Organelle–Specific Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology

Preface.
<p>Contributors.</p>
<p>1. An Introduction to Subcellular Nanomedicine: Current Trends and Future Developments (Gerard G. M. D Souza and Volkmar Weissig).</p>
<p>2. Delivery of Nanonsensors to Measure the Intracellular Environment (Paul G. Coupland and Jonathan W. Aylott).</p>
<p>3. Cytoplasmic Diffi usion of Dendrimers and Dendriplexes (Alexander T. Florence and Pakatip Ruenraroengsak).</p>
<p>4. Endocytosis and Intracellular Trafficking of Quantum Dot–Ligand Bioconjugates (Tore–Geir Iversen, Nadine Frerker, and Kirsten Sandvig).</p>
<p>5. Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticle–Based Intracellular Biosensors and Therapeutic Agents (Neil Bricklebank).</p>
<p>6. Subcellular Fate of Nanodelivery Systems (Dusica Maysinger, Sebastien Boridy, and Eliza Hutter).</p>
<p>7. Intracellular Fate of Plasmid DNA Polyplexes (Kevin Maier and Ernst Wagner).</p>
<p>8. Intracellular Trafficking of Membrane Receptor–Mediated Uptake of Carbon Nanotubes (Bin Kang and Yaodong Dai).</p>
<p>9. Real–Time Particle Tracking for Studying Intracellular Transport of Nanotherapeutics (Clive Chen and Junghae Suh).</p>
<p>10. Tracking Intracellular Polymer Localization Via Fluorescence Microscopy (Simon C. W. Richardson).</p>
<p>11. Can QSAR Models Describing Small–Molecule Xenobiotics Give Useful Tips for Predicting Uptake and Localization of Nanoparticles in Living Cells? And If Not, Why Not? (Richard W. Horobin).</p>
<p>12. Self–Unpacking Gene Delivery Scaffolds (Millicent O. Sullivan).</p>
<p>13. Cellular Trafficking of Dendrimers (Yunus Emre Kurtoglu and Rangaramanujam M. Kannan).</p>
<p>14. Endolysosomolytically Active pH–Sensitive Polymeric Nanotechnology (Han Chang Kang and You Han Bae).</p>
<p>15. Uptake and Intracellular Dynamics of Proteins Internalized by Cell–Penetrating Peptides (Arwyn T. Jones).</p>
<p>16. Cargo Transport by Teams of Molecular Motors: Basic Mechanisms for Intracellular Drug Delivery (Melanie J. I. M&uuml;ller, Florian Berger, Stegan Klumpp, and Reinhard Lipowsky).</p>
<p>17. The Potential of Photochemical Internalization (PCI) for the Cytosolic Delivery of Nanomedicines (Kristian Berg, Anette Weyergang, Anders H&oslash;gset, and P&aring;l Kristian Selbo).</p>
<p>18. Peptide–Based Nanocarriers for Intracellular Delivery of Biologically Active Proteins (Seong Loong Lo and Shu Wang).</p>
<p>19. Organelle–Specific Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology: Active Cellular Transport of Submicro– and Nanoscale Particles (Galya Orr).</p>
<p>20. Subcellular Targeting of Virus–Envelope–Coated Nanoparticles (Jia Wang, Mohammad F. Saeed, Andrey A. Kolokoltsov, and Robert A. Davey).</p>
<p>21. Mitochondria–Targeted Pharmaceutical Nanocarriers (Volkmar Weissig and Gerard G.M. D Souza).</p>
<p>22. Cell–Penetrating Peptides for Cytosolic Delivery of Biomacromolecules (Camilla Foged, Xiaona Jing, and Hanne Moerck Nielsen).</p>
<p>23. Therapeutic Nano–object Delivery to Subdomains of Cardiac Myocytes (Valeriy Lukyanenko).</p>
<p>24. Design Parameters Modulating Intracellular Drug Delivery: Anchoring to Specific Cellular Epitopes, Carrier Geometry, and Use of Auxiliary Pharmacological Agents (Silvia Muro and Vladimir R. Muzykantov).</p>
<p>25. Uptake Pathways Dependent Intracellular Trafficking of DNA Carrying Nanodelivery Systems (Ikramy A. Khalil, Yuma Yamada, Hidetaka Akita, and Hideyoshi Harashima).</p>
<p>26. Cellular Interactions of Plasmon–Resonant Gold Nanorods (Qingshan Wei and Alexander Wei).</p>
<p>27. Quantum Dot Labeling for Assessment of Intracellular Trafficking of Therapeutically Active Molecules (Diane J. Burgess and Mamta Kapoor).</p>
<p>Index.</p>