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pH-Responsive carriers for oral drug delivery: Challenges and opportunities of current platforms

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Liu, Lin, Yao, WenDong, Rao, YueFeng, Lu, XiaoYang, Gao, JianQing·2017·Drug Delivery

Abstract

Oral administration is a desirable alternative of parenteral administration due to the convenience and increased compliance to patients, especially for chronic diseases that require frequent administration. The oral drug delivery is a dynamic research field despite the numerous challenges limiting their effective delivery, such as enzyme degradation, hydrolysis and low permeability of intestinal epithelium in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. pH-Responsive carriers offer excellent potential as oral therapeutic systems due to enhancing the stability of drug delivery in stomach and achieving controlled release in intestines. This review provides a wide perspective on current status of pH-responsive oral drug delivery systems prepared mainly with organic polymers or inorganic materials, including the strategies used to overcome GI barriers, the challenges in their development and future prospects, with focus on technology trends to improve the bioavailability of orally delivered drugs, the mechanisms of drug release from pH-responsive oral formulations, and their application for drug delivery, such as protein and peptide therapeutics, vaccination, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and bacterial infections.

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  • pH-responsive anionic hydrogels made of PAA can protect drugs from degradation and denaturation at a low pH of gastric juice and release drugs in specific locations, such as the upper small intestine and colon.

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Authors
Liu, L., Yao, W., Rao, Y., Lu, X., & Gao, J.
Affiliations
  • First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University (CN)
  • Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (CN)
  • Zhejiang University (CN)
Corresponding author
Gao, JianQing
Venue
Drug Delivery
Published
2017-01-01
Volume
24
Issue
1
Pages
569-581
ISSN
  • 1071-7544 (ISSN-L)
  • 1521-0464
OpenAlex
W2588888588
Cited by
420
References
167
Citations by year
2026: 61 · 2025: 66 · 2024: 49 · 2023: 56 · 2022: 42 · 2021: 44 · 2020: 41 · 2019: 26 · 2018: 27 · 2017: 8
FWCI
2.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Drug Delivery (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Drug Solubulity and Delivery Systems
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Keywords
oral drug delivery, gastrointestinal barrier, enzyme degradation, intestinal permeability, controlled release, bioavailability, oral immunization, inflammatory bowel disease, bacterial infection, organic polymers, inorganic materials
MeSH terms
Administration, Oral, Animals, Biological Availability, Drug Carriers, Drug Compounding, Drug Stability, Pharmaceutical Preparations, Humans, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Intestinal Absorption, Microspheres, Pharmacokinetics, Tablets, Hydrogels, Nanoparticles

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