimate the maximum flux of a xenobiotic across skin is desirable from the perspective of both drug delivery and toxicology. While there is an abundance of mathematical models describing the estimation of drug permeability coefficients, there are relatively few that focus on the maximum flux. This artic...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Milewski M,Stinchcomb AL

更新日期：2012-07-02 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：:Our primary objective is to characterize the self-association of rafoxanide in alkaline media. The second objective is to illustrate the feasibility of using rafoxanide micellar solution as the feed solution to prepare amorphous solid dispersion via spray drying. Rafoxanide is a poorly water-soluble drug. It is a weak...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Meng F,Liu T,Schneider E,Alzobaidi S,Gil M,Zhang F

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic wounds are a worldwide health problem causing extremely heavy public health burden and require effective treatment. Optimal strategies for treating nonhealing diabetic wounds include stem-cell-based therapy and delivery of novel drug substances, such as functional microRNAs (miRNAs); however, miRNA easily deg...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Lv Q,Deng J,Chen Y,Wang Y,Liu B,Liu J

更新日期：2020-05-04 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：:A series of poorly soluble BCS class II compounds with "grease ball" characteristics were assessed for solubility and dissolution rate in biorelevant dissolution media (BDM) with the purpose of investigating which molecular structures gain most in solubility when dissolved under physiologically relevant conditions. Th...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Fagerberg JH,Tsinman O,Sun N,Tsinman K,Avdeef A,Bergström CA

更新日期：2010-10-04 00:00:00