Melanoma extracellular vesicles membrane coated nanoparticles as targeted delivery carriers for tumor and lungs by María Sancho-Albero, Alessandra Decio, Reha Akpinar, Ada De Luigi, Raffaella Giavazzi, Luigi M. Terracciano, Luisa De Cola

“…Targeting is the most challenging problem to solve for drug delivery systems. Despite the use of targeting units such as antibodies, peptides and proteins to increase their penetration in tumors the amount of therapeutics that reach the target is very small, even with the use of nanoparticles (NPs). …”
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Delivery determinants of an Acinetobacter baumannii type VI secretion system bifunctional peptidoglycan hydrolase by Valeriya Bezkorovayna, Brooke K. Hayes, Francesca N. Gillett, Amy Wright, David I. Roper, Marina Harper, Sheena McGowan, John D. Boyce

“…Each effector, Tse15, Tde16, and Tae17, is delivered via a non-covalent interaction with a specific T6SS VgrG protein (VgrG15, VgrG16, and VgrG17, respectively). Here we define the regions of interaction between Tae17 and its cognate delivery protein VgrG17 and identify that amino acids G1069 and W1075 in VgrG17 are essential for Tae17 delivery via the T6SS, the first time such specific delivery determinants of T6SS cargo effectors have been defined. …”
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A multistage drug delivery approach for colorectal primary tumors and lymph node metastases by Yihang Yuan, Quanjun Lin, Hai-Yi Feng, Yunpeng Zhang, Xing Lai, Mao-Hua Zhu, Jue Wang, Jiangpei Shi, Yanhu Huang, Lele Zhang, Qin Lu, Zeli Yuan, Jonathan F. Lovell, Hong-Zhuan Chen, Peng Sun, Chao Fang

“…Thus, effective non-invasive methods to treat metastatic LNs would be highly desirable. Here, we develop an enzyme-responsive formulation of small-sized doxorubicin-loaded mesoporous silica nanoparticles (DMSN, 40 nm) encapsulated in nanoliposomes (DMSN@Pla-Lipo, 160 nm). …”
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Injectable hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel niches to create localized and time-controlled therapy delivery by Veronica Torresan, Alessandro Gandin, Paolo Contessotto, Francesca Zanconato, Giovanna Brusatin

“…The use of hydrogel-based niches for therapy delivery enables the concentration of active components and cells in a targeted area. …”
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Nafion®-Containing Solid Lipid Nanoparticles as a Tool for Anticancer Pt Delivery: Preliminary Studies by Maddalena Sguizzato, Elisabetta Esposito, Marcus Drechsler, Eleonora Gallerani, Riccardo Gavioli, Paolo Mariani, Federica Carducci, Rita Cortesi, Paola Bergamini

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Pathogen delivery route impacts disease severity in experimental Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae infection of domestic lambs by Bryan Tegner Jacobson, Jessica DeWit-Dibbert, LaShae Zanca, Sobha Sonar, Carol Hardy, Michael Throolin, Patricia C. Brewster, Kaitlyn Andujo, Kerri Jones, Jonathon Sago, Stephen Smith, Lizabeth Bowen, Diane Bimczok

“…M. ovipneumoniae loads in the trachea and bronchi also were significantly higher after LRT than URT inoculation. …”
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Hypoxia-tropic delivery of nanozymes targeting transferrin receptor 1 for nasopharyngeal carcinoma radiotherapy sensitization by Ruofei Zhang, Yanfang Shen, Xiaoying Zhou, Jianru Li, Hanqing Zhao, Zixia Zhang, Jun Zhao, Hongjun Jin, Shuanshuan Guo, Hui Ding, Guohui Nie, Zhe Zhang, Ying Wang, Xiyun Yan, Kelong Fan

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Application of neurotoxin- and pesticide-induced animal models of Parkinson’s disease in the evaluation of new drug delivery systems by Casanova Yaquelyn, Negro Sofia, Barcia Emilia

“…In the past decades, animal models of PD have been proven to be valuable tools in elucidating the nature of the pathogenic processes involved in the disease, and in designing new pharmacological approaches. Here, we review the use of neurotoxin-induced and pesticide-induced animal models of PD, specifically those induced by rotenone, paraquat, maneb, MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine) and 6-OHDA (6-hydroxydopamine), and their application in the development of new drug delivery systems for PD.…”
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Potential for Isolation of Immortalized Hepatocyte Cell Lines by Liver-Directed In Vivo Gene Delivery of Transposons in Mice by Masahiro Sato, Issei Saitoh, Emi Inada, Shingo Nakamura, Satoshi Watanabe

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Protease shaving of Mycobacterium tuberculosis facilitates vaccine antigen discovery and delivery of novel cargoes to the Mtb surface by Bianca A. Lepe, Christine R. Zheng, Owen K. Leddy, Benjamin L. Allsup, Sydney L. Solomon, Bryan D. Bryson

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A nanocarrier containing carboxylic and histamine groups with dual action: acetylcholine hydrolysis and antidote atropine delivery by Elina E. Mansurova, Andrey A. Maslennikov, Anna P. Lyubina, Alexandra D. Voloshina, Irek R. Nizameev, Marsil K. Kadirov, Anzhela A. Mikhailova, Polina V. Mikshina, Albina Y. Ziganshina, Igor S. Antipin

“…Here, we describe the creation of a new smart system that serves as a carrier for delivering an antidote (i.e., atropine) and functions as a synthetic esterase to hydrolyze acetylcholine. …”
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Enzyme-responsive vitamin D-based micelles for paclitaxel-controlled delivery and synergistic pancreatic cancer therapy by Diana Peixoto, João M. Ravasco, Barbara Blanco-Fernandez, Francisco Veiga, Angel Concheiro, João Conde, Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos, Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

“…Herein, multifunctional enzyme-responsive micelles for the controlled delivery of paclitaxel (PTX) were prepared to circumvent its current clinical challenges. …”
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On Zero-Inflated Hierarchical Poisson Models with Application to Maternal Mortality Data by Kassim Tawiah, Samuel Iddi, Anani Lotsi

“…The occurrence of count outcomes that exhibit many zeros has necessitated the extension of the ubiquitous Poisson regression model to accommodate the zero inflation and overdispersion as a result of the extra dispersion. …”
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PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP PROCUREMENT TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY: ASSESSING THE MANAGERIAL CAPABILITIES OF PUBLIC-SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS IN AFRICA by Betty Oluwafunso OLOJEDE

“…The study revealed that the PSOs have internalized about 41 PPP-capabilities for the delivery of public infrastructure projects. Up to 40 PPP-capabilities were exhibited on an average score (41-60%) level, with mean score (MS) value range of 3.13 ≤ MS ≤ 3.70, for the public projects procured. …”
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Aptamer-conjugated gold nanoparticles enable oligonucleotide delivery into muscle stem cells to promote regeneration of dystrophic muscles by Francesco Millozzi, Paula Milán-Rois, Arghya Sett, Giovanni Delli Carpini, Marco De Bardi, Miguel Gisbert-Garzarán, Martina Sandonà, Ciro Rodríguez-Díaz, Mario Martínez-Mingo, Irene Pardo, Federica Esposito, Maria Teresa Viscomi, Marina Bouché, Ornella Parolini, Valentina Saccone, Jean-Jacques Toulmé, Álvaro Somoza, Daniela Palacios

“…Abstract Inefficient targeting of muscle stem cells (MuSCs), also called satellite cells, represents a major bottleneck of current therapeutic strategies for muscular dystrophies, as it precludes the possibility of promoting compensatory regeneration. Here we describe a muscle-targeting delivery platform, based on gold nanoparticles, that enables the release of therapeutic oligonucleotides into MuSCs. …”
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A New Routing Protocol with High Energy Efficiency and Reliability for Data Delivery in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks by Mahfuzur Rahman Bosunia, Daniel P. Jeong, Chanhong Park, Seong-Ho Jeong

“…To increase the applicability and sustainability of MANET in the future communication environment, we propose here a new routing protocol that constructs a stable, a reliable, and the shortest route having nodes with the minimum level of remaining energy to increase the operational lifetime of MANET. …”
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Novel Drug Delivery Particles Can Provide Dual Effects on Cancer “Theranostics” in Boron Neutron Capture Therapy by Abdul Basith Fithroni, Haruki Inoue, Shengli Zhou, Taufik Fatwa Nur Hakim, Takashi Tada, Minoru Suzuki, Yoshinori Sakurai, Manabu Ishimoto, Naoyuki Yamada, Rani Sauriasari, Wolfgang A. G. Sauerwein, Kazunori Watanabe, Takashi Ohtsuki, Eiji Matsuura

“…Here we present in vivo and ex vivo studies with human pancreatic cancer (AsPC-1) cells to find therapeutically optimal formulas and the appropriate treatment conditions for these particles. …”
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Can Variation in Costs for Cardiovascular Procedures Be Attributed to Inefficiency in Care Delivery? Challenges in Causality, Data Availability, and the Need for Price Transparency by Waseem Nosair, MD, MPH, Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin, PhD, MPH, William S. Weintraub, MD

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Construction and Evaluation of a Subcutaneous Splenic Injection Port for Serial Intraportal Vein Cell Delivery in Murine Disease Models by Toshio Miki, Chika Takano, Irving M. Garcia, Brendan H. Grubbs

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Adhesive polyelectrolyte coating through UV-triggered polymerization on PLGA particles for enhanced drug delivery to inflammatory intestinal mucosa by Jie Zhang, Yi-jing Yin, Xing-wang Wang, Wei-qi Lu, Zhao-yang Chen, Chao-hui Yu, Ke-feng Ren, Cheng-fu Xu

“…In UC, the inflammation damaged mucosa contains a large number of amino groups which are positively charged, providing new opportunities for drug delivery system design. Here, we report an oral drug delivery system utilizing the tacrolimus-loaded poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) (TAC/PLGA) particles with an adhesion coating by in situ UV-triggered polymerization of polyacrylic acid and N-hydroxysuccinimide (PAA-NHS). …”
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