Loading antimalarial drugs into noninfected red blood cells: an undesirable roommate for Plasmodium

Future Med Chem. 2015;7(7):837-40. doi: 10.4155/fmc.15.35.

Authors

Ernest Moles^{1

2

3}, Xavier Fernàndez-Busquets^{1

2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Nanomalaria Unit, Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia (IBEC), Baldiri Reixac 10-12, Barcelona ES-08028, Spain.
² Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal, Barcelona Ctr. Int. Health Res. [CRESIB], Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona), Rosselló 149-153, Barcelona ES-08036, Spain.
³ Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Institute (IN2UB), University of Barcelona, Martí i Franquès 1, Barcelona ES-08028, Spain.

PMID: 26061102
DOI: 10.4155/fmc.15.35

No abstract available

Keywords: Plasmodium; malaria; nanomedicine; red blood cell; targeted drug delivery.

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antimalarials / metabolism*
Antimalarials / pharmacology*
Drug Carriers / chemistry
Erythrocytes / drug effects
Erythrocytes / metabolism*
Erythrocytes / parasitology*
Malaria / drug therapy
Parasitic Sensitivity Tests
Plasmodium / drug effects*

Substances

Antimalarials
Drug Carriers