Vol. 131, No. 1 JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE 6 OCTOBER 2008

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Cover storySolid-in-oil nanodispersion shows a possibility of transdermal protein delivery

K. Park (Indiana, U.S.A.) 1

PerspectiveStability issues of polymeric micelles

Y.H. Bae and H. Yin (Salt Lake City, Utah, United States) 2

ReviewDynamics of controlled release systems based on water-in-water emulsions: A general theory

L.M.C. Sagis (Wageningen, The Netherlands) 5

Research papersA solid-in-oil nanodispersion for transcutaneous protein delivery

Y. Tahara, S. Honda, N. Kamiya, H. Piao, A. Hirata, E. Hayakawa, T. Fujii and M. Goto (Fukuoka, Tokushima, Japan) 14Adhesion and ultrasound-induced delivery from monodisperse microbubbles in a parallel plate flow cell

B.J. Schmidt, I. Sousa, A.A. van Beek and M.R. Bohmer (Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Charlottesville, Virginia, USA; Lisbon, Portugal) 19Identification of a peptide ligand recognizing dysfunctional endothelial cells for targeting atherosclerosis

N. Thapa, H.-Y. Hong, P. Sangeetha, I.-S. Kim, J. Yoo, K. Rhee, G.T. Oh, I.C. Kwon and B.-H. Lee (Daegu, Kyunggi-do, Seoul, Republic of Korea) 27The targeted behavior of thermally responsive nanohydrogel evaluated by NIR system in mouse model

J. Zhang, H. Chen, L. Xu and Y. Gu (Nanjing, PR China) 34Iontophoresis of dexamethasone phosphate: Competition with chloride ions

J.-P. Sylvestre, C. Dıaz-Marın, M.B. Delgado-Charro and R.H. Guy (Bath, UK) 41Mechanism of controlled drug release from a salting-out taste-masking system

T. Yoshida, H. Tasaki, A. Maeda, M. Katsuma, K. Sako and T. Uchida (Shizuoka, Nishinomiya-shi, Japan) 47

Gene DeliveryPolyhydroxyethylaspartamide-spermine copolymers: Efficient vectors for gene delivery

G. Cavallaro, S. Scire, M. Licciardi, M. Ogris, E. Wagner and G. Giammona (Palermo, Italy; Munich, Germany) 54An efficient and low immunostimulatory nanoparticle formulation for systemic siRNA delivery to the tumor

S. Chono, S.-D. Li, C.C. Conwell and L. Huang (Chapel Hill, NC, USA) 64Enhanced gene delivery using disulfide-crosslinked low molecular weight polyethylenimine with listeriolysin o-polyethylenimine

disulfide conjugateS. Choi and K.-D. Lee (Ann Arbor, MI, USA) 70

NanomedicineEffect of hepatocyte growth factor encapsulated in targeted liposomes on liver cirrhosis

F. Li, J.-y. Sun, J.-y. Wang, S.-l. Du, W.-y. Lu, M. Liu, C. Xie and J.-y. Shi (Shanghai, China) 77

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COVER STORYA solid-in-oil nanodispersion for transcutaneous protein delivery

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