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Nanotherapeutic Approach to Targeting HIV-1 in the CNS: Role of Tight Junction Permeability and Blood-Brain Barrier Integrity

  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has proven effective in reducing systemic viral loads in HIV patients but has been unable to completely eliminate the HIV from quiescent viral sequestered sites such as the brain, thus contributing to a spectrum of HIV-associated neurological disorders (HAND) defined as neuro-AIDS. Technological advances in nanoparticle design have increased their applicability in biomedical applications and show great promise for HIV therapeutics. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a limiting factor for the delivery of therapeutic agents into the central nervous system (CNS). BBB breakdown plays an important role in the pathogenesis of HAND. The tight junctions play a key role in the regulation of the structural and functional integrity of the BBB. No information is available on TJ modulation by nanoparticles commonly used in HIV-1 nanotherapeutics. This chapter highlights the effect of nanoparticles on BBB modulation and its implication for CNS nanotherapeutics.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNanotechnology in Diagnosis, Treatment and Prophylaxis of Infectious Diseases
PublisherElsevier Inc.
Pages251-268
Number of pages18
ISBN (Electronic)9780128014714
ISBN (Print)9780128013175
DOIs
StatePublished - May 26 2015

Keywords

  • Antiretroviral drugs
  • Biodegradable nanoparticles
  • Blood-brain barrier
  • Central nervous system
  • HAART
  • HIV-1
  • Liposomes
  • Nanotherapeutics
  • Neuro-AIDS
  • Tight junctions

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