Macrophage depletion by free bisphosphonates and zoledronate-loaded red blood cells.

Bisphosphonates, besides being important drugs for the treatment of various bone diseases, could also be used to induce apoptosis in macrophage-like and cancer cells. However, their activity in vivo is limited by a short plasma half-life and rapid uptake within bone. Therefore, several delivery syst...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Raffaella Sabatino, Antonella Antonelli, Serafina Battistelli, Reto Schwendener, Mauro Magnani, Luigia Rossi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/24968029/pdf/?tool=EBI