Pullulan-based nanoparticles: future therapeutic applications in transmucosal p...

• Author(s): Rodrigues, Susana ; Grenha, Ana
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3221
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Pullulan; Nanoparticles; Proteins; Transmucosal delivery
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Current advances in the field of drug delivery are aimed at finding adequate strategies for the administration of different drugs. Transmucosal delivery is the first-line option for the systemic delivery of many drugs, including proteins, a group of molecules with recognised therapeutic potential and wide range of applications (drug and genetic therapy, immunisation, among others).