- 著者
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田上 辰秋
尾関 哲也
- 出版者
- 一般社団法人 日本臓器保存生物医学会
- 雑誌
- Organ Biology (ISSN:13405152)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.24, no.1, pp.54-60, 2017 (Released:2017-03-31)
- 参考文献数
- 24
- 被引用文献数
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1
Drug delivery systems (DDS) which deal with nanoparticles or micro-particles have been extensively developing to meet the needs of patients. In this review, we introduced various kinds of drug carriers. Liposome is a phospholipid-based biocompatible nanocarrier which is one of well-studied for several decades. Liposomes can encapsulate the drugs with narrow therapeutics window to prevent the severe side effects. Polyethylene glycol (PEG)-loaded liposomes can prolong the blood circulation time and shows passive accumulation into tumor tissue (Passive targeting), which is called as enhanced permeability and retention effect. Specific ligand-conjugated liposomes have the ability to make the liposomes home the target cells and tissues (Active targeting). Specific stimuli-responsive liposomes can be used to control the drug release to target site by the stimulation as trigger (Triggered release). In addition, the characteristics of other nanoparticles including albumin-based nanoparticles, micelles, dendrimer, emulsions, metal nanoparticles and polymer particles were introduced. Current progress of DDS technology would result in the emergence of new nano- and micro carriers with different platforms. The information about functional nanoparticles and microparticles will be useful for the medical staffs to understand the current and future particle-based medicine.