Oral Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs

2. Enzymatic Barriers
John Woodley

3. Gastrointestinal Mucus Gel Barrier
Juan Perez-Vilar

4. The Absorption Barrier
Gerrit Borchard

5. Strategies to Overcome the Enzymatic Barrier
Martin Werle, Hirofumi Takeuchi

6. Low Molecular Mass Permeation Enhancers in Oral Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs
Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

7. Polymeric Permeation Enhancers
Hans E. Junginger

8. Strategies to Overcome Efflux Pumps
Florian Föger

9. Multifunctional Polymeric Excipients in Oral Macromolecular Drug Delivery
Claudia Vigl

10. Nano- and Microparticles in Oral Delivery of Macromolecular Drugs
Gioconda Millotti, Andreas Bernkop-Schnürch

11. Liposome-Based Mucoadhesive Formulations for Oral Delivery of Macromolecules
Pornsak Sriamornsak, Jringjai Thongborisute, Hirofumi Takeuchi

12. Strategies in Oral Immunization
Pavla Simerska, Peter Moyle, Colleen Olive, Istvan Toth

13. Oral Delivery of Nucleic Acid Drugs
Ronny Martien

Keywords: Biomedicine, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Biochemistry, general, Cell Biology