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Pharmaceutics, Volume 13, Issue 9

September 2021 - 205 articles

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Cover Story: Among the emerging strategies in the treatment of cancer, stimuli-responsive smart drug delivery systems have attracted attention because of the efficient delivery of the payload at the target site without harming the healthy tissues and simultaneously coping with chemoresistance due to subtherapeutic drug exposures. Apart from their salient features, liposomes and mesoporous silica nanoparticles individually exhibit certain drawbacks, but a combined approach ends up being a success. The gatekeeping effect of lipid coat not only plays an important role in the stability of nanocarriers but also enhances the cellular uptake. Ultrasound responsive conversion of liquid to gas result in lipid layer rupture and ultimately triggers drug release from porous structures. View this paper.

Articles (205)

  • Review
  • Open Access
54 Citations
8,451 Views
27 Pages

3D Printing of Thermo-Sensitive Drugs

  • Sadikalmahdi Abdella,
  • Souha H. Youssef,
  • Franklin Afinjuomo,
  • Yunmei Song,
  • Paris Fouladian,
  • Richard Upton and
  • Sanjay Garg

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is among the rapidly evolving technologies with applications in many sectors. The pharmaceutical industry is no exception, and the approval of the first 3D-printed tablet (Spiratam®) marked a revolution in the field. S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
4,917 Views
18 Pages

Endothelial-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Induce Cerebrovascular Dysfunction in Inflammation

  • David Roig-Carles,
  • Eduard Willms,
  • Ruud D. Fontijn,
  • Sarai Martinez-Pacheco,
  • Imre Mäger,
  • Helga E. de Vries,
  • Mark Hirst,
  • Basil Sharrack,
  • David K. Male and
  • Cheryl A. Hawkes
  • + 1 author

Blood–brain barrier (BBB) dysfunction is a key hallmark in the pathology of many neuroinflammatory disorders. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid membrane-enclosed carriers of molecular cargo that are involved in cell-to-cell communication. Circul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
4,426 Views
20 Pages

Multifunctional Nanofibrous Dressing with Antimicrobial and Anti-Inflammatory Properties Prepared by Needle-Free Electrospinning

  • Laura Victoria Schulte-Werning,
  • Anjanah Murugaiah,
  • Bhupender Singh,
  • Mona Johannessen,
  • Rolf Einar Engstad,
  • Nataša Škalko-Basnet and
  • Ann Mari Holsæter

An active wound dressing should address the main goals in wound treatment, which are improved wound healing and reduced infection rates. We developed novel multifunctional nanofibrous wound dressings with three active ingredients: chloramphenicol (CA...

  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,325 Views
32 Pages

This manuscript critically reviews the design and delivery of spray-dried particles for the achievement of high total lung doses (TLD) with a portable dry powder inhaler. We introduce a new metric termed the product density, which is simply the TLD o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,977 Views
13 Pages

Polylactide Nanocapsules Attenuate Adverse Cardiac Cellular Effects of Lyso-7, a Pan-PPAR Agonist/Anti-Inflammatory New Thiazolidinedione

  • Giani M. Garcia,
  • Jérôme Roy,
  • Ivan R. Pitta,
  • Dulcinéia S. P. Abdalla,
  • Andrea Grabe-Guimarães,
  • Vanessa C. F. Mosqueira and
  • Sylvain Richard

Lyso-7 is a novel synthetic thiazolidinedione, which is a receptor (pan) agonist of PPAR α,β/δ,γ with anti-inflammatory activity. We investigated the cardiotoxicity of free Lyso-7 in vitro (4.5–450 nM), and Lyso-7 loaded in polylactic acid nanocapsul...

  • Review
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,496 Views
13 Pages

Selinexor and the Selective Inhibition of Nuclear Export: A New Perspective on the Treatment of Sarcomas and Other Solid and Non-Solid Tumors

  • Antonella Lucia Marretta,
  • Giuseppe Di Lorenzo,
  • Dario Ribera,
  • Lucia Cannella,
  • Claudia von Arx,
  • Alessandra Bracigliano,
  • Ottavia Clemente,
  • Roberto Tafuto,
  • Antonio Pizzolorusso and
  • Salvatore Tafuto

Nucleocytoplasmic transport has been found dysregulated in many types of cancer and is often described as a poor prognostic factor. Specifically, Exportin-1 (XPO1) has been found overexpressed in many tumors and has become an attractive target in mol...

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  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,489 Views
10 Pages

Tablet Splitting in Elderly Patients with Dementia: The Case of Quetiapine

  • Roberta Ganzetti,
  • Serena Logrippo,
  • Matteo Sestili,
  • Alessandro Caraffa,
  • Marco Cespi,
  • Giuseppe Pelliccioni,
  • Paolo Blasi and
  • Giulia Bonacucina

Quetiapine is an atypical antipsychotic approved for treating schizophrenia, bipolar depression, and mania but is frequently used in an off-label manner to control the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia in elderly patients with dementi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,061 Views
20 Pages

Cellulose Nanofibers Improve the Performance of Retrograded Starch/Pectin Microparticles for Colon-Specific Delivery of 5-ASA

  • Andréia Bagliotti Meneguin,
  • Rafael Miguel Sábio,
  • Maurício Palmeira Chaves de Souza,
  • Richard Perosa Fernandes,
  • Anselmo Gomes de Oliveira and
  • Marlus Chorilli

Cellulose nanofibers (CNF) were employed as the nanoreinforcement of a retrograded starch/pectin (RS/P) excipient to optimize its colon-specific properties. Although starch retrogradation ranged from 32 to 73%, CNF addition discretely disfavored the...

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  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,388 Views
14 Pages

Synthesis and Biochemical Evaluation of Baicalein Prodrugs

  • Sang-Hyun Son,
  • Jinhong Kang,
  • Myunghwan Ahn,
  • Soyeon Nam,
  • Yong Woo Jung,
  • Ki Yong Lee,
  • Young Ho Jeon,
  • Youngjoo Byun and
  • Kiho Lee

Baicalein (5,6,7-trihydroxy-2-phenyl-4H-1-benzopyran-4-one), a flavonoid analog from Scutellaria baicalensis, possesses several pharmacological activities including antioxidant, antiproliferative, and anti-inflammatory activities. We previously repor...

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  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,775 Views
16 Pages

Increased Bioavailability of β-Alanine by a Novel Controlled-Release Powder Blend Compared to a Slow-Release Tablet

  • Lydia de Salazar,
  • Ignacio Segarra,
  • Francisco Javier López-Román,
  • Antonio Torregrosa-García,
  • Silvia Pérez-Piñero and
  • Vicente Ávila-Gandía

Background: β-Alanine is a sport supplement with increasing popularity due to its consistent ability to improve physical performance, with the downside of requiring several weeks of supplementation as imposed to the maximum daily and single dose tole...

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