“…Polymeric nanoparticles are colloidal structures below 1 μm and have been used to encapsulate lipophilic drugs to target organs and/or tissues, to avoid drug degradation, to improve its efficacy, and to circumvent its toxicity (Adair et al, 2010;Couvreur et al, 2002). Nanoencapsulation of drugs was observed to greatly prolong their pharmacological activity and decrease their toxicity (Alves et al, 2011;Bernardi et al, 2009;Elron-Gross et al, 2009;Grillo et al, 2010). In particular, the systemic administration of 15d-PGJ 2 -NC, when compared to unloaded 15d-PGJ 2, was found to improve the latency and the anti-inflammatory effect of the 15d-PGJ 2 at a much smaller dose (Alves et al, 2011).…”