173 results about "Drug targetting" patented technology

A solid drug solution perforator (SSP) system and an associated drug reservoir are provided for delivering therapeutic, prophylactic and / or cosmetic compounds, for nutrient delivery and for drug targeting. For drug delivery, the SSP system includes an active drug ingredient and a matrix of perforator material that biodegrades or dissolves quickly upon contact with a patient's body. The SSP system provides a skin barrier perforator and a controller for prompt initiation and cut-off drug delivery. In a preferred method of transdermal drug delivery, an SSP system containing a selected drug penetrates into an epidermis or dermis, and the drug is promptly released from the (dissolving) SSP system perforator. An additional drug is optionally delivered from a patch reservoir through skin pores created by insertion of the perforator. Formulation and fabrication procedures for the SSP and associated reservoir are also provided. An SSP system can be fabricated with variety of shapes and dimensions.

Disclosed is a conjugate comprising a biologically active agent (drug) linked to a subcellular targeting moiety that targets a drug specifically to the nucleus. Targeting is achieved by attaching a steroid hormone (or an analog) to the drug. The steroid hormone attached to the drug binds its corresponding receptor, the formation of the receptor-ligand complex results in the internalization of the complex into the nucleus, thus resulting in nuclear translocation of the drug. Also disclosed is a conjugate (comprising the complex of the drug and the steroid hormone) bound to a polymer by spacers allowing for concurrent passive targeting to the tumor cell (afforded by attachment to the polymer by the EPR effect) and nuclear targeting of the conjugate (due to the presence of the steroid). Using a suitable degradable spacer allows for the release of free drug in the tumor and enhances nuclear targeting efficacy. The polymer can be further linked to a cellular targeting molecule, where the targeting molecule directs the polymer to specific cells. One may thus be able to effectively target drugs to the nucleus of tumor cells. With little or modifications, several therapeutic agents can be targeted using the invention.

The present invention relates to therapeutic conjugates with the ability to target various antigens. The conjugate contains a targeting antibody or an antigen-binding fragment thereof and an anthracycline chemotherapy drug. The targeting antibody and the anthracycline chemotherapy drug are linked via a linker that includes a hydrazide moiety.

The invention belongs to the field of pharmaceutic preparation, and relates to a targeted drug-carrying liposome of a tumor associated fibroblast. The surface of the targeted drug-carrying liposome is modified with a high-affinity ligand of a specific expression protein of the tumor associated fibroblast. The targeted drug-carrying liposome is capable of realizing targeted delivering of drugs into the tumor associated fibroblast, realizing intervention on tumor microenvironment via action on the tumor associated fibroblast, and realizing tumor treatment. And in addition, the tumor associated fibroblast targeted preparation can be combined with routine tumor cell targeted nano preparations so as to improve antitumous effects of the routine tumor cell targeted nano preparations.

The invention relates to an intracellular triggering reduction sensitive drug linked gene targeted co-carrier which is a gene and drug double-loaded system and comprises disulfide bond cross-linked polyethylene imine, a poly-lactide glycolide copolymer and a surface modified targeted micromolecule. According to the invention, the surface modified active targeted group of a carrier can target drugs to a tumor part and enrich the drugs; a disulfide bond cross-linked in a polymer can be broken in a cell under the condition of high reduction, and the structure of the carrier is disassembled so that the drugs are released. The intracellular triggering reduction sensitive drug linked gene targeted co-carrier disclosed by the invention can effectively load the gene and the hydrophobic micromolecular drug, ensure the stability of the gene and is degraded and releases the gene and the micromolecular drug under the condition of reduction. An in-vivo experiment shows that the intracellular triggering reduction sensitive drug linked gene targeted co-carrier disclosed by the invention has outstanding targeting on tumors.

This invention relates to a highly efficient artificial low-density lipoprotein (LDL) carrier system for the targeted delivery therapeutic agents across the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In particular, this invention relates to artificial LDL particles comprised of three lipid elements: phosphatidyl choline, fatty-acyl-cholesterol esters, and at least one apolipoprotein. The present invention further relates to compositions, methods and kits comprising artificial LDL particles for targeting drugs to and across the BBB for the prevention and treatment of brain diseases.

Disclosed herein are drug delivery devices and methods for the treatment of ocular disorders requiring targeted and controlled administration of a drug to an interior portion of the eye for reduction or prevention of symptoms of the disorder. In several embodiments, the devices are capable of controlled release of two or more drugs, the release of each drug into a different ocular space (e.g., an ocular compartment versus an ocular fluid outflow pathway).

The present invention provides tumor homing molecules, which selectively home to a tumor. The invention also provides methods of using a tumor homing molecule to target an agent such as a drug to a selected tumor or to identify the target molecule expressed by the tumor. The invention also provides methods of targeting a tumor containing angiogenic vasculature by contacting the tumor with a molecule that specifically binds an alphav-containing integrin. The invention further provides molecules that can selectively home to angiogenic vasculature. In addition, the invention provides a target molecule, which is specifically bound by a tumor homing molecule and is expressed by angiogenic vasculature. The invention also provides antibodies that bind to the target molecule and peptidomimetics that competitively inhibit binding of a ligand to the target molecule.

The site-specific expression of selectins on endothelial cells of blood vessels during angiogenesis provides an opportunity to target anti-cancer drugs to the vascular endothelium to extend the range of the therapeutic effect. This invention describes an innovative drug targeting strategy for the selective delivery of the anticancer drugs to endothelial cells by means of polymer-drug conjugates modified with a carbohydrate ligand for the vascular selectins. A model chemotherapeutic drug, doxorubicin, and the E-selectin ligand, sLex, are attached to a biocompatible polymer (HPMA). The selective binding, cellular uptake, intracellular fate, and cell cytotoxicity of the polymer-bound drug are investigated in human endothelial cells.

The invention discloses a method for determining the concentrations of two anti-tumor drugs, metabolites and endogenous substances related to the activity of a metabolic enzyme in human plasma, whichcomprises the following steps: preprocessing, respectively taking voriconazole and bromouracil as internal standards, separating drug components in supernate by using high performance liquid chromatography in a preprocessed sample, performing drug targeting detection by using a high-resolution mass spectrum multi-reaction monitoring mode, and quantifying to realize the analysis and determination of the concentrations of the two anti-tumor drugs, the metabolites and the endogenous substances related to the activity of the metabolic enzyme in the plasma. The method has the advantages of rapidness, extremely high targeting property, high flux, high sensitivity, strong specificity, good precision and accuracy, good stability, high extraction recovery rate, no obvious matrix effect and dilutioneffect and the like. The method for determining the concentrations of two anti-tumor drugs, metabolites and endogenous substances related to the activity of the metabolic enzyme in the human plasma can be used for monitoring the blood concentration of irinotecan and metabolites thereof and the blood concentration of fluorouracil and endogenous substances related to the activity of the metabolic enzyme thereof clinically.

The invention relates to a synthesis method of an organic mineralized structure based on framework nucleic acid coding. The method includes following steps: synthesizing a framework nucleic acid whichstably exists in a solution containing Mg<2+> or Ca<2+>; providing a cationic cluster with a mineral element that is Si or Ca; and bonding the cationic cluster and the phosphate skeleton of the framework nucleic acid by electrostatic attraction to form a nucleic acid-inorganic composite, thus solving a synthesis problem of the organic mineralized structure. The invention further relates to the nucleic acid-inorganic composite synthesized by the method, and applications of the nucleic acid-inorganic composite in preparation of composites of the nucleic acid-inorganic composite and metal or metal oxide, preparation of silica nanopores used for sequencing, preparation of organic inorganic multi-element composite materials with stable configuration or porous materials used for membrane separation techniques and preparation of mesoporous silica for drug targeted transport.