Targeted Delivery to the Heart Endothelium

Tech ID: 11237 / UC Case 2008-157-0

Abstract

Targeted delivery of nanoparticles to the heart endothelium with large pay-load potential, applicable to drug/gene delivery.

Full Description

Ligand-targeted liposomes are increasingly being recognized as an effective strategy to deliver drugs to specific organs; however, few studies have quantified endothelial binding of targeted liposomes. Researchers at the University of California, Davis have discovered that embedding high concentrations of short, linear, arginine-terminated peptides into nanoparticles allows for concentrated binding of the particles selectively to heart endothelium and the vascular endothelium in the heart.

Applications

  • Targeted drug delivery vehicles
  • Contrast agents for imaging

Features/Benefits

  • No other methods exist currently to deliver drugs or genes specifically to the heart endothelium

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Patent Status

Country Type Number Dated Case
United States Of America Issued Patent 8,506,928 08/13/2013 2008-157
 

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Inventors

  • Ferrara, Katherine W.
  • Kusunose, Jiro
  • Zhang, Hua

Other Information

Keywords

cardiovascular system, cardiac, cardiac endothelium, heart muscle, drug delivery, targeted, nanoparticles, nanodroplets, imaging

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