A Peptide-Based Nanocarrier for an Enhanced Delivery and Targeting of Flurbiprofen into the Brain for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease: An In Vitro Study

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is an age-related disease caused by abnormal accumulation of amyloid-β in the brain leading to progressive tissue degeneration. Flurbiprofen (FP), a drug used to mitigate the disease progression, has low efficacy due to its limited permeability across the blood–brain barrier...

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Main Authors: Shafq Al-azzawi, Dhafir Masheta, Anna Guildford, Gary Phillips, Matteo Santin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Nanomaterials
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/10/8/1590