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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2020

Engineering the drug carrier biointerface to overcome biological barriers to drug delivery.

Joel A Finbloom, Flávia Sousa, Molly M Stevens, Tejal A Desai

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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59 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Joel A FinbloomDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Flávia SousaDepartment of Materials, Department of Bioengineering and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Molly M StevensDepartment of Materials, Department of Bioengineering and Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Tejal A DesaiDepartment of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Electronic address: Tejal.Desai@ucsf.edu.

Funding

UCSF/UCB Joint Graduate Group in BIoengineeringT32GM008155 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DESAI, TEJAL A. · 1985 to 2020
$12.2M
Mechanisms of nanostructure-enhanced transepithelial drug deliveryR01EB018842 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI DESAI, TEJAL A. · 2014 to 2017
$1.4M
Medical Research Council MR/R015651/1NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB018842NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008155
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Micro and nanoscale drug carriers must navigate through a plethora of dynamic biological systems prior to reaching their tissue or disease targets. The biological obstacles to drug delivery come in many forms and include tissue barriers, mucus and bacterial biofilm hydrogels, the immune system, and cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking. The biointerface of drug carriers influences how these carriers navigate and overcome biological barriers for successful drug delivery. In this review, we examine how key material design parameters lead to dynamic biointerfaces and improved drug delivery across biological barriers. We provide a brief overview of approaches used to engineer key physicochemical properties of drug carriers, such as morphology, surface chemistry, and topography, as well as the development of dynamic responsive materials for barrier navigation. We then discuss essential biological barriers and how biointerface engineering can enable drug carriers to better navigate and overcome these barriers to drug delivery.

Indexed as

Biomedical EngineeringBlood-Brain BarrierChemistry, PharmaceuticalDrug Administration RoutesDrug CarriersHumansHydrogelsMucusNanoparticlesParticle SizeSkin AbsorptionSurface PropertiesTight JunctionsDrug CarriersHydrogelsBarriersBiofilmBiointerfaceCell uptakeDrug deliveryImmune systemMucusNanomaterialsPhysicochemicalTight junctions

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PMID32535139
PMCPMC10822675

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