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Pharmaceutics, Volume 13, Issue 11

November 2021 - 244 articles

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Cover Story: The anatomy and physiology of the eye strongly limit the bioavailability of locally administered drugs. An effective strategy for the topical treatment of several ocular disorders is the entrapment of therapeutics into nanocarriers; this enables drugs to reside on the ocular surface and/or to penetrate different ocular compartments.
Hyaluronan-cholesterol nanogels (NHs) have been revealed to be effective ocular permeation enhancers. Owing to their bioadhesive properties, NHs firmly interact with the superficial corneal epithelium, without penetrating the stroma, thus modifying the transcorneal penetration of loaded therapeutics, as well as hydrophilic and hydrophobic therapeutics.
Therefore, NHs formulations can improve the ocular bioavailability of the instilled drugs, thus driving the application of HA-based NHs in the treatment of eye diseases. View this paper

Articles (244)

  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
4,062 Views
22 Pages

Effect of UV Irradiation (A and C) on Casuarina equisetifolia-Mediated Biosynthesis and Characterization of Antimicrobial and Anticancer Activity of Biocompatible Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles

  • Amna Komal Khan,
  • Sullivan Renouard,
  • Samantha Drouet,
  • Jean-Philippe Blondeau,
  • Iram Anjum,
  • Christophe Hano,
  • Bilal Haider Abbasi and
  • Sumaira Anjum

The green synthesis of nanoparticles has emerged as a simple, safe, sustainable, reliable and eco-friendly protocol. Among different types of NPs, green-synthesized zinc oxide NPs (ZnONPs) show various promising biological uses due to their interesti...

  • Review
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,252 Views
22 Pages

Promising Strategies of Colloidal Drug Delivery-Based Approaches in Psoriasis Management

  • Sukhbir Singh,
  • Neelam Sharma,
  • Tapan Behl,
  • Bidhan Chandra Sarkar,
  • Hasi Rani Saha,
  • Kanika Garg,
  • Supriya Kamari Singh,
  • Sandeep Arora,
  • Md. Shah Amran and
  • Ahmed A. H. Abdellatif
  • + 3 authors

Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disorder that moderately affects social and interpersonal relationships. Conventional treatments for psoriasis have certain problems, such as poor drug penetration through the skin, hyper-pigmentation, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,332 Views
17 Pages

A Combination Approach in Inhibiting Type 2 Diabetes-Related Enzymes Using Ecklonia radiata Fucoidan and Acarbose

  • Blessing Mabate,
  • Chantal Désirée Daub,
  • Samkelo Malgas,
  • Adrienne Lesley Edkins and
  • Brett Ivan Pletschke

Although there are chemotherapeutic efforts in place for Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), there is a need for novel strategies (including natural products) to manage T2DM. Fucoidan, a sulphated polysaccharide was extracted from Ecklonia radiata. The...

  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
11,454 Views
54 Pages

Modulating the Blood–Brain Barrier: A Comprehensive Review

  • Rory Whelan,
  • Grainne C. Hargaden and
  • Andrew J. S. Knox

The highly secure blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts drug access to the brain, limiting the molecular toolkit for treating central nervous system (CNS) diseases to small, lipophilic drugs. Development of a safe and effective BBB modulator woul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,247 Views
17 Pages

Manganese-Doped N-Hydroxyphthalimide-Derived Carbon Dots—Theranostics Applications in Experimental Breast Cancer Models

  • Adrian Tiron,
  • Corneliu S. Stan,
  • Gabriel Luta,
  • Cristina M. Uritu,
  • Irina-Cezara Vacarean-Trandafir,
  • Gabriela D. Stanciu,
  • Adina Coroaba and
  • Crina E. Tiron

Background: Theranostics, a novel concept in medicine, is based on the use of an agent for simultaneous diagnosis and treatment. Nanomaterials provide promising novel approaches to theranostics. Carbon Dots have been shown to exhibit anti-tumoral pro...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,762 Views
11 Pages

Delivery of pDNA to the Lung by Lipopolyplexes Using N-Lauroylsarcosine and Effect on the Pulmonary Fibrosis

  • Tomoaki Kurosaki,
  • Hiroki Kanda,
  • Junya Hashizume,
  • Kayoko Sato,
  • Hitomi Harasawa,
  • Tadahiro Nakamura,
  • Hitoshi Sasaki and
  • Yukinobu Kodama

In a previous study, we constructed a lung-targeting lipopolyplex containing polyethyleneimine (PEI), 1,2-di-O-octadecenyl-3-trimethylammonium propane (DOTMA), and N-lauroylsarcosine (LS). The lipopolyplex exhibited an extremely high gene expression...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
4,588 Views
32 Pages

Design of 3D Scaffolds for Hard Tissue Engineering: From Apatites to Silicon Mesoporous Materials

  • Ana García,
  • María Victoria Cabañas,
  • Juan Peña and
  • Sandra Sánchez-Salcedo

Advanced bioceramics for bone regeneration constitutes one of the pivotal interests in the multidisciplinary and far-sighted scientific trajectory of Prof. Vallet Regí. The different pathologies that affect osseous tissue substitution are cons...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,458 Views
19 Pages

The Influence of Domain Permutations of an Albumin-Binding Domain-Fused HER2-Targeting Affibody-Based Drug Conjugate on Tumor Cell Proliferation and Therapy Efficacy

  • Wen Yin,
  • Tianqi Xu,
  • Mohamed Altai,
  • Maryam Oroujeni,
  • Jie Zhang,
  • Anzhelika Vorobyeva,
  • Olga Vorontsova,
  • Sergey V. Vtorushin,
  • Vladimir Tolmachev and
  • Torbjörn Gräslund
  • + 1 author

Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a clinically validated target for breast cancer therapy. Previously, a drug-fused HER2-targeting affinity protein construct successfully extended the survival of mice bearing HER2-expressing xenograf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,302 Views
21 Pages

Efficacy of Ursolic Acid-Enriched Water-Soluble and Not Cytotoxic Nanoparticles against Enterococci

  • Anna Maria Schito,
  • Debora Caviglia,
  • Gabriella Piatti,
  • Alessia Zorzoli,
  • Danilo Marimpietri,
  • Guendalina Zuccari,
  • Gian Carlo Schito and
  • Silvana Alfei

Ursolic acid (UA), a pentacyclic triterpenoid acid found in many medicinal plants and aromas, is known for its antibacterial effects against multi-drug-resistant (MDR) Gram-positive bacteria, which seriously threaten human health. Unfortunately, UA w...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
9,277 Views
34 Pages

Scientific evidence that circadian rhythms affect pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics has highlighted the importance of drug dosing-time. Circadian oscillations alter drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME) as well as intrac...

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