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Direct Drug Delivery to Kidney via the Renal Artery
Published on: April 17, 2021
Spotlight on Genetic Kidney Diseases: A Call for Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine Solutions
Noah Trac1, Anisa Ashraf1, Joshua Giblin1
1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089, United States.
Abstract:
Nanoparticles as drug delivery carriers have benefited diseases, including cancer, since the 1990s, and more recently, their promise to quickly and efficiently be mobilized to fight against global diseases such as in the COVID-19 pandemic have been proven. Despite these success stories, there are limited nanomedicine efforts for chronic kidney diseases (CKDs), which affect 844 million people worldwide and can be linked to a variety of genetic kidney diseases. In this Perspective, we provide a brief overview of the clinical status of genetic kidney diseases, background on kidney physiology and a summary of nanoparticle design that enable kidney access and targeting, and emerging technological strategies that can be applied for genetic kidney diseases, including rare and congenital kidney diseases. Finally, we conclude by discussing gaps in knowledge remaining in both genetic kidney diseases and kidney nanomedicine and collective efforts that are needed to bring together stakeholders from diverse expertise and industries to enable the development of the most relevant drug delivery strategies that can make an impact in the clinic.
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