Nanomedicine: Cancer, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular, Central Nervous System, Pulmonary and Inflammatory Diseases

Content: 
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xi-xvii

Preface
Pages xix-xxi
Nejat DГјzgГјneЕџ

Methods in Enzymology
Pages xxiii-lii

Chapter one - Preparation, Characterization, and Cellular Associations of Silicon Logic-Embedded Vectors
Pages 1-16
Anne L. van de Ven, Aaron Mack, Kenneth Dunner Jr., Mauro Ferrari, Rita E. Serda

Chapter two - Postformulation Peptide Drug Loading of Nanostructures
Pages 17-39
Hua Pan, Jon N. Marsh, Eric T. Christenson, Neelesh R. Soman, Olena Ivashyna, Gregory M. Lanza, Paul H. Schlesinger, Samuel A. Wickline

Chapter three - Application of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Intracellular Delivery of Molecules and Proteins
Pages 41-59
I-Ju Fang, Brian G. Trewyn

Chapter four - Multifunctional Anticancer Nanomedicine Based on a Magnetically Responsive Cyanoacrylate Polymer
Pages 61-88
JosГ© L. Arias, VisitaciГіn Gallardo, M. Adolfina Ruiz

Chapter five - Development and Use of Ceramide Nanoliposomes in Cancer
Pages 89-108
Rebecca J. Watters, Mark Kester, Melissa A. Tran, Thomas P. Loughran Jr., Xin Liu

Chapter six - Multistage Nanoparticles for Improved Delivery into Tumor Tissue
Pages 109-130
Triantafyllos Stylianopoulos, Cliff Wong, Moungi G. Bawendi, Rakesh K. Jain, Dai Fukumura

Chapter seven - Mitochondria-Specific Nanocarriers for Improving the Proapoptotic Activity of Small Molecules
Pages 131-155
Volkmar Weissig

Chapter eight - Targeting of Tumor Endothelium by RGD-Grafted PLGA-Nanoparticles
Pages 157-175
Fabienne Danhier, Vincent Pourcelle, Jacqueline Marchand-Brynaert, Christine JГ©rГґme, Olivier Feron, VГ©ronique PrГ©at

Chapter nine - Peptide Nanofiber Scaffold for Brain Tissue Reconstruction
Pages 177-190
Gilberto Ka Kit Leung, Yue Chun Wang, Wutian Wu

Chapter ten - Detection and Treatment of Intravascular Thrombi with Magnetofluorescent Nanoparticles
Pages 191-209
S. Sibel Erdem, Irina Y. Sazonova, Tetsuya Hara, Farouc A. Jaffer, Jason R. McCarthy

Chapter eleven - Imaging the Efficacy of Anti-Inflammatory Liposomes in a Rabbit Model of Atherosclerosis by Non-Invasive Imaging
Pages 211-228
Mark E. Lobatto, Claudia Calcagno, Josbert M. Metselaar, Gert Storm, Erik S.G. Stroes, Zahi A. Fayad, Willem J.M. Mulder

Chapter twelve - Lipid Nanoparticles for Drug Targeting to the Brain
Pages 229-251
Maria Luisa Bondì, Roberto Di Gesù, Emanuela Fabiola Craparo

Chapter thirteen - Transport of a Caspase Inhibitor Across the Blood–Brain Barrier by Chitosan Nanoparticles
Pages 253-269
Müge Yemişci, Yasemin Gürsoy-Özdemir, Seçil Caban, Ebru Bodur, Yılmaz Çapan, Turgay Dalkara

Chapter fourteen - Nanotechnology as a Promising Strategy for Alternative Routes of Insulin Delivery
Pages 271-294
Catarina Pinto Reis, Christiane DamgГ©

Chapter fifteen - Chitosan-Coated Solid Lipid Nanoparticles for Insulin Delivery
Pages 295-314
Pedro Fonte, Fernanda Andrade, Francisca AraГєjo, ClГЎudia Andrade, JosГ© das Neves, Bruno Sarmento

Chapter sixteen - Peptide Nanomedicines for Treatment of Acute Lung Injury
Pages 315-324
Ruxana T. Sadikot

Chapter seventeen - Nanoparticle-Mediated Treatment of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Pages 325-354
W. Mosgoeller, R. Prassl, A. Zimmer

Chapter eighteen - Nanomedicines for Inflammatory Diseases
Pages 355-375
Fatima A. Khaja, Otilia M.Y. Koo, Hayat Г–nyГјksel

Chapter nineteen - Polymeric Nanoparticles for the Selective Therapy of Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Pages 377-397
Philip Wachsmann, Alf Lamprecht

Author Index
Pages 399-424

Subject Index
Pages 425-434