abstract：:The complement system plays an important role in host innate immunity, and its activation can be exploited as a potential strategy for vaccine adjuvants. Herein, a pH-responsive micellar vaccine platform (COOH-NPs) was developed using a carboxyl-modified diblock copolymer of poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)-poly(d,l-lactide)...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Li C,Lu Y,Chen Q,Hu H,Zhao X,Qiao M,Chen D

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Powder adhesion or sticking onto punches is one of the outstanding issues in pharmaceutical tablet manufacturing. We show in this work that, at comparable particle sizes, the acesulfame potassium exhibited pronouncedly reduced propensity to punch sticking than acesulfame. Detailed analyses revealed strong correlation ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Paul S,Wang C,Wang K,Sun CC

更新日期：2019-06-03 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4) is a protein that is encoded by the CXCR4 gene and binds the ligand CXCL12 (also known as SDF-1). The CXCR4-CXCL12 interaction in cancer elicits biological activities that result in tumor progression and has accordingly been the subject of significant investigation fo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Brickute D,Braga M,Kaliszczak MA,Barnes C,Lau D,Carroll L,Stevens E,Trousil S,Alam IS,Nguyen QD,Aboagye EO

更新日期：2019-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) plays an important role in glioma cell proliferation, invasion, metastasis, and resistance to radiotherapy and chemotherapy. An effective and noninvasive PET molecular imaging agent targeting CAIX would help its diagnosis and treatment but is not currently available. Recently, a low-molecu...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Yang X,Zhu H,Yang X,Li N,Huang H,Liu T,Guo X,Xu X,Xia L,Deng C,Tian X,Yang Z

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myeloid differentiation primary response 88 (MyD88) is an intracellular adaptor protein central to the signaling of multiple receptors involved in inflammation. Since innate immune inflammation promotes autoimmunity, MyD88 is an attractive target in autoimmune disease. We previously developed c(MyD 4-4), a novel cycli...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Dishon S,Schumacher-Klinger A,Gilon C,Hoffman A,Nussbaum G

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supersaturable active pharmaceutical ingredients (sAPI), such as salts, cocrystals, and amorphous solids, can form supersaturated solutions after dissolving in the gastrointestinal fluids. However, there are cases in which supersaturation is not observed in an in vitro nonsink dissolution test. The purpose of the pres...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Oki J,Watanabe D,Uekusa T,Sugano K

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactions of a lyophilized peptide with water and excipients in a solid matrix were explored using photolytic labeling. A model peptide "KLQ" (Ac-QELHKLQ-NHCH3) was covalently labeled with NHS-diazirine (succinimidyl 4,4'-azipentanoate), and the labeled peptide (KLQ-SDA) was formulated and exposed to UV light in bo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Chen Y,Topp EM

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Development of an effective and potent RNA delivery system remains a challenge for the clinical application of RNA therapeutics. Herein, we describe the development of an RNA delivery platform derived from self-assembled bicontinuous cubic lyotropic liquid crystalline phases, functionalized with zinc coordinated lipid...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Tajik-Ahmadabad B,Chollet L,White J,Separovic F,Polyzos A

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Robust deposition of extracellular matrix is a significant barrier for delivery of nanotherapeutics and small-molecule anticancer drugs to different tumors including pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Here, we investigated permeation and total uptake of polystyrene nanoparticles of different diameters in 3D multicellul...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Durymanov M,Kroll C,Permyakova A,Reineke J

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:As a result of its higher molecular mobility, the surface of an amorphous drug can grow crystals much more rapidly than the bulk, causing poor stability and slow dissolution of drug products. We show that a nanocoating of chitosan (a pharmaceutically acceptable polymer) can be deposited on the surface of amorphous ind...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Li Y,Yu J,Hu S,Chen Z,Sacchetti M,Sun CC,Yu L

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite advances in cancer therapies, glioblastoma multiforme treatment remains inefficient due to the brain-blood barrier (BBB) inhibitory activity and to the low temozolomide (TMZ) chemotherapeutic selectivity. To improve therapeutic outcomes, in this work we propose two strategies, (i) photodynamic therapy (PDT) as...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Pellosi DS,Paula LB,de Melo MT,Tedesco AC

更新日期：2019-03-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Tumor hypoxia plays a major role in radio- and chemotherapy resistance in solid tumors. Carbonic Anhydrase IX (CAIX) is an endogenous hypoxia-related protein, which is associated with poor patient outcome. The quantitative assessment of CAIX expression of tumors may steer cancer treatment by predicting therapy respons...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Huizing FJ,Hoeben BAW,Franssen GM,Boerman OC,Heskamp S,Bussink J

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Particle size distribution and stability are key attributes for the evaluation of the safety and efficacy profile of medical nanoparticles (Med-NPs). Measuring particle average size and particle size distribution is a challenging task which requires the combination of orthogonal high-resolution sizing techniques, espe...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Caputo F,Arnould A,Bacia M,Ling WL,Rustique E,Texier I,Mello AP,Couffin AC

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Process-induced phase transformations (PIPTs) of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) can alter APIs' physicochemical properties and impact performance of pharmaceutical drug products. In this study, we investigated compression-induced amorphization of crystalline posaconazole (POSA), where the impact of mechanica...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Huang C,Klinzing G,Procopio A,Yang F,Ren J,Burlage R,Zhu L,Su Y

更新日期：2019-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The tendency of highly supersaturated solutions of poorly water-soluble drugs to undergo liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) into drug-rich and water-rich phases when the concentration exceeds the amorphous solubility, for example, during dissolution of some amorphous solid dispersions, is thought to be advantageous...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Hate SS,Reutzel-Edens SM,Taylor LS

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Polymeric systems have been extensively studied as polyelectrolyte complexes to enhance the cellular delivery and transfection efficiency of genetic materials, such as plasmid DNA (pDNA). Here, self-assembled nanoparticles were formulated by complexation of hyaluronic acid (HA)-conjugated poly(ethylene glycol) (HA-PEG...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Aldawsari HM,Dhaliwal HK,Aljaeid BM,Alhakamy NA,Banjar ZM,Amiji MM

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Low molecular weight nucleoside gelators hold great promise in drug delivery and particularly for the delivery of biologics because of their excellent biocompatibility. However, the influence of these gelators on protein aggregation inhibition has not yet been studied. Protein aggregation is the most significant cause...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Johnson L,Faidra Angelerou MG,Surikutchi BT,Allen S,Zelzer M,Marlow M

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Two-phase gas-liquid microfluidic reactors provide shear processing control of SN-38-loaded polymer nanoparticles (SN-38-PNPs). We prepare SN-38-PNPs from the block copolymer poly(methyl caprolactone- co-caprolactone)- block-poly(ethylene oxides) (P(MCL- co-CL)- b-PEO) using bulk and microfluidic methods and at differ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Cao Y,Silverman L,Lu C,Hof R,Wulff JE,Moffitt MG

更新日期：2019-01-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Mouse laser-induced choroidal neovascularization (mouse LCNV) recapitulates the "wet" form of human age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) is a known inflammatory biomarker, and it increases in the choroidal neovascular tissues characteristic of this experimental model. We h...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Uddin MI,Kilburn TC,Yang R,McCollum GW,Wright DW,Penn JS

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The adenovirus (Ad) is widely used as a vaccine because of its ability to induce a cellular and humoral immune response. In addition, human clinical trials have validated the safety and efficacy of Ad as a vaccine vector. The traditional approach for employing the adenovirus as vaccine is to configure the antigen gene...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： van Winkel CAJ,Moreno A,Curiel DT

更新日期：2018-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The bicarbonate buffer capacity is usually considered in a phase-homogeneous system, at equilibrium, with no CO2 transfer between the liquid buffer phase and another phase. However, typically, an in vitro bicarbonate buffer-based system is a phase-heterogeneous system, as it entails continuously sparging (bubbling) th...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Al-Gousous J,Sun KX,McNamara DP,Hens B,Salehi N,Langguth P,Bermejo M,Amidon GE,Amidon GL

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Simvastatin is one of the most widely used active pharmaceutical ingredients for the treatment of hyperlipidemias. Because the compound is employed as a solid in drug formulations, particular attention should be given to the characterization of different polymorphs, their stability domains, and the nature of the phase...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Simões RG,Bernardes CES,Joseph A,M Piedade MF,Kraus W,Emmerling F,Diogo HP,Minas da Piedade ME

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most commonly encountered subtype of deadly brain cancer in human adults. It has a high recurrence rate and shows aggressive proliferation. The novel cytotoxic agent temozolomide (TMZ) is now frequently applied as the first-line chemotherapeutic treatment for GBM; however, a consid...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Bi Y,Li H,Yi D,Sun Y,Bai Y,Zhong S,Song Y,Zhao G,Chen Y

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Our work has focused on defining the utility of fluorine (19F)-labeled bile acid analogues and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify altered bile acid transport in vivo. In the current study, we explored the ability of this approach to differentiate fibroblast growth factor-15 (FGF15)-deficient from wild-type (...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Metry M,Felton J,Cheng K,Xu S,Ai Y,Xue F,Raufman JP,Polli JE

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:It is highly demanded and still a big challenge to develop an effective formulation for immunochemotherapy against advanced tumors. We have previously reported a PEG-NLG-based immunostimulatory nanocarrier (PEG2k-Fmoc-NLG919) for co-delivery of an IDO1 inhibitor (NLG919) and a chemotherapeutic agent (paclitaxel, PTX)....

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Chen Y,Sun J,Huang Y,Lu B,Li S

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The safety and efficacy of anticancer antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) depend on the selection of tumor-targeting monoclonal antibody (mAb), linker, and drug, as well as their specific chemical arrangement and linkage chemistry. In this study, we used a heterobifunctional cross-linker to conjugate docetaxel (DX) to cet...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Glatt DM,Beckford Vera DR,Prabhu SS,Mumper RJ,Luft JC,Benhabbour SR,Parrott MC

更新日期：2018-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:High-functionality and -quality (HFQ) lipids have a discrete molecular weight and good water dispersibility and can be produced by solid-phase peptide synthesis. Therefore, HFQ lipids are a promising material for the preparation of ligand-grafted PEGylated liposomes. Recently, we have reported serine-glycine repeated ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Suga T,Kato N,Hagimori M,Fuchigami Y,Kuroda N,Kodama Y,Sasaki H,Kawakami S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Organic anion-transporting polypeptides (OATPs) mediate the uptake of various drugs from blood into the liver in the basolateral membrane of hepatocytes. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a potentially powerful tool to assess the activity of hepatic OATPs in vivo, but its utility critically depends on the availabi...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Bauer M,Traxl A,Matsuda A,Karch R,Philippe C,Nics L,Klebermass EM,Wulkersdorfer B,Weber M,Poschner S,Tournier N,Jäger W,Wadsak W,Hacker M,Wanek T,Zeitlinger M,Langer O

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this article, thermal properties, molecular dynamics, crystallization kinetics, and intermolecular interactions in pure naproxen (NAP), its amide (NH2-NAP), and four esters (methyl, Met-NAP; isopropyl, Iso-NAP; hexyl, Hex-NAP; and benzyl, Ben-NAP) have been investigated using differential scanning calorimetry as we...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Minecka A,Kaminska E,Tarnacka M,Grudzka-Flak I,Bartoszek M,Wolnica K,Dulski M,Kaminski K,Paluch M

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of polymer composition on nifedipine (NIF) dissolution through molecular-level characterization of NIF/hypromellose (HPMC)/Eudragit S (EUD-S) ternary solid dispersions. The dissolution rates and molecular states of NIF and polymers were evaluated in NIF/HPMC/EUD-S spray-dried samples (SPDs) ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Ueda K,Yamazoe C,Yasuda Y,Higashi K,Kawakami K,Moribe K

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphotericin B is a lifesaving polyene antibiotic used in the treatment of systemic mycoses. Unfortunately, the pharmacological applicability of this drug is limited because of its severe toxic side effects. At the same time, the lack of a well-defined mechanism of selectivity hampers the efforts to rationally design ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Grela E,Wieczór M,Luchowski R,Zielinska J,Barzycka A,Grudzinski W,Nowak K,Tarkowski P,Czub J,Gruszecki WI

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein, we report on the role of endocytosis in the selective chemotherpeutic toxicity of rhodamine 6G (R6G) based nanomaterials, i.e., nanoGUMBOS, that are derived from a group of uniform materials based on organic salts (GUMBOS). Evaluation of cellular uptake in the presence and absence of endocytosis inhibitors sug...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Bhattarai N,Mathis JM,Chen M,Pérez RL,Siraj N,Magut PKS,McDonough K,Sahasrabudhe G,Warner IM

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug transporter expression and function at the blood-brain barrier is altered in Alzheimer's disease (AD). However, the impact of AD on the expression of transporters and metabolizing enzymes in peripheral tissues has received little attention. The current study evaluated the expression of drug transporters and metab...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Pan Y,Omori K,Ali I,Tachikawa M,Terasaki T,Brouwer KLR,Nicolazzo JA

更新日期：2018-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Peripheral arterial disease (PAD) consists of a persistent obstruction of lower-extremity arteries further from the aortic bifurcation attributable to atherosclerosis. PAD is correlated with an elevated risk of morbidity and mortality as well as of deterioration of the quality of life with claudication and chronic leg...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Ferreira CA,Hernandez R,Yang Y,Valdovinos HF,Engle JW,Cai W

更新日期：2018-08-06 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：:In this work, we demonstrated that the simple substitution of the 1,2,4-triazole moiety in 5-( 4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)isophthalic acid (5-TIA) by the 1 H-1,2,3-triazol-5-yl unit enables the preparation of a hydrogelator (click-TIA). In sharp contrast to 5-TIA, its isostere click-TIA undergoes self-assembly in water upo...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Häring M,Rodríguez-López J,Grijalvo S,Tautz M,Eritja R,Martín VS,Díaz Díaz D

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, a d-glucosamine derivative with an isonitrile group (CN5DG) was synthesized and it was chosen to coordinate with 99mTc for preparing 99mTc-CN5DG. 99mTc-CN5DG could be readily obtained with high radiochemical purity (>95%) and had great in vitro stability and metabolic stability in urine. The radiotracer...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Zhang X,Ruan Q,Duan X,Gan Q,Song X,Fang S,Lin X,Du J,Zhang J

更新日期：2018-08-06 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：:Lipid nanoemulsions are being investigated for the parenteral administration of poorly soluble drugs. A narrow particle size distribution in these formulations is a prerequisite for meaningful research and safe administration to patients. Autoclaving a poloxamer-stabilized trimyristin nanoemulsion resulted in moderate...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Göke K,Roese E,Bunjes H

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrophilic peptides constitute most of the active peptides. They mostly permeate via tight junctions (paracellular pathway) in the intestine. This permeability mechanism restricts the magnitude of their oral absorption and bioavailability. We hypothesized that concealing the hydrophilic residues of the peptide using ...

journal_title：Molecular pharmaceutics

authors： Schumacher-Klinger A,Fanous J,Merzbach S,Weinmüller M,Reichart F,Räder AFB,Gitlin-Domagalska A,Gilon C,Kessler H,Hoffman A

更新日期：2018-08-06 00:00:00