Abstract: Multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (TB) is a major public health problem concerning about half a million cases each year. Patients hardly adhere to the current strict treatment consisting of more than 10,000 tablets over a 2-year period. There is a clear need for efficient and better-formulated medications. The inventors have previously shown that nanoparticles made of cross-linked poly-#-cyclodextrins (p?CD) are efficient vehicles for pulmonary delivery of powerful combinations of anti-TB drugs. Here, they report that in addition to be efficient drug carriers, p?CD nanoparticles are endowed with intrinsic antibacterial properties. Indeed, empty p?CD are able to impair M. tuberculosis (Mtb) establishment after pulmonary administration in mice. p?CD hamper colonisation of macrophages by Mtb by interfering with lipid rafts, without inducing toxicity. Moreover, p?CD provoke macrophage apoptosis leading to depletion of infected cells, thus creating a lung micro-environment detrimental to Mtb persistence.

Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticles made from organometallic hybrid materials made from iron carboxylates, used for example as contrast agents. The particles can also be used for the encapsulation and vectoring of molecules of interest such as active pharmaceutical agents, cosmetically interesting compounds and markers. Apart from the intrinsic properties thereof for imaging, said nanoparticles give good results in terms of capacity of loading with medicaments and in biocompatibility.

Abstract: A process for preparing a porous solid with an outer surface modified by at least one polymer; the polymer being simultaneously synthetized in solution and grafted on the outer surface of the solid, includes contacting: a porous solid; and a polymer-precursor solution comprising an adhesion primer, and at least one polymerizable monomer; under conditions enabling the formation of radical entities.

Abstract: The present invention concerns metal-organic hybrid solids having a modified outer surface. These solids can be used, for example, for the storage and vectoring of molecules of interest such as pharmaceutically active ingredients, compounds of interest in cosmetics and markers, for example contrast agents. These solids have good results in terms of active drug loading capacities, biocompatibility, stability and controlling the release of the active ingredients encapsulated.

Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticles made from organometallic hybrid materials made from iron carboxylates, used for example as contrast agents. The particles can also be used for the encapsulation and vectoring of molecules of interest such as active3 pharmaceutical agents, cosmetically interesting compounds and markers. Apart from the intrinsic properties thereof for imaging, said nanoparticles give good results in terms of capacity of loading with medicaments and in biocompatibility.

Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticles made from organometallic hybrid materials made from iron carboxylates, used for example as contrast agents. The particles can also be used for the encapsulation and vectoring of molecules of interest such as active3 pharmaceutical agents, cosmetically interesting compounds and markers. Apart from the intrinsic properties thereof for imaging, said nanoparticles give good results in terms of capacity for loading with medicaments and in biocompatibility.

Abstract: A process for preparing a porous solid with an outer surface modified by at least one polymer; the polymer being simultaneously synthetized in solution and grafted on the outer surface of the solid, includes contacting: a porous solid; and a polymer-precursor solution comprising an adhesion primer, and at least one polymerizable monomer; under conditions enabling the formation of radical entities.

Abstract: A complex formed of at least one molecule of 5-(1,2-dihydroxy-ethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-5H-furan-2-one or a derivative covalently bonded with at least one hydrocarbon radical with formula (A) as follows: wherein: •-m 1=1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; •-m 2=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; and represents the site of the bond with the molecule of 5-(1,2-dihydroxy-ethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-5H-furan-2-one or derivative.

Abstract: The present invention concerns metal-organic hybrid solids having a modified outer surface. These solids can be used, for example, for the storage and vectoring of molecules of interest such as pharmaceutically active ingredients, compounds of interest in cosmetics and markers, for example contrast agents. These solids have good results in terms of active drug loading capacities, biocompatibility, stability and controlling the release of the active ingredients encapsulated.

Abstract: A complex formed of at least one molecule of 5-(1,2-dihydroxy-ethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-5H-furan-2-one or a derivative covalently bonded with at least one hydrocarbon radical with formula (A) as follows: wherein: •-m 1=1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; •-m 2=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; and represents the site of the bond with the molecule of 5-(1,2-dihydroxy-ethyl)-3,4-dihydroxy-5H-furan-2-one or derivative.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a cyclodextrin polymer and/or a hydrophilic polymer emulsion having cyclodextrins as well as lipophilic compounds, the emulsions having a remarkable stability. In particular, the method includes: (i) adding a lipophilic compound into an aqueous solution of a cyclodextrin unit polymer or hydrophilic polymer having cyclodextrins; (ii) forming an emulsion from the mixture resulting from step (i). The invention also relates to the resulting emulsions, i.e. stabilized emulsions by a non-covalent and non-crystalline inclusion complex consisting of (i) a cyclodextrin unit polymer or a hydrophilic polymer having cyclodextrins and (ii) a lipophilic compound. The invention also relates to the use of said emulsions in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and/or agri-food fields.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a cyclodextrin polymer and/or a hydrophilic polymer emulsion having cyclodextrins as well as lipophilic compounds, the emulsions having a remarkable stability. In particular, the method includes: (i) adding a lipophilic compound into an aqueous solution of a cyclodextrin unit polymer or hydrophilic polymer having cyclodextrins; (ii) forming an emulsion from the mixture resulting from step (i). The invention also relates to the resulting emulsions, i.e. stabilized emulsions by a non-covalent and non-crystalline inclusion complex consisting of (i) a cyclodextrin unit polymer or a hydrophilic polymer having cyclodextrins and (ii) a lipophilic compound. The invention also relates to the use of said emulsions in the cosmetic, pharmaceutical and/or agri-food fields.

Abstract: Particles comprising a core based on at least one biodegradable organosoluble polymer. At least a part of the surface of the particles is coated with at least one hyaluronan or a derivative thereof, the hyaluronan being a water-soluble, amphiphilic hyaluronan of which the carboxylic functions are in part transformed to form hydrophobic groups.

Abstract: The invention relates to solid organometallic hybrids with modified surface. Said solid may be used for example for the encapsulation and vectoring of molecules of interest such as active pharmaceutical agents, compounds of interest in cosmetics and markers, for example, contrast agents. Said solids show good results in terms of loading capacity in medicament agents and in biocompatibility.

Abstract: The invention relates to nanoparticles made from organometallic hybrid materials made from iron carboxylates, used for example as contrast agents. The particles can also be used for the encapsulation and vectoring of molecules of interest such as active3 pharmaceutical agents, cosmetically interesting compounds and markers. Apart from the intrinsic properties thereof for imaging, said nanoparticles give good results in terms of capacity for loading with medicaments and in biocompatibility.

Abstract: A composition comprises an aqueous dispersion of particles (p) of mean hydrodynamic diameter between 50 and 5000 nm. The particles contain (A) polymers based on cyclodextrin units, comprising on average at least four cyclodextrin units within their structure; and (B) macromolecules of polysaccharides comprising groups G capable of forming inclusion complexes with the cyclodextrins present in the structure of the polymers (A), with an average number of groups G per polysaccharide macromolecule at least equal to three. The compounds (A) and (B) are water-soluble in the isolated state. A method is also provided which relates to the preparation of these compositions, as well as their use in order to achieve the encapsulation of compounds such as active substances.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising an aqueous dispersion of particles (p) of mean hydrodynamic diameter between 50 and 5000 nm, the said particles containing in association: (A) polymers based on cyclodextrin units, comprising on average at least 4 cyclodextrin units within their structure; and (B) macromolecules of polysaccharides comprising groups G capable of forming inclusion complexes with the cyclodextrins present in the structure of the said polymers (A), with an average number of groups G per polysaccharide macromolecule at least equal to 3, the said compounds (A) and (B) being water-soluble in the isolated state. The invention also relates to the method of preparation of these compositions, as well as their use in order to achieve the encapsulation of compounds such as active substances.

Abstract: The invention concerns a material consisting of at least a biodegradable polymer and a cyclic oligosaccharide, characterized in that at least one molecule of the oligosaccharide is grafted via a covalent bond to at least a molecule of the biodegradable polymer. The invention also concerns a method for preparing the material, the nanoparticles and microparticles derived from the material and uses thereof as biological vectors for active substances.

Abstract: A material with controlled chemical structure includes at least a biodegradable polymer material and a polysaccharide with linear, branched or crosslinked skeleton. The material is obtained by controlled functionalizing of at least a molecule of the biodegradable polymer or one of its derivatives by covalent grafting directly at its polymeric structure, of at least a molecule of the polysaccharide. A vector preferably in the form of particles obtained from the material and its use as biological vector are also disclosed.

Abstract: Particles are provided that are not rapidly cleared from the blood stream by the macrophages of the reticuloendothelial system, and that can be modified to achieve variable release rates or to target specific cells or organs. The particles have a core of a multiblock copolymer formed by covalently linking a multifunctional compound with one or more hydrophobic polymers and one or more hydrophilic polymers, and contain a biologically active material. The terminal hydroxyl group of the poly(alkylene glycol) can be used to covalently attach onto the surface of the particles biologically active molecules, including antibodies targeted to specific cells or organs, or molecules affecting the charge, lipophilicity or hydrophilicity of the particle. The surface of the particle can also be modified by attaching biodegradable polymers of the same structure as those forming the core of the particles.