Protac-induced protein degradation in drug discovery: breaking the rules or just making new ones?

I Churcher - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - ACS Publications
Targeted protein degradation, using bifunctional small molecules (Protacs) to remove
specific proteins from within cells, has emerged as a novel drug discovery strategy with the …

Pharmaceutical nanocrystals: production by wet milling and applications

M Malamatari, KMG Taylor, S Malamataris… - Drug Discovery …, 2018 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nanocrystals are nanosized drug particles produced in the form of
nanosuspensions.•Nanocrystals are an industrially feasible formulation for poorly soluble …

Entrapment of curcumin in whey protein isolate and zein composite nanoparticles using pH-driven method

X Zhan, L Dai, L Zhang, Y Gao - Food Hydrocolloids, 2020 - Elsevier
In this study, encapsulation strategy of curcumin was employed by fabricating protein-based
composite nanoparticles with hydrophilic whey protein isolate (WPI) and hydrophobic zein …

Delivery of hyperoside by using a soybean protein isolated-soy soluble polysaccharide nanocomplex: Fabrication, characterization, and in vitro release properties

D Wu, L Tang, Z Zeng, J Zhang, X Hu, Q Pan, F Geng… - Food Chemistry, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles made from natural proteins and polysaccharides are green, biodegradable,
and sustainable. In this study, soybean protein isolate (SPI) and soybean soluble …

The design of poly (lactide-co-glycolide) nanocarriers for medical applications

D Essa, PPD Kondiah, YE Choonara… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Polymeric biomaterials have found widespread applications in nanomedicine, and poly
(lactide-co-glycolide),(PLGA) in particular has been successfully implemented in numerous …

Octenyl succinate anhydride debranched starch-based nanocarriers for curcumin with improved stability and antioxidant activity

S Liang, J Du, Y Hong, L Cheng, Z Gu, Z Li, C Li - Food Hydrocolloids, 2023 - Elsevier
Curcumin is a natural antioxidant with health benefits such as diabetes prevention.
Curcumin is poorly soluble in water and sensitive to oxidation, preventing its absorption …

Enhancement of curcumin bioavailability by encapsulation in sophorolipid-coated nanoparticles: an in vitro and in vivo study

S Peng, Z Li, L Zou, W Liu, C Liu… - Journal of agricultural …, 2018 - ACS Publications
There is great interest in developing colloidal delivery systems to enhance the water
solubility and oral bioavailability of curcumin, which is a hydrophobic nutraceutical claimed …

Improving curcumin solubility and bioavailability by encapsulation in saponin-coated curcumin nanoparticles prepared using a simple pH-driven loading method

S Peng, Z Li, L Zou, W Liu, C Liu, DJ McClements - Food & function, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Curcumin is a bioactive phytochemical that can be utilized as a nutraceutical or
pharmaceutical in functional foods, supplements, and medicines. However, the application …

pH-driven preparation of pea protein isolate-curcumin nanoparticles effectively enhances antitumor activity

J Ren, H Wu, Z Lu, Q Qin, X Jiao, G Meng, W Liu… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soluble pea protein isolate-curcumin nanoparticles were successfully prepared at a novel
pH combination, with encapsulation efficiency and drug loading amount of 95.69±1.63 …

Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling of nanoparticles

D Yuan, H He, Y Wu, J Fan, Y Cao - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanoparticles are frequently designed to improve the pharmacokinetics profiles and tissue
distribution of small molecules to prolong their systemic circulation, target specific tissue, or …