Editorial Board Members’ Collection Series: Development and Pharmaceutical Applications of Protein-Based Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024 | Viewed by 5452
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Interests: drug delivery; liposomes; pharmaceutical technology; polymeric micro/nanoparticles; selective targeting
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Interests: biomaterials; scaffolds; electrospinning; electrospraying; hydrogel atomization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent decades, proteins have been investigated as excellent natural building blocks for the development of drug delivery systems with the aim of modulating the pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of various active compounds. This is due to their unique properties such as wide availability, high biocompatibility, biodegradability, cost-effectiveness and potential fast regulatory approval processes.
Unfortunately, much criticism has been described during the development of various formulations as a consequence of the manufacturing procedures and the heterogeneous mixture of different molecular weights of proteins that cause a significant batch-to-batch variation. For this reason, innovative approaches and specific techniques have been proposed in order to address these issues and to better exploit the use of these biopolymers for pharmaceutical applications.
The aim of this Special Issue is to describe the latest investigations related to i) the development and characterization of novel protein-based systems proposed as drug carriers, ii) the modulation of the structural properties and the surface architecture of colloidal systems able to target specific cells and tissues, and iii) the advancement provided by the association of proteins to biocompatible molecules (lipids, saccharides, and other polymers) in order to obtain micro/nanoblends with useful technological features.
Original research papers, communication papers, and review articles focused on the description of the aforementioned topics are all welcome.
Dr. Donato Cosco
Dr. Vincenzo Guarino
Guest Editors
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