Targeting of Drugs 6 Strategies for Stealth Therapeutic Systems / edited by Gregory Gregoriadis, Brenda McCormack.

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Other Authors: Gregoriadis, Gregory (Editor), McCormack, Brenda (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Edition:1st ed. 1998.
Series:Nato Science Series A:, Life Sciences ; 300
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Table of Contents:
  • Interactions between Blood Components and Artificial Surfaces
  • The Mononuclear Phagocyte System: Features Relevant to Interactions with Liposomes
  • Stealth™ Therapeutic Systems: Rationale and Strategies
  • Long Circulating Liposomes: Evolution of the Concept
  • Sterically Stabilized Immunoliposomes: Formulations for Delivery of Drugs and Genes to Tumor Cells in Vivo.
  • Pegylation of Liposomes in Cell-Specific Targeting: It Does Not Always Make Sense
  • Stealth™ Liposomes for the Targeting of Drugs in Cancer Therapy
  • Stealth™ Liposomes as Carriers of Doxorubicin
  • Liposome-Mediated Delivery of Retinoids
  • Applications of Liposome Technology to Overcome Multidrug Resistance in Solid Tumors
  • Use of Radiolabeled Liposomes for PEG-Liposome-Based Drug Targeting and Diagnostic Imaging Applications
  • Diagnostic and Therapeutic Targeting of Infectious and Inflammatory Diseases Using Sterically Stabilized Liposomes
  • Biologically Active Ligand-Bearing Polymer-Grafted Liposomes
  • Engineering Stealth™ Liposome Surfaces: Exercises in Colloid Chemistry Principles
  • The Role of Hydration in Stabilization of Liposomes: Resistance to Oxidative Damage of PEG-Grafted Liposomes
  • Physicochemical Characterization of DOTAP-Containing Lipoplexes by Fluorescent Probes: Relevance to Lipofection
  • Steric Stabilization of Cationic Liposome-DNA Complexes: Influence on Morphology and Transfection Activity
  • Polysialic Acids: Potential for Long Circulating Drug, Protein, Liposome and Other Microparticle Constructs
  • Tailor-Made Soluble Polymer Carriers
  • Development of Novel Technologies for the Synthesis of Biodegradable Pegylated Nanoparticles
  • Development of a New Class of Nanoparticles which Avoid Phagocytosis by Inhibiting Complement Activation
  • Coating of Nanoparticles with Surfactants: Targeting versus Prolonged Circulation
  • Recent Developments and Limitations of Poloxamine-Coated Long-Circulating Particles in Experimental Drug Delivery
  • PEG-Coated Nanospheres: Surface Optimization and Therapeutic Applications
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  • Contributors.