Breunig, M. and Bauer, S. and Goepferich, A. (2008) Polymers and nanoparticles: Intelligent tools for intracellular targeting? EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICS AND BIOPHARMACEUTICS, 68 (1). pp. 112-128. ISSN 0939-6411, 1873-3441
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In recent years, a new generation of drugs has entered the pharmaceutical market. Some are more potent, but some are also more toxic and thus, therapeutical efficacy may be hindered, and severe side effects may be observed, unless they are delivered to their assigned place of effect. Those targets are not only certain cell types, moreover, in cancer therapy for example, some drugs even have to be targeted to a specific cell organelle. Those targets in eukaryotic cells include among others endo- and lysosomes, mitochondria, the so-called power plants of the cells, and the biggest compartment with almost all the genetic information, the nucleus. In this review, we describe how the drugs can be directed to specific subcellular organelles and focus especially on synthetic polymers and nanoparticles as their carriers. Furthermore, we portray the progress that has been accomplished in recent years in the field of designing the carriers for efficient delivery into these target structures. Yet, we do not fail to mention the obstacles that still exist and are preventing polymeric and nanoparticular drug carrier systems from their broad application in humans. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | NUCLEAR-LOCALIZATION SIGNALS; CELL-PENETRATING PEPTIDES; PH-SENSITIVE LIPOSOMES; DRUG-DELIVERY SYSTEMS; TAT-DERIVED PEPTIDE; ANION CHANNEL VDAC; GENE DELIVERY; FOLATE RECEPTOR; LIVING CELLS; QUANTUM DOTS; drug delivery; intracellular targeting; polymers; nanoparticles; endosomes; lysosomes; mitochondria; nucleus |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 615 Pharmacy |
| Divisions: | Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institute of Pharmacy > Pharmaceutical Technology (Prof. Göpferich) |
| Depositing User: | Petra Gürster |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Dec 2020 07:05 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Dec 2020 07:05 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/31633 |
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