Journal article
Overcoming blood-brain barrier transport: Advances in nanoparticle-based drug delivery strategies
Materials today (Kidlington, England), Vol.37, pp.112-125
07/01/2020
PMID: 33093794
Abstract
The blood-brain barrier (BBB), a unique structure in the central nervous system (CNS), protects the brain from bloodborne pathogens by its excellent barrier properties. Nevertheless, this barrier limits therapeutic efficacy and becomes one of the biggest challenges in new drug development for neurodegenerative disease and brain cancer. Recent breakthroughs in nanotechnology have resulted in various nanoparticles (NPs) as drug carriers to cross the BBB by different methods. This review presents the current understanding of advanced NP-mediated non-invasive drug delivery for the treatment of neurological disorders. Herein, the complex compositions and special characteristics of BBB are elucidated exhaustively. Moreover, versatile drug nanocarriers with their recent applications and their pathways on different drug delivery strategies to overcome the formidable BBB obstacle are briefly discussed. In terms of significance, this paper provides a general understanding of how various properties of nanoparticles aid in drug delivery through BBB and usher the development of novel nanotechnology-based nanomaterials for cerebral disease therapies.
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- Title
- Overcoming blood-brain barrier transport: Advances in nanoparticle-based drug delivery strategies
- Creators
- Shichao Ding - Washington State UniversityAminul Islam Khan - Washington State UniversityXiaoli Cai - Washington State UniversityYang Song - Washington State UniversityZhaoyuan Lyu - Washington State UniversityDan Du - Washington State UniversityPrashanta Dutta - Washington State UniversityYuehe Lin - Washington State University
- Publication Details
- Materials today (Kidlington, England), Vol.37, pp.112-125
- Academic Unit
- School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- R01GM122081 / National Institute of General Medical Sciences of the US National Institutes of Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
- Identifiers
- 99901227848201842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article