Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Targeted delivery of celastrol to mesangial cells is effective against mesangioproliferative glomerulonephritis

  • Ling Guo,
  • Shi Luo,
  • Zhengwu Du,
  • Meiling Zhou,
  • Peiwen Li,
  • Yao Fu,
  • Xun Sun,
  • Yuan Huang,
  • Zhirong Zhang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00834-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 17

Abstract

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Mesangial cell-mediated glomerulonephritis is a frequent cause of kidney disease. Here the authors show that celastrol loaded in albumin nanoparticles efficiently targets mesangial cells, and is effective in rat models.