Overcoming the challenges in administering biopharmaceuticals: formulation and delivery strategies

S Mitragotri, PA Burke, R Langer - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
The formulation and delivery of biopharmaceutical drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies
and recombinant proteins, poses substantial challenges owing to their large size and …

The discovery and development of liraglutide and semaglutide

LB Knudsen, J Lau - Frontiers in endocrinology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
The discovery of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), an incretin hormone with important effects
on glycemic control and body weight regulation, led to efforts to extend its half-life and make …

The therapeutic age of the neonatal Fc receptor

M Pyzik, LK Kozicky, AK Gandhi… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
IgGs are essential soluble components of the adaptive immune response that evolved to
protect the body from infection. Compared with other immunoglobulins, the role of IgGs is …

The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn): a misnomer?

M Pyzik, KMK Sand, JJ Hubbard, JT Andersen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibodies are essential components of an adaptive immune response. Immunoglobulin G
(IgG) is the most common type of antibody found in circulation and extracellular fluids …

Albumin-based drug delivery: harnessing nature to cure disease

MT Larsen, M Kuhlmann, ML Hvam… - Molecular and cellular …, 2016 - Springer
The effectiveness of a drug is dependent on accumulation at the site of action at therapeutic
levels, however, challenges such as rapid renal clearance, degradation or non-specific …

Unraveling the mysteries of serum albumin—more than just a serum protein

AM Merlot, DS Kalinowski, DR Richardson - Frontiers in physiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Serum albumin is a multi-functional protein that is able to bind and transport numerous
endogenous and exogenous compounds. The development of albumin drug carriers is …

Future directions for peptide therapeutics development

AA Kaspar, JM Reichert - Drug discovery today, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•An unprecedented number of peptide therapeutics have recently been
approved.•Clinical pipeline analysis reveals an emphasis on peptides with enhanced …

Hyaluronic acid and albumin based nanoparticles for drug delivery

C Lei, XR Liu, QB Chen, Y Li, JL Zhou, LY Zhou… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Albumin, a multifunctional protein, is widely used to prepare nanocarriers. Hyaluronic acid
(HA) is a natural glycosaminoglycan that can specifically bind receptors, such as cluster of …

[HTML][HTML] Biomacromolecules as carriers in drug delivery and tissue engineering

Y Zhang, T Sun, C Jiang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2018 - Elsevier
Natural biomacromolecules have attracted increased attention as carriers in biomedicine in
recent years because of their inherent biochemical and biophysical properties including …

Albumin as a versatile platform for drug half-life extension

D Sleep, J Cameron, LR Evans - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Albumin is the most abundant plasma protein, is highly soluble, very stable and
has an extraordinarily long circulatory half-life as a direct result of its size and interaction …