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Albumin is playing an increasing role as a versatile, biodegradable drug carrier in clinical theranostics. By applying different techniques, smart drug-delivery systems can be developed from albumin in order to improve drug delivery of different active pharmaceutical ingredients, even small-molecule drugs, peptides or enzymes. Principally, three drug delivery technologies can be distinguished for binding small-molecule or peptide drugs through the charged amino acids, carboxyl, and amino groups of albumin: physical or covalent binding of the drug to albumin through a ligand- or protein-binding group, the fusion of drug with albumin or the encapsulation of drugs into albumin nanoparticles. The accumulation of albumin in inflamed tissues and solid tumours forms the rationale for developing albumin-based drug delivery systems for targeted drug delivery. Besides tumour therapy, albumin-based drug delivery systems can be successfully applied as anti-inflammatory and anti-thrombotic coating for medical devices. The development and optimization of albumin nanoparticles may also be a rational and promising tool for conventional or alternative administration routes in order to improve therapy. This collection provides an overview of the significant scientific research works in this field, which may inspire researchers towards further development and utilization of these smart drug delivery systems.

Medicine. --- plasma half-life extension --- albumin conjugation --- in vivo glucose-lowering activity --- glucagon-like peptide-1 --- quality by design --- rapid equilibrium dialysis --- muco-adhesion --- brain PAMPA --- RPMI 2650 nasal epithelial cell --- human serum albumin --- dimerization --- doxorubicin --- enhanced permeability and retention effect --- antitumor --- Arthrobacter globiformis --- gout --- half-life extension --- inverse electron demand Diels-Alder reaction --- site-specific albumin conjugation --- thermostability --- urate oxidase --- albumin --- anti-thrombotic --- CD39 --- coating of medical devices --- stent coating --- therapeutic fusion protein --- conjugates --- vanadium --- cancer --- prodrug --- hydrogels --- EPR/ESR spectroscopy --- release behavior --- disulfide --- glioma --- conjugate --- albumin binding moieties --- peptides --- Evans blue --- 4-(p-iodophenyl)butyric acid --- integrin αvβ6 --- integrin αvβ6 binding peptide --- improved pharmacokinetics --- PET imaging

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Oral health is general health. If the oral cavity is kept healthy, the whole body is always healthy. Bacteria in the oral cavity do not stay in the oral cavity, but rather they travel throughout the body and can induce various diseases. Periodontal pathogens are involved in tooth loss. The number of remaining teeth decreases with age. People with more residual teeth can bite food well and live longer with lower incidence of dementia. There are many viruses in the oral cavity that also cause various diseases. Bacteria and viruses induce and aggravate inflammation, and therefore should be removed from the oral cavity. In the natural world, there are are many as yet undiscovered antiviral, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory substances. These natural substances, as well as chemically modified derivatives, help our oral health and lead us to more fulfilling, high quality lives. This Special Issue, entitled “Biological Efficacy of Natural and Chemically Modified Products against Oral Inflammatory Lesions”, was written by specialists from a diverse variety of fields. It serves to provide readers with up-to-date information on incidence rates in each age group, etiology and treatment of stomatitis, and to investigate the application of such treatments as oral care and cosmetic materials.

gargle --- oral lichen planus --- angiotensin II blocker --- quantitative structure-activity relationship --- metabolomics --- CCN2 --- anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) --- oral cell --- arachidonic acid cascade --- Kampo medicine --- lignin-carbohydrate complex --- traditional medicine --- eugenol --- QSAR analysis --- constituent plant extract --- polyphenol --- benzaldehyde --- glucosyltransferase --- infective endocarditis --- antiviral --- periodontitis --- nutritionally variant streptococci --- Kampo --- quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) analysis --- traditional Japanese herbal medicine --- technical terms --- allergic rhinitis --- nasal epithelial cell --- antimicrobial susceptibilities --- alkaline extract --- mastic --- stomatitis --- thioredoxin --- production --- oral microbiota --- Jixueteng --- oral inflammation --- random forest --- mice --- chromone --- natural products --- Chinese herbal remedies --- inflammation --- quercetin --- in vivo --- kampo formula --- glucocorticoids --- Hangeshashinto --- recurrent aphthous stomatitis --- anti-osteoclast activity --- cytotoxicity --- dental application --- tongue diagnosis --- natural product --- alkaloids --- inflammatory disease --- pathogenic factors --- increase --- machine learning --- human virus --- cepharanthin --- mucositis --- oral diseases --- Juzentaihoto --- in vitro --- herbal medicine --- tumour-specificity