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Mechanisms of endocytic vesicular transport: their role in physiology and disease, and their translational application for the controlled delivery of nano-scale therapeutics to precise targets at the sub-cellular level (targeting, intracellular drug delivery, endocytosis, cell culture, animal models, pharmacokinetics, microscope imaging).

* denotes senior corresponding author

Papademetriou, I. T., Garnacho C., Schuchman E. H., & Muro S. (2013). In vivo performance of polymer nanocarriers dually-targeted to epitopes of the same or different receptors. Biomaterials. 34(13), 3459-66.

Han, J., Zern B. J., Shuvaev V. V., Davies P. F., Muro S., & Muzykantov V. (2012). Acute and Chronic Shear Stress Differently Regulate Endothelial Internalization of Nanocarriers Targeted to Platelet-Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1. ACS Nano.

Papademetriou, J., Garnacho C., Serrano D., Bhowmick T., Schuchman E. H., & Muro S. (2012). Comparative binding, endocytosis, and biodistribution of antibodies and antibody-coated carriers for targeted delivery of lysosomal enzymes to ICAM-1 versus transferrin receptor. J Inherit Metab Dis.

Bacalocostantis, I., Mane V. P., Kang M. S., Goodley A. S., Muro S., & Kofinas P. (2012). Effect of thiol pendant conjugates on plasmid DNA binding, release, and stability of polymeric delivery vectors. Biomacromolecules.13(5), 1331-9.

Muro, S. (2012).  Challenges in design and characterization of ligand-targeted drug delivery systems. J Control Release.

Ghaffarian, R., Bhowmick T., & Muro S. (2012). Transport of nanocarriers across gastrointestinal epithelial cells by a new transcellular route induced by targeting ICAM-1. J Control Release.

Simone, E. A., Zern B. J., Chacko A-M., Mikitsh J. L., Blankemeyer E. R., Muro S., et al. (2012).  Endothelial targeting of polymeric nanoparticles stably labeled with the PET imaging radioisotope iodine-124. Biomaterials. 33(21), 5406-13.

Serrano D, Bhowmick T, Chadha R, Garnacho C, Muro S. (2012) Intercellular adhesion molecule 1 engagement modulates sphingomyelinase and ceramide, supporting uptake of drug carriers by the vascular endothelium. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 32(5):1178-85. Highlighted in the editorial.

Mane, V., & Muro S. (2012).  Biodistribution and endocytosis of ICAM-1-targeting antibodies versus nanocarriers in the gastrointestinal tract in mice. Int J Nanomedicine. 7, 4223-37.

Garnacho C, Serrano D, Muro S. (2012) A fibrinogen-derived peptide provides ICAM-1-specific vascular targeting and intra-endothelial transport of polymers nanocarriers in cell cultures and mice. J Pharm Exp Ther, 340(3):638-647.

Hsu, J., Northrup L., Bhowmick T., & Muro S. (2011). Enhanced delivery of α-glucosidase for Pompe disease by ICAM-1-targeted nanocarriers: comparative performance of a strategy for three distinct lysosomal storage disorders. Nanomedicine.

Bhowmick T, Berk E, Cui X, Muzykantov V*, Muro S. (2012) Effect of flow on endothelial endocytosis of nanocarriers targeted to ICAM-1. J Control Rel, 157(3):485-492.

Calderon, A.J., Bhowmick T., Leferovich J., Burman B., Pichette B., Muzykantov V., et al. (2011). Optimizing endothelial targeting by modulating the antibody density and particle concentration of anti-ICAM coated carriers. Journal of Controlled Release. 150(1), 37-44.

Hsu, J., Serrano D., Bhowmick T., Kumar K., Shen Y., Kuo Y C., Muro S. (2011).  Enhanced endothelial delivery and biochemical effects of α-galactosidase by ICAM-1-targeted nanocarriers for Fabry disease. Journal of Controlled Release. 149(3), 323-31. Highlighted on the cover and in the editorial.

Shuvaev, V. V., Ilies M. A., Simone E., Zaitsev S., Kim Y., Cai S., et al. (2011).  Endothelial Targeting of Antibody-Decorated Polymeric Filomicelles. ACS Nano.

Calderon A, Bhowmick T, Leferovich J, Burmann B, Pichette B, Muzykantov V, Eckmann D*, Muro S. (2011) Optimizing endothelial targeting by modulating the antibody density and particle concentration of anti-ICAM coated carriers. J Control Rel, 150(1):37-44.

Muro, S. (2010). New biotechnological and nanomedicine strategies for treatment of lysosomal storage disorders. Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology. 2(2), 189-204.

Calderon, A.J., Muzykantov V., Muro S., & Eckmann D.M. (2009). Flow dynamics, binding and detachment of spherical carriers targeted to ICAM-1 on endothelial cells. Biorheology. 46(4), 323-41.

Garnacho, C., Albelda S. M., Muzykantov V. R., & Muro S. (2008).  Differential intra-endothelial delivery of polymer nanocarriers targeted to distinct PECAM-1 epitopes. Journal of Controlled Release.130(3), 226-33.

Garnacho, C., Dhami R., Simone E., Dziubla T., Leferovich J., Schuchman E. H., et al. (2008).  Delivery of acid sphingomyelinase in normal and niemann-pick disease mice using intercellular adhesion molecule-1-targeted polymer nanocarriers. The Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 325(2), 400-8.

Garnacho, C., Shuvaev V., Thomas A., McKenna L., Sun J., Koval M., et al. (2008).  RhoA activation and actin reorganization involved in endothelial CAM-mediated endocytosis of anti-PECAM carriers: critical role for tyrosine 686 in the cytoplasmic tail of PECAM-1. Blood. 111(6), 3024-33.

Rossin, R., Muro S., Welch M. J., Muzykantov V. R., & Schuster D. P. (2008).  In vivo imaging of 64Cu-labeled polymer nanoparticles targeted to the lung endothelium. Journal of Nuclear Medicine. 49(1), 103-11.

Finikova, O. S., Lebedev A. Y., Aprelev A., Troxler T., Gao F., Garnacho C., et al. (2008).  Oxygen microscopy by two-photon-excited phosphorescence. Chemphyschem. 9(12), 1673-9.

Muro, S.*, Garnacho C., Champion J. A., Leferovich J., Gajewski C., Schuchman E. H., et al. (2008).  Control of endothelial targeting and intracellular delivery of therapeutic enzymes by modulating the size and shape of ICAM-1-targeted carriers. Molecular Therapy. 16(8), 1450-8.