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XXVIII Abbreviations and Acronyms<br />

Bs(M)Ab bispecific (monoclonal) antibody<br />

BUI brain uptake index<br />

C proportionality constant (Chapter 3); complement (Chapter 8);<br />

(drug) carrier, any part of a drug-carrier conjugate which is not<br />

the pharmacologically active moiety (Chapter 13)<br />

Cp<br />

plasma concentration<br />

Css drug concentration at steady state<br />

CT tissue concentration<br />

CAM chick chorio-allantoic membrane assay<br />

CAT catalase; chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (Chapter 3)<br />

CBF cerebral blood flow<br />

CCA cell cycle arrest<br />

CD cluster of differentiation<br />

CDR complementary determining region<br />

CEA carcinoembryonic antigen<br />

CFC chlorofluorocarbon<br />

cfu colony-forming units<br />

CHO Chinese hamster ovary cells<br />

CL clearance<br />

CLuptake,app apparent clearance uptake<br />

CLuptake clearance uptake<br />

CLL chronic lymphoblastic leukaemia<br />

CMV cytomegalovirus<br />

CNS central nervous system<br />

COER controlled onset extended release<br />

COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease<br />

COS African green monkey kidney cells<br />

COX cyclooxygenase<br />

CPG2 pseudomonas carboxypeptidase-2<br />

CSF cerebrospinal fluid<br />

CTDC colon-targeted delivery capsule<br />

CTL cytotoxic T lymphocyte<br />

CTLA-4 cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein-4<br />

CVO circumventricular organ<br />

D (active, free) drug, active form of the drug, not bound to drug<br />

carrier<br />

DA aerodynamic particle diameter<br />

DE equivalent volume diameter<br />

DAB diphtheria toxin enzymatic A domain and binding B<br />

domain<br />

DC dendritic cell (Chapter 1); drug-carrier conjugate, the conjugate<br />

of a drug and a drug carrier (Chapter 13)<br />

DDI drug delivery index

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