Nature Communications (May 2018)

Enhanced efficacy of combined temozolomide and bromodomain inhibitor therapy for gliomas using targeted nanoparticles

  • Fred C. Lam,
  • Stephen W. Morton,
  • Jeffrey Wyckoff,
  • Tu-Lan Vu Han,
  • Mun Kyung Hwang,
  • Amanda Maffa,
  • Elena Balkanska-Sinclair,
  • Michael B Yaffe,
  • Scott R Floyd,
  • Paula T Hammond

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04315-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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The blood-brain barrier often limits effective delivery of treatments for glioblastoma . In this study, the authors develop transferrin-functionalized nanoparticles able to traverse the intact blood-brain barrier and deliver combination temozolomide and bromodomain inhibitor therapy to glioma-bearing mice.