Full Description
The International Symposia on Plant Lipids, the 15th of which was held in Okazaki, Japan, in May 12-17, 2002, is held every two years and is the only international meeting in this field. The contributions from the symposium collected in this book represent the most up-to-date research results on plant lipids,including their structure, analysis, biosynthesis, regulation, physiological function, environmental aspects, and biotechnology, obtained world-wide during 2000-2002.
Contents
Red Blood Cell Loading: A Selection of Procedures.- Towards Activated Release of Payloads from Carrier Erythrocytes.- Targeting Drug Loaded Red Blood Cells.- Streptavidin-Mediated Coupling of Therapeutic Proteins to Carrier Erythrocytes.- Vaccination Strategy Using Red Blood Cells as Antigen Delivery System.- Engineered Nanoerythrocytes as a Novel Drug Delivery System.- Red Blood Cells as Carriers of Antiviral Agents.- Erythrocytes as Carriers of Anthracycline Antibiotics in vitro and in vivo.- Drug-Loaded Red Blood Cells for the Control of the Inflammatory Response: Selective Targeting of Nuclear Factor-kB (NF-kB).- Design and Synthesis of New Pro-Drugs to be Used with Carrier Red Blood Cells.- Engineered Red Blood Cells as Circulating Bioreactors.