Nature Communications (Oct 2017)

Glycaemic control boosts glucosylated nanocarrier crossing the BBB into the brain

  • Y. Anraku,
  • H. Kuwahara,
  • Y. Fukusato,
  • A. Mizoguchi,
  • T. Ishii,
  • K. Nitta,
  • Y. Matsumoto,
  • K. Toh,
  • K. Miyata,
  • S. Uchida,
  • K. Nishina,
  • K. Osada,
  • K. Itaka,
  • N. Nishiyama,
  • H. Mizusawa,
  • T. Yamasoba,
  • T. Yokota,
  • K. Kataoka

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00952-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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There are only a few examples of nanocarriers that can transport bioactive substances across the blood-brain barrier. Here the authors show that by rapid glycaemic increase the accumulation of a glucosylated nanocarrier in the brain can be controlled.