Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 14.
Published in final edited form as: Crit Rev Ther Drug Carrier Syst. 2009;26(6):523–580. doi: 10.1615/critrevtherdrugcarriersyst.v26.i6.10

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

A, Principle of creating defects in the lipid bilayer. Top panel shows fatty acyl chain organization at the Tm temperature. The diagram was adapted from the website of Venable & Pastor (FDA/CBER). Lower panel shows release of drugs through localized defects in the membrane. B, Various strategies used for localized drug delivery.