Table of Contents

Preface. Foreword. List of Contributors. Drug Targeting: Basic Concepts and Novel Advances (G. Molema). Brain-Specific Drug Targeting Strategies (U. Bickel, et al.). Pulmonary Drug Delivery: Delivery to and Through the Lung (A. de Boer, et al.). Cell Specific Delivery of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs to Hepatic Endothelial and Kupffer Cells for the Treatment of Inflammatory Liver Diseases (B. Melgert, et al.). Delivery of Drugs and Antisense Oligonucleotides to the Proximal Tubular Cell of the Kidney Using Macromolecular and Pro-drug Approaches (M. Haas, et al.). A Practical Approach in the Design of Colon-specific Drug Delivery Systems (C. Leopold). Vascular Endothelium in Inflamed Tissue as a Target for Site Selective Delivery of Drugs (M. Everts, et al.). Strategies for Specific Drug Targeting to Tumour Cells (J. Kosterink, et al.). Tumour Vasculature Targeting (D. van der Schaft, et al.). Phage Display Technology for Target Discovery in Drug Delivery Research (R. Muttuberria, et al.). Development of Proteinaceous Drug Targeting Constructs Using Chemical and Recombinant DNA Approaches (R. Kok, et al.). Use of Human Tissue Slices in Drug Targeting Research (P. Olinga & G. Groothuis). Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Modelling in Drug Targeting (J. Proost). Drug Targeting Strategy: Scrutinize the Concepts Before Screening the Constructs (D. Meijer). Index.

Reviews

"This book will be of particular interest to investigators...should also be acquired by academic pharmacy libraries or by university libraries..." (American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Vol. 66, Spring 2002) "...a map of the body, from the perspective of drug targeting and drug delivery..." (SciTech Book News, Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)