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Review
. 2021 May;26(5):1212-1225.
doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2021.02.008. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

LDL receptors and their role in targeted therapy for glioma: a review

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LDL receptors and their role in targeted therapy for glioma: a review

Shreya Pawar et al. Drug Discov Today. 2021 May.

Abstract

Gliomas are highly lethal forms of cancers occurring in the brain. Delivering the drugs into the brain is a major challenge to the treatment of gliomas because of the highly selectively permeable blood-brain barrier (BBB). Tapping the potential of receptor-mediated drug delivery systems using targeted nanoparticles (NPs) is a sought-after step forward toward successful glioma treatment. Several receptors are the focus of research for application in drug delivery. Low-density lipoprotein receptors (LDLR) are abundantly expressed in both healthy brains and diseased brains with a disrupted BBB. In this review, we discuss the LDLR and the types of NPs that have been used to target the brain via this receptor.

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