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Although vaccines and antibiotics could kill or inhibit microbes, many infectious diseases remain difficult to treat because of acquired resistance and adverse side effects. Nano-carriers-based technology has made significant progress for a long time and is introducing a new paradigm in drug delivery. However, it still has some challenges like lack of specificity toward targeting the infectious site. Nanocarriers utilized targeting ligands on their surface called ‘active target’ provide the promising way to solve the problems like accelerating drug delivery to infectious areas and preventing toxicity or sideeffects. In this mini review, we demonstrate the recent studies using the active targeted strategy to kill or inhibit microbes. The four common nano-carriers (e.g. liposomes, nanoparticles, dendrimers and carbon nanotubes) delivering encapsulated drugs are introduced.
Keywords: Active target, Ligands, Microbe, Nano-carrier.
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Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Active Targeted Drug Delivery for Microbes Using Nano-Carriers
Volume: 15 Issue: 15
Author(s): Yung-Sheng Lin, Ming-Yuan Lee, Chih-Hui Yang and Keng-Shiang Huang
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Keywords: Active target, Ligands, Microbe, Nano-carrier.
Abstract: Although vaccines and antibiotics could kill or inhibit microbes, many infectious diseases remain difficult to treat because of acquired resistance and adverse side effects. Nano-carriers-based technology has made significant progress for a long time and is introducing a new paradigm in drug delivery. However, it still has some challenges like lack of specificity toward targeting the infectious site. Nanocarriers utilized targeting ligands on their surface called ‘active target’ provide the promising way to solve the problems like accelerating drug delivery to infectious areas and preventing toxicity or sideeffects. In this mini review, we demonstrate the recent studies using the active targeted strategy to kill or inhibit microbes. The four common nano-carriers (e.g. liposomes, nanoparticles, dendrimers and carbon nanotubes) delivering encapsulated drugs are introduced.
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Lin Yung-Sheng, Lee Ming-Yuan, Yang Chih-Hui and Huang Keng-Shiang, Active Targeted Drug Delivery for Microbes Using Nano-Carriers, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 15 (15) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026615666150414123157
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026615666150414123157 |
Print ISSN 1568-0266 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4294 |
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