 Drug Carriers
"Drug Carriers" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Forms to which substances are incorporated to improve the delivery and the effectiveness of drugs. Drug carriers are used in drug-delivery systems such as the controlled-release technology to prolong in vivo drug actions, decrease drug metabolism, and reduce drug toxicity. Carriers are also used in designs to increase the effectiveness of drug delivery to the target sites of pharmacological actions. Liposomes, albumin microspheres, soluble synthetic polymers, DNA complexes, protein-drug conjugates, and carrier erythrocytes among others have been employed as biodegradable drug carriers.
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D004337
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.255.260 E02.319.300.380
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| 1997 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 | | 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2002 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2003 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2004 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2008 | 3 | 3 | 6 | | 2009 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2013 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2014 | 6 | 3 | 9 | | 2015 | 6 | 2 | 8 | | 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2017 | 4 | 3 | 7 | | 2018 | 2 | 3 | 5 | | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2020 | 3 | 0 | 3 | | 2021 | 2 | 2 | 4 | | 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2024 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2025 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2026 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Carriers" by people in Profiles.
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Escobedo HD, Schurr MJ, Nair DP. Nanogels for the targeted delivery of antibiotic and antimicrobial drugs. Ther Deliv. 2026 Feb; 17(2):125-138.
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Zare I, Jafari M, Zahed Nasab S, Ramezani Farani M, Rahi A, Ghaee A, Shourangiz-Haghighi A, Bakhshian Nik A, Zhang M, Kang H, Dabiri S, Malekpour Afshar R, Patel SK, Mitchell MJ, Schirhagl R, Hassani Najafabadi A. Stimuli-responsive nanodiamonds for precision pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and drug delivery applications. Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2026 05; 232:115822.
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Lee JG, Petraccione J, Trese KA, Hughes AC, Ausec TR, Salzmann-Sullivan M, Su LJ, Kim MT, Roh S, Goodwin AP, Feng FX, Flaig TW, Shields CW. Soft Extrudable Dendritic Particles with Nanostructured Tendrils for Local Adhesion and Drug Release to Bladder Cancers. Adv Mater. 2025 Sep; 37(38):e2505231.
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Collins J, Farnsworth NL. Active targeting of type 1 diabetes therapies to pancreatic beta cells using nanocarriers. Diabetologia. 2025 Apr; 68(4):692-703.
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Anchordoquy T, Artzi N, Balyasnikova IV, Barenholz Y, La-Beck NM, Brenner JS, Chan WCW, Decuzzi P, Exner AA, Gabizon A, Godin B, Lai SK, Lammers T, Mitchell MJ, Moghimi SM, Muzykantov VR, Peer D, Nguyen J, Popovtzer R, Ricco M, Serkova NJ, Singh R, Schroeder A, Schwendeman AA, Straehla JP, Teesalu T, Tilden S, Simberg D. Mechanisms and Barriers in Nanomedicine: Progress in the Field and Future Directions. ACS Nano. 2024 06 04; 18(22):13983-13999.
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Camp E, Garcia LG, Pribadi C, Paton S, Vasilev K, Anderson P, Gronthos S. Targeting of C-ROS-1 Activity Using a Controlled Release Carrier to Treat Craniosynostosis in a Preclinical Model of Saethre-Chotzen Syndrome. J Tissue Eng Regen Med. 2024; 2024:8863925.
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Haroon HB, Dhillon E, Farhangrazi ZS, Trohopoulos PN, Simberg D, Moghimi SM. Activation of the complement system by nanoparticles and strategies for complement inhibition. Eur J Pharm Biopharm. 2023 Dec; 193:227-240.
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Pereira TA, Ramos DN, Sobral LM, Martins YA, Petrilli R, Fantini MAC, Leopoldino AM, Lopez RFV. Liquid crystalline nanogel targets skin cancer via low-frequency ultrasound treatment. Int J Pharm. 2023 Nov 05; 646:123431.
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Tang W, Panja S, Jogdeo CM, Tang S, Ding L, Yu A, Foster KW, Dsouza DL, Chhonker YS, Jensen-Smith H, Jang HS, Boesen EI, Murry DJ, Padanilam B, Oupický D. Modified chitosan for effective renal delivery of siRNA to treat acute kidney injury. Biomaterials. 2022 06; 285:121562.
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Talkington AM, Wessler T, Lai SK, Cao Y, Forest MG. Experimental Data and PBPK Modeling Quantify Antibody Interference in PEGylated Drug Carrier Delivery. Bull Math Biol. 2021 11 09; 83(12):123.
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