Elisabet Martí Coma-Cros, Arnau Biosca, Joana Marques, Laura Carol, Patricia Urbán, Diana Berenguer, Maria Cristina Riera, Michael Delves, Robert E Sinden, Juan José Valle-Delgado, Lefteris Spanos, Inga Siden-Kiamos, Paula Pérez, Krijn Paaijmans, Matthias Rottmann, Amedea Manfredi, Paolo Ferruti, Elisabetta Ranucci, Xavier Fernàndez-Busquets
Current strategies for the mass administration of antimalarial drugs demand oral formulations to target the asexual Plasmodium stages in the peripheral bloodstream, whereas recommendations for future interventions stress the importance of also targeting the transmission stages of the parasite as it passes between humans and mosquitoes. Orally administered polyamidoamine (PAA) nanoparticles conjugated to chloroquine reached the blood circulation and cured Plasmodium yoelii -infected mice, slightly improving the activity of the free drug and inducing in the animals immunity against malaria...
November 10, 2018: Pharmaceutics