Hydrophilic microspheres based on albumin-heparin conjugates have been prepared as a macromolecular delivery system. The soluble albumin-heparin conjugate was synthesized and crosslinked in a water-in-oil emulsion with glutaraldehyde to form microspheres in the same manner as for albumin microsphere preparation. The microspheres were characterized in terms of their size and swelling properties....

objective(s) the immunoadjuvant potential of cross-linked dextran microspheres (cdm) as absorption enhancer and quillaja saponins (qs) as immunomodulator adjuvant was evaluated. materials and methods cdm loaded or tetanus-mixed toxoid (tt) or quillaja saponin (qs) were nasally administered to rabbits in dry powder form, three times in 2 weeks interval and serum igg and nasal lavage siga titers ...

Micro- and nanospheres composed of biodegradable polymers show promise as versatile devices for the controlled delivery of biopharmaceuticals. Whereas important properties such as drug release profiles, biocompatibility, and (bio)degradability have been determined for many types of biodegradable particles, information about particle degradation inside phagocytic cells is usually lacking. Here, ...

intranasal vaccination is particularly a striking route for mucosal immunization, due to the ease of administration and the induction of both mucosal and humoral immunity. however, soluble antigens (ag) are not sufficiently taken up after the nasal administration and need to be co-administered with adjuvants, penetration enhancers or encapsulated in particles. so, in this study, tetanus toxoid ...

Using recombinant human granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (rhGM-CSF) as a model drug, the present study demonstrated a practically feasible process to produce polymeric microspheres for sustained-release delivery of protein drugs with preserved integrity. This process is featured with pre-loading proteins into polysaccharide fine particles via a self-standing aqueous-aqueous "emu...

The cause of initial burst release of hydrophilic macromolecular drugs from biodegradable polymeric microspheres was identified. Poly(D,L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) microspheres encapsulating fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC)-labled dextran was prepared by a double emulsion solvent evaporation method. The extent of initial burst release was examined by varying the formulation process conditions s...

Starch or dextran blue microspheres were transferred microsurgically to the infundibulum of the oviduct on Days 1, 2, or 3 of pregnancy of control and oestradiol-treated rats. The animals were killed a few hours to several days after transfer to assess the number and distribution of ova and microspheres in the tract. After transfer on Day 1 of pregnancy, microspheres and eggs crossed the ampull...

In this paper, the release of proteins from a novel self-gelling hydrogel based on biodegradable dextran microspheres is investigated. The protein-loaded macroscopic gels are obtained by hydration of mixtures of oppositely charged hydroxyethyl methacrylate-derivatized dextran microspheres with a protein solution. In media of low ionic strength (100 mM Hepes pH 7.0) it was found that the release...

Injectable dermal filler materials consist of either fluids, biological fragments, or suspensions of particles or microspheres. Particles and microspheres are said to "migrate," but migration can occur only when they are injected into blood vessels. To evaluate biocompatibility and transport, five nonresorbable polymethylmethacrylate microspheres of various sizes, suspended in different carrier...

Hierarchical, core-shell structured microspheres of bismuth chalcogenides (Bi2E3, E ) S, Se, Te) have been synthesized by chemical transformation of reactive precursor templates, which involves the formation of intermediate BiOCl mircrospheres and their subsequent hydrothermal transformation into Bi2E3 core-shell microspheres. The uniform precursor microspheres consisting of BiOCl nanoplates we...