Youness Karrout

Dr. Youness Karrout

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Academic Career Length

15Years (2012-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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3 May 2023 in Drug Discovery Today
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HAHajar Azehaf
Hajar Azehaf
YBYoucef Benzine
Youcef Benzine
MTMadjid Tagzirt
Madjid Tagzirt
MSMohamed Skiba
Mohamed Skiba
YKYouness Karrout
Youness Karrout

27 July 2012 in Carbohydrate Polymers
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NBN. Blanchemain
N. Blanchemain
YKYouness Karrout
Youness Karrout
NTN. Tabary
N. Tabary
MBmarc bria
marc bria
CNChristel Neut
Christel Neut
BMB. Martel
B. Martel

1 July 2012 in Journal of Controlled Release
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FKF. Kreye
F. Kreye
GHG. Hamm
G. Hamm
YKYouness Karrout
Youness Karrout
RLR. Legouffe
R. Legouffe
DBD. Bonnel
D. Bonnel
JSJürgen Siepmann
Jürgen Siepmann

1 January 2013 in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
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JSJürgen Siepmann
Jürgen Siepmann
YKYouness Karrout
Youness Karrout
MGM. Gehrke
M. Gehrke
FPF.K. Penz
F.K. Penz
Florence SiepmannFlorence Siepmann
Florence Siepmann

18 December 2018 in Pharmaceutics
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MLMalika Lahiani-skiba
Malika Lahiani-skiba
FHFrancois Hallouard
Francois Hallouard
FBFrederic Bounoure
Frederic Bounoure
NMNicolas Milon
Nicolas Milon
YKYouness Karrout
Youness Karrout
MSMohamed Skiba
Mohamed Skiba
Cyclosporine (CsA) has a selective property of suppressing various T-lymphocyte functions. This is of utmost importance in preventing allograft rejection by several organ transplantations, as well as in the treatment of systemic and local autoimmune disorders. However, the poor water solubility of CsA can be a major hurdle for its absorption into the blood stream, which leads to low bioavailability and thus less efficacy. The aim of this study was to prepare, characterize, and evaluate in vitro as well as in vivo, the potential of the innovative CsA drug delivery system. The latter contains CsA in spherical amorphous solid dispersion (SASD) which is embedded in an original α-cyclodextrin and β-cyclodextrin polymer mixture (Poly-αβ-CD) as a multifunctional amorphous carrier. The new developed SASD formulation showed that CsA was molecularly dispersed in αβ-cyclodextrins in an amorphous form, as was confirmed by physicochemical characterization studies. Interestingly, the peptide secondary structure, and thus, the drug activity was not impacted by the preparation of SASD as was shown by circular dichroism. Furthermore, the in vitro CsA release profile kinetics was almost identical to the commercially available product Neoral®. This study presents the first in vivo proof-of-concept for a novel drug delivery system based on Poly-αβ-CD containing CsA, with SASD allowing for increased bioavailibility. The pharmacokinetic parameters of cyclosporine A from the spherical spray-dried dispersion formulation was demonstrated in a “rat” animal model. For comparison, the commercially available Neoral® was studied. Importantly, the pharmacokinetic parameters were improved by extending Tmax from 2 to 3 h after the oral administration in rats, and eventually preventing the enterohepatic circulation. All these results clearly demonstrate the improved pharmacokinetic parameters and enhanced bioavailability of CsA in the new developed drug delivery system. These data demonstrated the superiority of the newly developed Poly-αβ-CD formulation for oral administration of the poorly soluble CsA in vivo without altering its secondary structure. Poly-αβ-CD can be a very useful tool for the oral administration of poorly water-soluble drugs.

1 November 2021 in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
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YBYoucef Benzine
Youcef Benzine
FSFlorence Siepmann
Florence Siepmann
CNChristel Neut
Christel Neut
FDFlorence Danede
Florence Danede
JWJean Francois Willart
Jean Francois Willart
YKYouness Karrout
Youness Karrout