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1.         Balthasar J and Fung HL, Utilization of antidrug antibody fragments for the optimization of intraperitoneal drug therapy: studies using digoxin as a model drug. J Pharm Exp Ther  268(2): 734-9, 1994.

 

2.         Balthasar JP and Fung HL, High-affinity rabbit antibodies directed against methotrexate: production, purification, characterization, and pharmacokinetics in the rat. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 84(1): 2-6, 1995.

3.         Balthasar JP and Fung HL, Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic optimization of intraperitoneal chemotherapy. Life Sciences 58(7): 535-543, 1996.

 

4.         Balthasar JP Fung HL, Inverse targeting of peritoneal tumors: selective alteration of the disposition of methotrexate through the use of anti-methotrexate antibodies and antibody fragments. J Pharm Sci 85(10): 1035-43, 1996.

 

5.         Bauer JA, Balthasar JP and Fung H-L, Application of pharmacodynamic modeling for designing time-variant dosing regimens to overcome nitroglycerin tolerance in experimental heart failure. Pharm Res 14(9): 1140-45, 1997.

 

6.         Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, An ELISA for quantification of murine IgG in rat plasma: application to the pharmacokinetic characterization of AP-3, a murine anti-glycoprotein IIIa monoclonal antibody, in the rat. Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis 21: 1011-1016, 1999.

 

7.         Lobo ED and Balthasar JP, Highly sensitive high performance liquid chromatographic assay for methotrexate in the presence and absence of anti-methotrexate antibody fragments in rat mouse and plasma. Journal of Chromatography, B. 736: 191-199, 1999.

 

8.         Balthasar JP, Vinorelbine tartrate and heparin sodium incompatibility. American Journal of Heath-System Pharmacy 56(Sept 15): 1891, 1999.

 

9.         Balthasar JP, Bioequivalence and bioequivalency testing. American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education 63(2): 194-198, 1999.

 

10.        Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, Pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and platelet binding of 7E3, a murine anti-glycoprotein IIb/IIIa monoclonal antibody in the rat. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics 298(1): 165-171, 2001.

 

11.        Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, Effects of intravenous immunoglobulin on platelet count and antiplatelet antibody disposition in a rat model of immune thrombocytopenia. Blood 100(6): 2087-2093, 2002.

 

12.        Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, Intravenous immunoglobulin mediates an increase in anti-platelet antibody clearance via the FcRn receptor. Thrombosis and Haemostasis 88(6): 898-899, 2002.

 

13.        Lobo ED and Balthasar JP, Pharmacodynamic modeling of chemotherapeutic effects: Application of a transit-compartment model to characterize methotrexate effects in vitro. AAPS PharmSci , article 42 http://www.aapspharmsci.org/scientific journals/pharmsci/journal/ps040442.htm, 2002.

 

14.        Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, IVIG effects on antiplatelet antibody levels and on platelet opsonization in ITP. Blood 101(4): 1659, 2003.

 

15.        Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, PK/PD modeling of the effects of intravenous immunoglobulin on the disposition of anti-platelet antibodies in a rat model of immune thrombocytopenia. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 92(6): 1206-1215, 2003.

 

16.        Lobo ED and Balthasar JP, Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling of methotrexate-induced toxicity in mice. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 92(8): 1654-1664, 2003.

 

17.        Lobo ED, Soda DM and Balthasar JP, Application of pharmacokinetic - pharmacodynamic modeling to predict the kinetic and dynamic effects of anti-methotrexate antibodies in mice. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 92(8): 1665-1676, 2003.

 

18.        Wang EQ, Balthasar JP and Fung HL, Pharmacodynamic modeling of in vivo nitroglycerin (NTG) tolerance in conscious rats: Effects of dose and dosage regimen. Pharmaceutical Research, 21(1): 114-120, 2004.

 

19.        Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, Mechanisms of IVIG action in ITP, Clinical Laboratory, 50(3/4): 133-140, 2004.

 

20.        Lobo ED, Hansen RJ, Balthasar JP, Antibody pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 93(11): 2645-2668), 2004.

 

21.        Hansen RJ and Balthasar JP, IVIG effects on autoantibody elimination, Allergy, 59(10): 1124, 2004.

 

22.        Tayab ZR and Balthasar JP, Development and validation of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for quantification of anti-methotrexate IgG and Fab in mouse and rat plasma. Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry, 25(4): 333-324, 2004.

 

23.        Chen J and Balthasar JP, High-performance liquid chromatographic assay for the determination of total and free

             topotecan in the presence and absence of anti-topotecan antibodies in mouse plasma. J Chrom B Analyt Technol

             Biomed Life Sci, 816(1-2): 183-192, 2005.

 

 24.        Getman K and Balthasar JP, Pharmacokinetic effects of 4C9, an anti-FcRn antibody, in rats: Implications for the use of

             FcRn inhibitors for the treatment of humoral autoimmune and alloimmune conditions. J Pharm Sci, 94(4): 718-729,

             2005.

 

25.        Lobo ED and Balthasar JP, Application of anti-methotrexate Fab fragments for the optimization of intraperitoneal

             methotrexate therapy in a murine model of peritoneal cancer. J Pharm Sci 94:1957-64,2005.

 

26.        Emregul E, David A, Balthasar JP and Yang VC, A GPIIb/IIIa bioreactor for specific treatment of immune

             thrombocytopenic purpura, an autoimmune disease. Preparation, in vitro characterization, and preliminary proof-of-

             concept animal studies. J Biomed Mater Res A 75(3): 648-55, 2005.

 

27.        Deng R and Balthasar JP, Investigation of antibody-coated liposomes as a new treatment for immune

             thrombocytopenia. Int J Pharm 304(1-2): 51-62, 2005.

 

28.        Wang T, Yang Z, Emregul E, David A, Balthasar JP, Liang J and Yang VC, Strategies for improving the functionality

             of an affinity bioreactor. Int J Pharm, 2005.

 

29.        Jin F and Balthasar JP, Mechanisms of intravenous immunoglobulin in immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Human

             Immunology, 66: 403-410, 2005.

 

30.        Jin F, Tayab ZR and Balthasar JP, Pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic effects of high-dose monoclonal antibody

            therapy in a rat model of immune thrombocytopenia. AAPS J. 2006 Jan 13;7(4):E895-902.

 

31.        Deng R and Balthasar JP, Pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling of IVIG effects in a murine model of immune

             thrombocytopenia. J Pharm Sci, 96(6):1625-1637, 2007.

 

32.        Deng R. and Balthasar JP, Comparison of the effects of antibody-coated liposomes, IVIG and anti-RBC

             immunotherapy in a murine model of passive chronic immune thrombocytopenia. Blood, 109(6):2470-2476, 2007.

 

33.        Shin BS, Choi JW, Balthasar JP, Hong DK, Kim JJ, Yoo SD, Determination of roxatidine in human plasma by liquid

             chromatography/electrospray mass spectromety and application to a clinical pharmacokinetic study, Rapid Commun

             Mass Spectrom., 21(3):329-35, 2007.

 

34.        Chen J, Lu Q, and Balthasar JP, Mathematical modeling of topotecan pharmacokinetics and toxicodynamics in mice. Journal of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 34(6):829-847., 2007.

 

35.        Garg A and Balthasar JP, Application of a physiologically-based pharmacokinetic model to predict IgG tissue kinetics in

             wild-type and FcRn-knockout mice. J Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics, 34(5):711-723, 2007.

 

 

 

 

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