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ArticleNature communications2025

Allosteric targeted drug delivery for enhanced blood-brain barrier penetration via mimicking transmembrane domain interactions.

Kaicheng Tang, Zhongjie Tang, Miaomiao Niu, Zuyin Kuang, Weiwei Xue, Xinyu Wang, Xinlong Liu, Yang Yu, Seongdong Jeong, Yifan Ma and 5 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors.

Kaicheng Tang *Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Zhongjie Tang *Medical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Miaomiao Niu *School of Basic Medicine and Clinical Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6368-8525
Zuyin KuangMedical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Weiwei XueSchool of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3285-0574
Xinyu WangMedical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Xinlong LiuMedical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Yang YuMedical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China.
Seongdong JeongDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Yifan MaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9371-4365
Annette WuDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Betty Y S KimDepartment of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6890-8355
Wen JiangDepartment of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA. wjiang4@mdanderson.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9154-633X
Zhaogang YangSchool of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China. zhaogangyang@jlu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6350-4455
Chong LiMedical Research Institute, College of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Southwest University, Chongqing, China. chongli@swu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6049-7675

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Current strategies for active targeting in the brain are entirely based on the effective interaction of the ligand with the orthosteric sites of specific receptors on the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which is highly susceptible to various pathophysiological factors and limits the efficacy of drug delivery. Here, we propose an allosteric targeted drug delivery strategy that targets classical BBB transmembrane receptors by designing peptide ligands that specifically bind to their transmembrane domains. This strategy prevents competitive interference from endogenous ligands and antibodies by using the insulin receptor and integrin α

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Blood-Brain BarrierDrug Delivery SystemsAllosteric RegulationAnimalsDrug CarriersHumansLigandsMicePeptidesReceptor, InsulinDrug CarriersLigandsPeptidesReceptor, Insulin

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PMID40210849
PMCPMC11986143

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