Overcoming blood-brain barrier transport: Advances in nanoparticle-based drug delivery strategies

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Ding, Shichao¹  Khan, Aminul Islam¹  Cai, Xiaoli¹  Song, Yang¹  Lyu, Zhaoyuan¹  Du, Dan¹  Dutta, Prashanta¹  Lin, Yuehe¹ 

[1] Washington State Univ, Sch Mech & Mat Engn, POB 642920, Pullman, WA 99164 USA

关键词: Blood-brain barrier;    Nanoparticle;    Drug delivery;    Transcytosis;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.mattod.2020.02.001

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

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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