Development of drug-loaded immunoliposomes for the selective targeting and elimination of rosetting Plasmodium falciparum-infected red blood cells

E Moles, K Moll, JH Ch'ng, P Parini, M Wahlgren… - Journal of Controlled …, 2016 - Elsevier
Parasite proteins exported to the surface of Plasmodium falciparum-parasitized red blood
cells (pRBCs) have a major role in severe malaria clinical manifestation, where pRBC …

Immunoliposome-mediated drug delivery to Plasmodium-infected and non-infected red blood cells as a dual therapeutic/prophylactic antimalarial strategy

E Moles, P Urbán, MB Jiménez-Díaz… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
One of the most important factors behind resistance evolution in malaria is the failure to
deliver sufficiently high amounts of drugs to early stages of Plasmodium-infected red blood …

A nanovector with complete discrimination for targeted delivery to Plasmodium falciparum-infected versus non-infected red blood cells in vitro

P Urbán, J Estelrich, A Cortés… - Journal of controlled …, 2011 - Elsevier
Current administration methods of antimalarial drugs deliver the free compound in the blood
stream, where it can be unspecifically taken up by all cells, and not only by Plasmodium …

ImmunoPEGliposomes for the targeted delivery of novel lipophilic drugs to red blood cells in a falciparum malaria murine model

E Moles, S Galiano, A Gomes, M Quiliano, C Teixeira… - Biomaterials, 2017 - Elsevier
Most drugs currently entering the clinical pipeline for severe malaria therapeutics are of
lipophilic nature, with a relatively poor solubility in plasma and large biodistribution volumes …

Analysis of antibody induction upon immunization with distinct NTS-DBL1α-domains of PfEMP1 from rosetting Plasmodium falciparum parasites

D Angeletti, L Albrecht, M Wahlgren, K Moll - Malaria journal, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background Rosette-formation of Plasmodium falciparum parasitized erythrocytes
is of importance in the development of severe malaria. The parasite-derived molecule …

Study of the efficacy of antimalarial drugs delivered inside targeted immunoliposomal nanovectors

P Urbán, J Estelrich, A Adeva, A Cortés… - Nanoscale research …, 2011 - Springer
Paul Ehrlich's dream of a'magic bullet'that would specifically destroy invading microbes is
now a major aspect of clinical medicine. However, a century later, the implementation of this …

[HTML][HTML] Adaptation of targeted nanocarriers to changing requirements in antimalarial drug delivery

J Marques, JJ Valle-Delgado, P Urbán, E Baró… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
The adaptation of existing antimalarial nanocarriers to new Plasmodium stages, drugs,
targeting molecules, or encapsulating structures is a strategy that can provide new …

Giant host red blood cell membrane mimicking polymersomes bind parasite proteins and malaria parasites

A Najer, S Thamboo, CG Palivan, HP Beck, W Meier - Chimia, 2016 - ojs.chimia.ch
Malaria is an infectious disease that needs to be addressed using innovative approaches to
counteract spread of drug resistance and to establish or optimize vaccination strategies …

An immunoPEGliposome for targeted antimalarial combination therapy at the nanoscale

A Biosca, L Dirscherl, E Moles, S Imperial… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Combination therapies, where two drugs acting through different mechanisms are
administered simultaneously, are one of the most efficient approaches currently used to treat …

Nanomimics of host cell membranes block invasion and expose invasive malaria parasites

A Najer, D Wu, A Bieri, F Brand, CG Palivan, HP Beck… - ACS …, 2014 - ACS Publications
The fight against most infectious diseases, including malaria, is often hampered by the
emergence of drug resistance and lack or limited efficacies of vaccines. Therefore, new …