Volume 2, Issue 2 e47
REVIEW ARTICLE
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Targeting the pathogenesis and boosting the therapeutic efficacy of Parkinson's disease by advanced nanoparticles

Hanghang Liu

Hanghang Liu

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Products Research and Development, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

Contribution: Conceptualization (supporting), ​Investigation (lead), Writing - original draft (lead)

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Menglong Hua

Menglong Hua

Hubei Key Laboratory of Natural Products Research and Development, China Three Gorges University, Yichang, China

Contribution: ​Investigation (supporting)

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Qing Zheng

Qing Zheng

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Contribution: ​Investigation (supporting)

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Yifan Gao

Yifan Gao

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China

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Zhen Li

Corresponding Author

Zhen Li

State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, Suzhou, China

Correspondence Zhen Li, State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School for Radiological and Interdisciplinary Sciences (RAD-X), Center for Molecular Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, Suzhou Medical College of Soochow University, 215123 Suzhou, China.

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Contribution: Conceptualization (lead), Funding acquisition (lead), Writing - review & editing (lead)

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First published: 16 June 2023
Citations: 2

Abstract

With the aging of global population, the early diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's disease (PD) have attracted considerable attention. Despite great advances achieved during the past decades, PD as the second largest neurodegenerative disease is still incurable. In the clinical practice, PD patients are mainly treated by drugs, and supplemented with deep brain stimulation or nerve nucleus destruction. The existing drugs can only relieve the symptoms of motor disorder, and cannot stop the progression of PD. Compared with small molecular drugs, nanoparticles exhibit multiple functions in the neuroprotection and neurorepair due to their tunable physical and chemical properties, easy modification and functionalization. Herein, we first briefly review the characteristics of nanoparticles crossing the blood–brain barrier, which is a primary challenge for the treatment of PD. Then, we summarize the pathologic mechanisms of PD and comprehensively discuss the novel PD therapy based on diverse nanoparticles, including alleviating oxidative stress, scavenging α-synuclein aggregates, chelating metal ions, delivering neurotrophic factors and genes, and transplanting stem cells. This review aims to highlight the great potential of advanced nanoparticles in the therapy of PD.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

Data sharing is not applicable to this review because no new data were created or analyzed in this manuscript.

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