Blood-brain barrier shuttle peptides: an emerging paradigm for brain delivery

Brain delivery is one of the major challenges in drug development because of the high number of patients suffering from neural diseases and the low efficiency of the treatments available. Although the blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents most drugs from reaching their targets, molecular vectors - know...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Oller Salvia, Benjamí, Sánchez Navarro, Macarena, Giralt Lledó, Ernest, Teixidó Turà, Meritxell
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/118849
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/118849
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Pèptids
Sistema nerviós central
Barrera hematoencefàlica
Peptides
Central nervous system
Blood-brain barrier
Descrição
Resumo:Brain delivery is one of the major challenges in drug development because of the high number of patients suffering from neural diseases and the low efficiency of the treatments available. Although the blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents most drugs from reaching their targets, molecular vectors - known as BBB shuttles - offer great promise to safely overcome this formidable obstacle. In recent years, peptide shuttles have received growing attention because of their lower cost, reduced immunogenicity, and higher chemical versatility than traditional Trojan horse antibodies and other proteins.