Silk fibroin nanoparticle as a novel drug delivery system

F Mottaghitalab, M Farokhi, MA Shokrgozar… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Design and synthesis of efficient drug delivery systems are of vital importance for
medicine and healthcare. Nanocarrier-based drug delivery systems, in particular …

Effect of pegylation on pharmaceuticals

JM Harris, RB Chess - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2003 - nature.com
Protein and peptide drugs hold great promise as therapeutic agents. However, many are
degraded by proteolytic enzymes, can be rapidly cleared by the kidneys, generate …

Protein therapeutics: a summary and pharmacological classification

B Leader, QJ Baca, DE Golan - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2008 - nature.com
Once a rarely used subset of medical treatments, protein therapeutics have increased
dramatically in number and frequency of use since the introduction of the first recombinant …

Is target-based drug discovery efficient? Discovery and “off-target” mechanisms of all drugs

A Sadri - Journal of medicinal chemistry, 2023 - ACS Publications
Target-based drug discovery is the dominant paradigm of drug discovery; however, a
comprehensive evaluation of its real-world efficiency is lacking. Here, a manual systematic …

PEGylation of proteins and liposomes: a powerful and flexible strategy to improve the drug delivery

P Milla, F Dosio, L Cattel - Current drug metabolism, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
PEGylation is one of the most successful strategies to improve the delivery of therapeutic
molecules such as proteins, macromolecular carriers, small drugs, oligonucleotides, and …

Pegylation: a novel process for modifying pharmacokinetics

JM Harris, NE Martin, M Modi - Clinical pharmacokinetics, 2001 - Springer
The use of liposomal carriers and the modification of therapeutic molecules through the
attachment of poly (ethylene glycol)[PEG] moieties ('pegylation') are the most common …

Recent developments in L-asparaginase discovery and its potential as anticancer agent

A Shrivastava, AA Khan, M Khurshid, MA Kalam… - Critical reviews in …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract l-Asparaginase (EC3. 5.1. 1) is an enzyme, which is used for treatment of acute
lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL) and other related blood cancers from a long time. This …

Peptide and protein drug delivery to and into tumors: challenges and solutions

VP Torchilin, AN Lukyanov - Drug discovery today, 2003 - Elsevier
The potential of peptide and protein anticancer agents has yet to be realized owing to the
many unresolved problems concerning their delivery to the site of a tumor and into tumor …

L-asparaginase: a promising chemotherapeutic agent

N Verma, K Kumar, G Kaur, S Anand - Critical reviews in …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
This article comprises detailed information about L-asparaginase, encompassing topics
such as microbial and plant sources of L-asparaginase, treatment with L-asparaginase …

Pharmacokinetic consequences of pegylation

M Hamidi, A Azadi, P Rafiei - Drug delivery, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Pegylation, generally described as the molecular attachment of polyethylene glycols (PEGs)
with different molecular weights to active drug molecules or surface treatment of drug …