Includes bibliographical references and index.

Therapeutic potential of targeted drug delivery / Ajit S. Narang and Ram I. Mahato -- Antibody therapies for liver malignancy and transplantation / John M. Luk and Kwong-Fai Wong -- Transferrin receptor-mediated transcytosis in intestinal epithelial cells for gastrointestinal absorption of protein drugs / Nurmamet Amet ... [et al.] -- Ionizing radiation for tumor targeted drug delivery / Roberto Diaz, Li Zhou, and Dennis E. Hallahan -- Recent advances in gene expression and delivery systems / Ravikiran Panakanti and Ram I. Mahato -- Cellular barriers for nucleic acid delivery and targeting / Arto Urtti -- Targeted delivery systems of non-viral nucleic acid-based therapeutics / Ga Yong Shim ... [et al.] -- Delivery and targeting of oligonucleotides and siRNA / Ningning Yang and Ram I. Mahato -- Liposomes for non-viral gene delivery / Jiasheng Tu ... [et al.] -- Delivering the bullet to the right intracellular target : a cellular perspective on drug delivery / Maria Teresa Tarrag�ao-Trani and Brian Storrie -- Mitochondria-targeted drug delivery / Volkmar Weissig and Gerard G. M. D'Souza -- Site-specific prodrug activation strategies for targeted drug action / Mark D. Erion -- Enzyme-activated prodrug strategies for targeted drug action / Jarkko Rautio ... [et al.] -- Targeting colon and kidney : pathophysiological determinants of design strategy / Ajit S. Narang and Ram I. Mahato -- Principles and practice of pulmonary drug delivery / Vivek Gupta, Chandan Thomas, and Fakhrul Ahsan -- Recent advances in ocular drug delivery : role of transporters, receptors, and nanocarriers / Gyan P. Mishra ... [et al.] -- Injectable polymers for regional drug delivery / Rajendra P. Pawar ... [et al.] -- Polymer-drug conjugates / Lucienne Juillerat-Jeanneret and Feride Cengelli -- Polymer micelles for drug delivery / Sungwon Kim and Kinam Park -- Multifunctional stimuli-responsive nanoparticles for targeted delivery of small and macromolecular therapeutics / Srinivas Ganta, Arun Iyer, and Mansoor Amiji -- Physiological stress responsive gene regulation systems for tissue targeting / Hyun Ah Kim and Minhyung Lee.