Koneru Tejaswi, McCord Eva, Pawar Shreya, Tatiparti Katyayani, Sau Samaresh, Iyer Arun K
Use-Inspired Biomaterials & Integrated Nano Delivery (U-BiND) Systems Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48201, United States.
Walled Lake Central High School, Commerce Charter Township, Michigan 48390, United States.
ACS Omega. 2021 Mar 22;6(13):8727-8733. doi: 10.1021/acsomega.0c05848. eCollection 2021 Apr 6.
Gliomas constitute 80% of malignant brain tumors. The survival rate of patients diagnosed with malignant gliomas is only 34.4%, as seen in both adults as well as children. The biggest challenge in treatment of gliomas is the impenetrable blood-brain barrier. With the availability of only a very few choices of chemotherapeutics in the treatment of gliomas, it is imperative that a novel strategy to effectively deliver drugs into the brain is researched and applied. The most popular strategy that is gaining importance is the receptor-mediated uptake of targeted nanoparticles comprising of ligands specific to the receptors. This review discusses briefly one such receptor called the transferrin receptor that is highly expressed in the brain and can be applied effectively for targeted nanoparticle delivery systems in gliomas.
ACS Omega. 2021-3-22
Nanomedicine (Lond). 2016-11-23
Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2012-9
Cancers (Basel). 2023-4-30
J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2014-1
Nat Rev Cancer. 2025-8-1
Biomimetics (Basel). 2025-1-3
Front Aging Neurosci. 2024-8-26
Pharmaceuticals (Basel). 2024-6-11
Int J Mol Sci. 2024-5-10
Polymers (Basel). 2019-11-19
Prog Neurobiol. 2019-7-31
Am J Cancer Res. 2018-6-1
J Control Release. 2018-3-6
Biochemistry. 2018-3-6