Abstract
Targeted delivery systems aim to deliver drugs to their intended site of action and as such they are expected to show more desired effects and less unwanted effects. The system itself is composed of a vesicle-encapsulated drug with “target recognition molecules” on the envelop. Ideally, these target recognition molecules, being either small non-peptidic molecules or peptides, are basically high-affinity ligands for a receptor or other protein that is expressed specifically and at high concentrations on the target cells. This review will focus on several widely used examples of target recognition molecules and on how molecular modelling studies have been used in the development of nano drug carrier systems in general.
Keywords: Targeted drug delivery, Nano drug delivery systems, Docking, Molecular dynamics, Central nervous system, Cell penetrating peptides.
Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Target Recognition Molecules and Molecular Modeling Studies
Volume: 17 Issue: 13
Author(s): Burcu Culhaoglu and Atilla Akdemir*
Affiliation:
- Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Bezmialem Vakif University, 34093, Istanbul,Turkey
Keywords: Targeted drug delivery, Nano drug delivery systems, Docking, Molecular dynamics, Central nervous system, Cell penetrating peptides.
Abstract: Targeted delivery systems aim to deliver drugs to their intended site of action and as such they are expected to show more desired effects and less unwanted effects. The system itself is composed of a vesicle-encapsulated drug with “target recognition molecules” on the envelop. Ideally, these target recognition molecules, being either small non-peptidic molecules or peptides, are basically high-affinity ligands for a receptor or other protein that is expressed specifically and at high concentrations on the target cells. This review will focus on several widely used examples of target recognition molecules and on how molecular modelling studies have been used in the development of nano drug carrier systems in general.
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Culhaoglu Burcu and Akdemir Atilla*, Target Recognition Molecules and Molecular Modeling Studies, Current Topics in Medicinal Chemistry 2017; 17 (13) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026616666161222100702
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1568026616666161222100702 |
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