Nanomedicine: Infectious Diseases, Immunotherapy, Diagnostics, Antifibrotics, Toxicology and Gene Medicine

Content: 
Series Page
Page ii

Copyright
Page iv

Contributors
Pages xiii-xix

Preface
Pages xxi-xxiii
Nejat DГјzgГјneЕџ

Volume in series
Pages xxv-liv

Chapter One - Enhanced Antiviral Activity of Acyclovir Loaded into Nanoparticles
Pages 1-19
Roberta Cavalli, Manuela Donalisio, Agnese Bisazza, Andrea Civra, Elisabetta Ranucci, Paolo Ferruti, David Lembo

Chapter two - Gold manno-Glyconanoparticles for Intervening in HIV gp120 Carbohydrate-Mediated Processes
Pages 21-40
Paolo Di Gianvincenzo, Fabrizio Chiodo, Marco Marradi, Soledad PenadГ©s

Chapter three - Nanoparticle-Mediated Targeted Delivery of Antiretrovirals to the Brain
Pages 41-60
Supriya D. Mahajan, Wing-Cheung Law, Ravikumar Aalinkeel, Jessica Reynolds, Bindukumar B. Nair, Ken-Tye Yong, Indrajit Roy, Paras N. Prasad, Stanley A. Schwartz

Chapter four - Antibacterial Activity of Doxycycline-Loaded Nanoparticles
Pages 61-85
Ranjita Misra, Sanjeeb K. Sahoo

Chapter five - Antimicrobial Properties of Electrically Formed Elastomeric Polyurethane–Copper Oxide Nanocomposites for Medical and Dental Applications
Pages 87-99
Z. Ahmad, M.A. Vargas-Reus, R. Bakhshi, F. Ryan, G.G. Ren, F. Oktar, R.P. Allaker

Chapter six - Gastrointestinal Delivery of Anti-inflammatory Nanoparticles
Pages 101-125
Hamed Laroui, Shanthi V. Sitaraman, Didier Merlin

Chapter seven - Chitosan-Based Nanoparticles as a Hepatitis B Antigen Delivery System
Pages 127-142
Filipa Lebre, Dulce Bento, Sandra Jesus, Olga Borges

Chapter eight - Targeting Nanoparticles to Dendritic Cells for Immunotherapy
Pages 143-163
Luis J. Cruz, Paul J. Tacken, Felix Rueda, Joan Carles Domingo, Fernando Albericio, Carl G. Figdor

Chapter Nine - Protein–Carbon Nanotube Sensors: Single Platform Integrated Micro Clinical Lab for Monitoring Blood Analytes
Pages 165-194
Sowmya Viswanathan, Pingzuo Li, Wonbong Choi, Slawomir Filipek, T.A. Balasubramaniam, V. Renugopalakrishnan

Chapter ten - Investigating the Toxic Effects of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
Pages 195-224
Stefaan J. Soenen, Marcel De Cuyper, Stefaan C. De Smedt, Kevin Braeckmans

Chapter eleven - Cytotoxicity of Gold Nanoparticles
Pages 225-242
Yu Pan, Matthias Bartneck, Willi Jahnen-Dechent

Chapter twelve - Design of Target-Seeking Antifibrotic Compounds
Pages 243-261
Tero A.H. Järvinen

Chapter thirteen - Design and Fabrication of N-Alkyl-Polyethylenimine-Stabilized Iron Oxide Nanoclusters for Gene Delivery
Pages 263-276
Gang Liu, Zhiyong Wang, Seulki Lee, Hua Ai, Xiaoyuan Chen

Chapter fourteen - Cell-Penetrating Peptide-Based Systems for Nucleic Acid Delivery: A Biological and Biophysical Approach
Pages 277-300
Sara Trabulo, Ana L. Cardoso, Ana M.S. Cardoso, Nejat DГјzgГјneЕџ, AmГЎlia S. Jurado, Maria C. Pedroso de Lima

Chapter fifteen - Multifunctional Envelope-Type Nano Device (MEND) for Organelle Targeting Via a Stepwise Membrane Fusion Process
Pages 301-326
Yuma Yamada, Hidetaka Akita, Hideyoshi Harashima

Chapter sixteen - Lipopolyplexes as Nanomedicines for Therapeutic Gene Delivery
Pages 327-338
Leire GarcГ­a, Koldo Urbiola, Nejat DГјzgГјneЕџ, Conchita Tros de Ilarduya

Chapter seventeen - Interfering Nanoparticles for Silencing MicroRNAs
Pages 339-353
Huricha Baigude, Tariq M. Rana

Chapter eighteen - Genetic Nanomedicine: Gene Delivery by Targeted Lipoplexes
Pages 355-367
Nejat DГјzgГјneЕџ, Conchita Tros de Ilarduya

Author Index
Pages 369-398

Subject Index
Pages 399-408