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Drug Targeting Organ-Specific Strategies

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ROS reactive oxygen species<br />

RSV respiratory syncytial virus<br />

RV residual volume<br />

SA streptavidin<br />

scFv single chain antibody variable fragment<br />

SEC sinusoidal endothelial cell<br />

SELEX systemic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment<br />

SHR spontaneously hypertensive rat<br />

S(L)T Shiga(-like) toxin<br />

SMA styrene-co-maleic acid/anhydride<br />

αSMA α-smooth muscle actin<br />

SMANCS styrene-co-maleic acid/anhydride–neocarzinostatin conjugate<br />

SOCS suppressors of cytokine signalling<br />

SOD superoxide dismutase<br />

SPARC secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine<br />

SPECT single photon emission computed tomography<br />

SSI STAT induced STAT inhibitor<br />

STAT signal transduction and activator of transcription<br />

Suc succinylated (Chapter 4); succinic acid (Chapter 11)<br />

SV40 Simian virus 40<br />

TA therapeutic availability<br />

TAA tumour associated antigen<br />

TEER transendothelial electrical resistance<br />

TES time-controlled explosion system<br />

TfR transferrin receptor<br />

TGF transforming growth factor<br />

TI targeting index<br />

Tie-2 angiopoietin receptor<br />

tTF truncated tissue factor<br />

TIMP tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases<br />

TLC total lung capacity<br />

TNBS trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid<br />

TNFα tumour necrosis factor α<br />

TOF time of flight<br />

TSP thrombospondin<br />

TTC Tetanus toxin (C-fragment)<br />

TUNEL terminal transferase-mediated UTP nick-end labelling<br />

unbound drug active form of the drug not bound to plasma proteins or other<br />

macromolecular tissue compounds<br />

V variable; volume of distribution<br />

Vc vital capacity<br />

Abbreviations and Acronyms XXXIII

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