Basics and recent advances in peptide and protein drug delivery

BJ Bruno, GD Miller, CS Lim - Therapeutic delivery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
While the peptide and protein therapeutic market has developed significantly in the past
decades, delivery has limited their use. Although oral delivery is preferred, most are …

Tight junction in blood‐brain barrier: an overview of structure, regulation, and regulator substances

WY Liu, ZB Wang, LC Zhang, X Wei… - CNS neuroscience & …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Blood‐brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic interference that regulates the nutrition and toxic
substance in and out of the central nervous system (CNS), and plays a crucial role in …

[HTML][HTML] Potential use of tight junction modulators to reversibly open membranous barriers and improve drug delivery

MA Deli - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Biomembranes, 2009 - Elsevier
The epithelial and endothelial barriers of the human body are major obstacles for drug
delivery to the systemic circulation and to organs with unique environment and homeostasis …

Prodrug approach: An overview of recent cases

V Abet, F Filace, J Recio, J Alvarez-Builla… - European journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this review we highlight the most modern trends in the prodrug strategy. In drug research
and development, the prodrug concept has found a number of useful applications. Selected …

Tight junction modulation and its relationship to drug delivery

NN Salama, ND Eddington, A Fasano - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2006 - Elsevier
In order for therapeutic agents to exert their pharmacological effects, they have to cross the
biological membranes into the systemic circulation and reach the site of action. Drugs cross …

Pathways and progress in improving drug delivery through the intestinal mucosa and blood–brain barriers

M Laksitorini, VD Prasasty, PK Kiptoo… - Therapeutic …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
One of the major hurdles in developing therapeutic agents is the difficulty in delivering drugs
through the intestinal mucosa and blood-brain barriers (BBB). The goal here is to describe …

Physiological, pathological, and therapeutic implications of zonulin-mediated intestinal barrier modulation: living life on the edge of the wall

A Fasano - The American journal of pathology, 2008 - Elsevier
The anatomical and functional arrangement of the gastrointestinal tract suggests that this
organ, beside its digestive and absorptive functions, regulates the trafficking of …

An update on pharmaceutical strategies for oral delivery of therapeutic peptides and proteins in adults and pediatrics

N Dan, K Samanta, H Almoazen - Children, 2020 - mdpi.com
While each route of therapeutic drug delivery has its own advantages and limitations, oral
delivery is often favored because it offers convenient painless administration, sustained …

Promoting absorption of drugs in humans using medium-chain fatty acid-based solid dosage forms: GIPET™

TW Leonard, J Lynch, MJ McKenna… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
One of the most important and challenging goals in drug delivery is overcoming the poor
oral absorption of high-value therapeutics that include peptides. Gastrointestinal Permeation …

Paracellular drug absorption enhancement through tight junction modulation

HJR Lemmer, JH Hamman - Expert opinion on drug delivery, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Inclusion of absorption-enhancing agents in dosage forms is one approach to
improve the bioavailability of active pharmaceutical ingredients with low membrane …