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ArticleNature communications2025

CCR5-ligand decorated rilpivirine lipid-based nanoparticles for sustained antiretroviral responses.

Milankumar Patel, Sudipta Panja, Lubaba A Zaman, Pravin Yeapuri, Shaurav Bhattarai, Santhi Gorantla, Linda Chang, Alonso Heredia, Piotr Walczak, Brandon Hanson and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Milankumar Patel *Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
Sudipta Panja *Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA. sudipta.panja@unmc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5692-450X
Lubaba A ZamanDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
Pravin YeapuriDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
Shaurav BhattaraiDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-0705
Santhi GorantlaDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
Linda ChangDepartments of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1267-0699
Alonso HerediaInstitute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Piotr WalczakDepartments of Diagnostic Radiology & Nuclear Medicine and Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3733-3322
Brandon HansonDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
Samuel M CohenDepartment of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, and the Buffett Cancer Center, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5047-0962
Bhavesh D KevadiyaDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA.
Howard E GendelmanDepartment of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198, USA. hegendel@unmc.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7831-0370

Funding

Therapeutics Core (Page 286)P30MH062261 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI FOX, HOWARD S · 2000 to 2021
$37.7M
Targeted Neuro Protection of HIV-1 Associated Neurologic DiseaseP01MH064570 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER · PI GELBARD, HARRIS A · 2001 to 2014
$19.4M
Pharmacokinetics and Drug-Drug InteractionsP01DA028555 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 2010 to 2019
$16.8M
Neuroprotective Immunity and HIV DementiaR01NS034239 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Howard E Gendelman, R Lee Mosley · 1995 to 2026
$12.3M
Nanomedicine and NeuroAIDSR01NS036126 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 1997 to 2017
$5.7M
MR-guided focused ultrasound to eradicate CNS viral reservoirs and promote neurogenesis in the HIV-infected brainDP1DA053719 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI LINDA CHANG · 2021 to 2026
$5.4M
Targeted lipid nanoparticles for gene therapeutics delivery approach to eradicating HIV reservoirsR01MH121402 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Benson Edagwa, Howard E Gendelman · 2019 to 2026
$4.9M
LASER ART for PrePR01AI158160 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI EDAGWA, BENSON, GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
HIV-1DetectionandEliminationFrom CNS Mononuclear PhagocytesR01NS126089 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E, GORANTLA, SANTHI · 2021 to 2025
$3.5M
Impact of drugs of abuse on HIV brain reservoirs and HAND in humanized microglia miceR01DA054535 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GORANTLA, SANTHI · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI158160NIDA NIH HHS DP1 DA053719NIDA NIH HHS P01 DA028555NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA054535NIMH NIH HHS P01 MH064570NIMH NIH HHS P30 MH062261NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH121402NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS034239NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS036126NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS126089U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) 2R01MH121402-06
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antiretroviral therapy (ART) improves the quality of life for those living with the human immunodeficiency virus type one (HIV-1). However, poor compliance reduces ART effectiveness and leads to immune compromise, viral mutations, and disease co-morbidities. Here we develop a drug formulation in which a lipid-based nanoparticle (LBNP) carrying rilpivirine (RPV) is decorated with the C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) targeting peptide. This facilitates extended drug persistence within myeloid cells. Particle delivery to viral reservoirs is tracked by positron emission tomography. The CCR5-mediated LBNP cell uptake and retention reduce HIV-1 replication in human monocyte-derived macrophages and infected humanized mice (hu mice). Focused ultrasound with microbubbles mediated blood brain barrier (BBB) disruption allows the CCR5-targeted LBNP to penetrate the BBB and reach brain myeloid cells. These findings offer a role for CCR5-targeted therapeutics in antiretroviral delivery to optimize HIV suppression.

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Blood-Brain BarrierHIV-1HIV InfectionsNanoparticlesReceptors, CCR5RilpivirineAnimalsAnti-HIV AgentsHumansLigandsLipidsLiposomesMacrophagesMiceVirus ReplicationAnti-HIV AgentsCCR5 protein, humanLigandsLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesReceptors, CCR5Rilpivirine

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PMID39779664
PMCPMC11711180

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