PEGylated therapeutics in the clinic

Y Gao, M Joshi, Z Zhao… - … & translational medicine, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The covalent attachment of polyethylene glycol (PEG) to therapeutic agents, termed
PEGylation, is a well‐established and clinically proven drug delivery approach to improve …

Photodynamic therapy: past, present and future

U Chilakamarthi, L Giribabu - The Chemical Record, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Though we crossed many milestones in the field of medicine and health care in eradicating
some deadly diseases over the past decades, cancer remained a challenge taking the lives …

David vs. Goliath: the structure, function, and clinical prospects of antibody fragments

A Bates, CA Power - Antibodies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since the licensing of the first monoclonal antibody therapy in 1986, monoclonal antibodies
have become the largest class of biopharmaceuticals with over 80 antibodies currently …

Core–shell-type lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles as a drug delivery platform

B Mandal, H Bhattacharjee, N Mittal, H Sah… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2013 - Elsevier
The focus of nanoparticle design over the years has evolved toward more complex
nanoscopic core–shell architecture using a single delivery system to combine multiple …

Strategies for improving bioavailability, bioactivity, and physical-chemical behavior of curcumin

LZ Racz, CP Racz, LC Pop, G Tomoaia, A Mocanu… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Curcumin (CCM) is one of the most frequently explored plant compounds with various
biological actions such as antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal, antineoplastic, and …

Delivery of therapeutic proteins

DS Pisal, MP Kosloski, SV Balu-Iyer - Journal of pharmaceutical sciences, 2010 - Elsevier
The safety and efficacy of protein therapeutics are limited by three interrelated
pharmaceutical issues, in vitro and in vivo instability, immunogenicity and shorter half-lives …

Why assigning ongoing tobacco use is not necessarily a conservative approach to handling missing tobacco cessation outcomes

DB Nelson, MR Partin, SS Fu… - Nicotine and Tobacco …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Introduction: Missing abstinence outcomes are a universal challenge for tobacco cessation
studies. The biases inherent in the complete case analysis, where cases missing outcomes …

Diffusion of macromolecules in the brain: implications for drug delivery

DJ Wolak, RG Thorne - Molecular pharmaceutics, 2013 - ACS Publications
Therapeutics must diffuse through the brain extracellular space (ECS) in order to distribute
within the central nervous system (CNS) compartment; this requirement holds both for drugs …

Pegylated interferon beta-1a for relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (ADVANCE): a randomised, phase 3, double-blind study

PA Calabresi, BC Kieseier, DL Arnold… - The Lancet …, 2014 - thelancet.com
Background Subcutaneous pegylated interferon (peginterferon) beta-1a is being developed
for treatment of relapsing multiple sclerosis, with less frequent dosing than currently …

Quantitative evaluation of cellular uptake and trafficking of plain and polyethylene glycol‐coated gold nanoparticles

C Brandenberger, C Mühlfeld, Z Ali, AG Lenz… - Small, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
This study addresses the cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of 15‐nm gold
nanoparticles (NPs), either plain (ie, stabilized with citrate) or coated with polyethylene …