Green fluorescent protein (GFP): is seeing believing and is that enough?

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Growing interest in the application of nanotechnology to treat lymphatic filariasis (LF) implies that the imminent medical arsenal of this interesting technology is attractive for health authorities. Currently, they are completely dependent on friendly oral mass drug (anti-filarials) administration to elim...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Ali M,Afzal M,Kaushik U,Bhattacharya SM,Ahmad FJ,Dinda AK

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases such as cardiovascular diseases and cancer. NADPH oxidase (Nox), a multicomponent enzyme, has been identified as one of the key sources of ROS. Nox4, one of the seven members of Nox family (Nox1, Nox2...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Guo S,Chen X

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The myriad of complications associated with diabetes is closely linked with the generation of reactive species or free radicals leading to oxidative and nitrosative stress. Increased oxidative stress is an important cause and result of diabetes and it is thought to underlie the cellular changes that lead to diabetic c...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Thakur P,Kumar A,Kumar A

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A higher encapsulation rate was obtained using the dehydration-rehydration method compared with the reverse-phase evaporation technique in negative multilamellar vesicles with amikacin (AMK) (45% versus 15%; P < 0.05) and teicoplanin (TCP) (34% versus 25%; P < 0.05). The addition of 250 mM sucrose to AMK- or TCP-conta...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Ravaoarinoro M,Toma E,Agbaba O,Morisset R

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:An octreotide-conjugated polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer was synthesized and employed as nanocarriers of methotrexate (MTX), for targeting to the somatostatin receptors over-expressed tumor cells. METHODS:PAMAM-PEG-octreotide (PPO) and PAMAM-PEG (PPG) were synthesized and characterized. The cellular uptake of...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Peng J,Qi X,Chen Y,Ma N,Zhang Z,Xing J,Zhu X,Li Z,Wu Z

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies have shown that drugs that are normally unable to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) following intravenous injection can be transported across this barrier by binding to poly(butyl cyanoacrylate) nanoparticles and coating with polysorbate 80. However, the mechanism of this transport so far was not know...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Kreuter J,Shamenkov D,Petrov V,Ramge P,Cychutek K,Koch-Brandt C,Alyautdin R

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nuclear localization signal (NLS) is a short amino acid sequence derived from eukaryotic nuclear proteins and viral proteins. Many NLS peptides can efficiently mediate the intranucleus transport of cargo molecules, so they have been widely used for non-viral gene transfer and shown potential ability to improve nucle...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Sun Y,Xian L,Xing H,Yu J,Yang Z,Yang T,Yang L,Ding P

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reside in an era of technological innovation and advancement despite which infectious diseases like malaria remain to be one of the greatest threats to the humans. Mortality rate caused by malaria disease is a huge concern in the twenty-first century. Multiple drug resistance and nonspecific drug targeting of the m...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Baruah UK,Gowthamarajan K,Vanka R,Karri VVSR,Selvaraj K,Jojo GM

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue factor (TF) is aberrantly expressed on tumor vascular endothelial cells (VECs) and on cancer cells in many malignant tumors, but not on normal VECs, making it a promising target for cancer therapy. As a transmembrane receptor for coagulation factor VIIa (fVIIa), TF forms a high-affinity complex with its cognate...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Shoji M,Sun A,Kisiel W,Lu YJ,Shim H,McCarey BE,Nichols C,Parker ET,Pohl J,Mosley CA,Alizadeh AR,Liotta DC,Snyder JP

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Finding adequate carriers for proteins/peptides and anticancer drugs delivery has become an urgent need, owing to the growing number of therapeutic macromolecules and the increasing amount of cancer incidence. Polysaccharide-based nanogels have attracted interest as carriers for proteins/peptides and anticancer drugs ...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Zhang L,Pan J,Dong S,Li Z

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of concentration, amperage and duration on the antidiuretic response induced by iontophoretic delivery of desmopressin acetate (DDAVP) were examined using a diabetes insipidus model in rats. A higher current density brought about a larger and longer antidiuretic response. Prolonged iontophoretic duration c...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Nakakura M,Terajima M,Kato Y,Hayakawa E,Ito K,Kuroda T

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lopinavir (LPV), an efficient drug for HIV infection treatment, was incorporated into biodegradable PLGA nanocapsules (NCs) embedded in microparticles (MCPs) using the spray-drying technique in an attempt to bypass the P-gp efflux and protect the drug from CYP3A pre-systemic metabolism without ritonavir (RTV). SEM obs...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Nassar T,Rohald A,Naraykin N,Barasch D,Amsalem O,Prabhu P,Kotler M,Benita S

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro transfection efficiency of a plasmid DNA for rat gastric mucosal (RGM)-1 cells was enhanced by ultrasound (US) irradiation. Ethylenediamine was introduced to the carboxyl groups of gelatin to prepare a cationized gelatin as the vector of plasmid DNA encoding luciferase. An electrophoresis experiment revealed ...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Hosseinkhani H,Aoyama T,Ogawa O,Tabata Y

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microparticles and nanoparticles used in drug delivery frequently depend on their movement in confined spaces such as cells. Liposomes containing small numbers of 1-µm diameter polystyrene particles were used to study the dynamics of their movement within the confined space of the liposome interior. The analysis of th...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Al-Obaidi H,Nasseri B,Florence AT

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ultimate goal of bacterial based cancer therapy is to achieve non-toxic penetration and colonisation of the tumour microenvironment. To overcome this efficacy-limiting toxicity of anticancer immunotherapy, we have tested a therapy comprised of systemic delivery of a vascular disrupting agent to induce intratumoral...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Augustin LB,Milbauer L,Hastings SE,Leonard AS,Saltzman DA,Schottel JL

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a condition that is not completely treatable but life of a diabetic patient can be smoothed by preventing or delaying the associate conditions like diabetic retinopathy, nephropathy, impaired wound healing process, etc. Apart from conventional methods to regulate diabetic condition, new techniques using si...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Shende P,Patel C

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human body has adapted to defend against the aggressive biological or chemical agents. As a result, the defence mechanisms of the human body became barriers for the drug delivery. Theoretically, any problem that prevents a drug from reaching its site of action is considered to be a barrier to drug delivery. The ai...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Jătariu AN,Popa M,Peptu CA

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adsorption behaviour of a tetrafunctional copolymer of poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide) ethylene diamine (commercially available as Poloxamine 908) and a diblock copolymer of poly (lactic acid)-poly (ethylene oxide) (PLA/PEG 2:5) onto a model colloidal drug carrier (156 nm sized polystyrene latex) is d...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Stolnik S,Heald CR,Garnett MG,Illum L,Davis SS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HEK cells were transfected with the GFP gene using various vectors: naked DNA, lipofectamine, and both PLGA and P(FASA) plasmid-loaded nanospheres. All methods were assessed alone and with the use of chloroquine, a lysosomal enzyme inhibitor. Transfection efficiencies were determined and compared at various times post...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Sandor M,Mehta S,Harris J,Thanos C,Weston P,Marshall J,Mathiowitz E

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic peptides are conventionally administered via subcutaneous injection. Chitosan-based nanoparticles are gaining increased attention for their ability to serve as a carrier for oral delivery of peptides and vaccination. They offered superior biocompatibiltiy, controlled drug release profile and facilitated ga...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Wong CY,Al-Salami H,Dass CR

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:siRNA therapeutics has developed rapidly and already there are clinical trials ongoing or planned; however, the delivery of siRNA into cells, tissues or organs remains to be a major obstacle. Lipid-based vectors hold the most promising position among non-viral vectors, as they have a similar structure to cell or organ...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Zhang S,Zhi D,Huang L

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aqueous dispersion of self-organized phospholipid tubules has been utilized as the template for silica-deposited nanotubules (approximately 0.5 microm thick and >10 microm long) by a sol-gel method. The formation of the hybrid tubules was mechanistically investigated by controlled sol-gel reaction. The incorporatio...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Kim I,Park YH,Rey DA,Batt CA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphene, the mother of all carbon materials, has unlocked a new era of biomedical nanomaterials due to its exceptional biocompatibility, physicochemical and mechanical properties. It is a single atom thick, nanosized, two-dimensional structure and provides high surface area with adjustable surface chemistry to form h...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Madni A,Noreen S,Maqbool I,Rehman F,Batool A,Kashif PM,Rehman M,Tahir N,Khan MI

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemotherapy is still a major challenge for in vivo drug targeting to macrophages. Toxicity remains the major obstacle for the most potent drugs already known in the therapy of leishmaniasis. Thus, new drugs and new delivery systems are sought. By using different vesicular delivery modes e.g. liposomes, niosomes, micr...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Sarkar S,Mandal S,Sinha J,Mukhopadhyay S,Das N,Basu MK

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic liposomes composed of dialkyl cationic lipid such as 1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DOTAP) can efficiently deliver siRNA to the lungs following the intravenous injection of cationic liposome/siRNA complexes (lipoplexes). In this study, we examined the effect of cationic lipid of cationic liposomes ...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Hattori Y,Nakamura M,Takeuchi N,Tamaki K,Shimizu S,Yoshiike Y,Taguchi M,Ohno H,Ozaki KI,Onishi H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Multifunctional gold nanospheres (MGNs)-loaded with docetaxel (MGN@DTX) were prepared and evaluated for therapeutic efficacy in nude mice bearing human prostate cancer xenografts. METHODS:MGNs were prepared from PEGylated hollow gold nanospheres (HGNs) coated with folic acid and DTPTT chelate. Then, the eff...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Shen Y,Ma Z,Chen F,Dong Q,Hu Q,Bai L,Chen J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK), tissue distribution, and the specific drug targeting of cefpiramide sodium-loaded liposomes (CPMS-Lips) compared with cefpiramide sodium solution (CPMS-Sol) in mice. CPMS-Lips were prepared by reverse phase evaporation method. In the PK and biodistributi...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Sun Q,Shi M,Shao W,Shi Y,Xi Y,Huang G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liposomal encapsulation of doxorubicin (DXR) improves tumor accumulation and reduces adverse effects. One possible strategy for further optimization of this delivery technology would be to design the liposome carrier to release its content within the tumor tissue in response to specific stimuli such as ultrasound (US)...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Hagtvet E,Evjen TJ,Olsen DR,Fossheim SL,Nilssen EA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering limitations of conventional insulin therapies, the present study characterizes usefulness of novel mucoadhesive multivesicular liposomes as a mucoadhesive sustained release carrier of insulin via nasal and ocular routes, thus attempts to develop non-invasive carrier system for the controlled release of bio...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Jain AK,Chalasani KB,Khar RK,Ahmed FJ,Diwan PV

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present work describes the potential for using lectin-conjugated gliadin nanoparticles as a means of locating and anchoring a drug delivery system on the carbohydrate receptors of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori). Gliadin nanoparticles (GNP) bearing acetohydroxamic acid (AHA) were prepared by a desolvation method. ...

journal_title：Journal of drug targeting

authors： Umamaheshwari RB,Jain NK

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00