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Computational pharmacokinetics of solute penetration into human intervertebral discs-Effects of endplate permeability, solute molecular weight and disc size
, Article Journal of Biomechanics ; Volume 45, Issue 13 , 2012 , Pages 2195-2202 ; 00219290 (ISSN) ; Shirazi Adl, A ; Urban, J. P. G ; Parnianpour, M ; Sharif University of Technology
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A finite element model is developed to predict the penetration time-history of three different solutes into the human lumbar disc following intravenous injection. Antibiotics are routinely administered intravenously in spinal surgery to prevent disc infection. Successful prophylaxis requires antibiotics to reach adequate inhibitory levels. Here, the transient diffusion of cephazolin is investigated over 10. h post-injection in a human disc model subject to reported concentrations in the blood stream as the prescribed boundary sources. Post-injection variation of cephazolin concentrations in the disc adjacent to supply sources closely followed the decay curve in the blood stream and fell...
Preparation and biological evaluation of radiolabeled-folate embedded superparamagnetic nanoparticles in wild-type rats
, Article Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry ; Volume 287, Issue 1 , January , 2011 , Pages 119-127 ; 02365731 (ISSN) ; Hosseini Salekdeh, S. L ; Mahmoudi, M ; Yousefnia, H ; Majdabadi, A ; Pouladian, M ; Sharif University of Technology
2011
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In this study, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) embedded by folic acid (SPION-folate) were prepared by a modified co-precipitation method. The structure, size, morphology, magnetic property and relaxivity of the SPION-folate were characterized systematically by means of XRD, VSM, HRSEM and TEM and the interaction between folate and iron oxide (Fe3O 4) was characterized by FT-IR. The particle size was shown to be ≈5-10 nm. To ensure biocompatibility, the interaction of these SPION with mouse connective tissue cells (adhesive) was investigated using an MTT assay. Consequently, gallium-67 labeled nanoparticles ([67Ga]-SPION-folate) were prepared using 67Ga with a high labeling...