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Intracellular Delivery of Drugs to Macrophages

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Biotechnology in India I

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Toxic side effects which often complicate successful therapy in a number of diseases possibly arise due to the fact that at therapeutically effective concentrations the non-target cells in the body are also exposed to the cytotoxic effects of the drugs. Minimization of such adverse reactions might be feasible through drug delivery modalities that would reduce the uptake of the drugs by non-target cells and selectively deliver the drug only to the target cells (and/or intracellular sites) at relatively low extracellular concentrations. The current generic approach to site-specific drug delivery consists of attaching the therapeutic agent to a carrier recognized only by the cells where the pharmacological action is desired. Two types of recognition elements on the surface of target cells are being exploited for this purpose, viz., (i) antigens capable of generating specific, non-cross reactive antibodies, and (ii) receptors on the cell surface capable of efficient transport of the ligands. In general, incomplete specificity for the target cells and poor internalization of antibody-drug conjugates still limit the usefulness of antibodies for site-specific drug delivery applications necessitating exploration of alternatives. The alternate possibility is to exploit the exquisite cell type specificity and high efficiency of endocytosis of macromolecules mediated by specific receptors present on the surface of target cells for delivering drugs. A large number of infectious, metabolic, and neoplastic diseases are associated with macrophages leading to morbidities and mortalities to millions of people worldwide, thus an appropriate design of a drug delivery system to macrophages will be of tremendous help.

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Mukhopadhyay, A., Basu, S.K. (2003). Intracellular Delivery of Drugs to Macrophages. In: Ghose, T.K., et al. Biotechnology in India I. Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology, vol 84. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36488-9_6

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