Affiliation:
1. Department of Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama USA
2. Gregory Fleming James Cystic Fibrosis Research Center University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham Alabama USA
3. Division of Otolaryngology Department of Surgery Veterans Affairs Birmingham Alabama USA
4. Northwestern University Evanston Illinois USA
Abstract
Key points
Chitosan is a promising drug delivery vector for therapeutics owing to its biocompatibility.
Once crosslinked with chitosan, prolonged drug release was noted regardless of hydrophilicity.
Hydrophilic drugs may require different strategies to obtain a sustained release profile.
Funder
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute