Title :
Immunoliposomes for Alzheimer´s disease therapy
Author :
Loureiro, J.A. ; Gomes, B. ; Coelho, M.A. ; do Carmo Pereira, Maria ; Rocha, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem. Eng., Univ. of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
There have been several efforts to understand the etiology of Alzheimer´s disease (AD) and to find the cure for such debilitating disease. Despite the efforts, there is still no cure or effective treatment for AD. Many reasons contribute for such disappointing outcome, being one of them the fact that the transportation through the blood-brain barrier (BBB) remains an obstacle.
Keywords :
biomedical materials; biomembranes; blood; brain; diseases; drugs; geriatrics; lipid bilayers; nanomedicine; nanostructured materials; patient treatment; AD; Alzheimer disease therapy; BBB; amyloid beta-peptide; blood-brain barrier; disease; immunoliposomes; nanocarriers; Immune system; Q measurement; amyloid beta-peptide; blood-brain barrier; liposomes; monoclonal antibodies;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering (ENBENG), 2013 IEEE 3rd Portuguese Meeting in
Conference_Location :
Braga
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4859-1
DOI :
10.1109/ENBENG.2013.6518392
