Bacterial invasion factors: Tools for crossing biological barriers and drug delivery?

European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-250

  Kochut, Annika ^a   Dersch, Petra ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial invasion factors; Gastrointestinal system; Intestinal barrier; Nanoparticles; Oral drug delivery

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; INVASIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG TARGETING; DRUG UPTAKE; HOST CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INTERNALIZATION; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; NANOENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; TRANSCYTOSIS; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; YERSINIA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; LISTERIA; MICE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; YERSINIA;

EID: 84878330380     PISSN: 09396411     EISSN: 18733441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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