Membrane Transport and Drug Permeation

A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Targeting and Design".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 28 February 2025 | Viewed by 46

Special Issue Editors


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Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA 91766, USA
Interests: liposomes; targeted delivery; nanoparticles; transport

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Department of Pharmacy Sciences, School of Pharmacy & Health Professions, Creighton University, Omaha, NE 68178, USA.
Interests: pharmaceuticals; dosage form; drug delivery; biopolymer

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue of Pharmaceutics focused on “Membrane Transport and Drug Permeation”. This issue aims to showcase research that explores mechanisms and applications of membrane transport in drug delivery and highlights its significance in drug development and clinical practice.

We welcome original research articles or reviews that address, but are not limited to, the following topics:

  • Mechanisms: Passive diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, and vesicular transport mechanisms in drug permeation.
  • Emerging Technologies: Advances in techniques for studying membrane transport, such as high-throughput screening and computational modeling.
  • In Vitro and In Vivo Models: Experimental models studying drug transport, such as cell cultures, artificial membranes, and animal models.
  • Drug Delivery Strategies: Nanoparticle-based and targeted drug delivery approaches exploiting membrane transport mechanisms.

We encourage researchers from various disciplines to contribute to this Special Issue.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Maria Lambros
Prof. Dr. Alekha K. Dash
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Keywords

  • drug permeation
  • membrane transporter
  • membrane transport
  • ABC transporter
  • targeted delivery
  • membrane-transport protein
  • blood-brain barrier
  • solute carrier
  • ATP-binding cassette family (ABC) transporters
  • drug delivery

Published Papers

This special issue is now open for submission.
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