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Exploiting endothelial transcytosis to reach into the brain

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Targeting P-selectin enables safer and more effective nanomedicine delivery through caveolin-1-mediated endothelial transcytosis in preclinical medulloblastoma tumour models.

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Fig. 1: Mechanism of nanoparticle transcytosis across the blood–brain barrier endothelium.

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Wang, L., Wilhelm, S. Exploiting endothelial transcytosis to reach into the brain. Nat. Mater. 22, 282–283 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-023-01487-3

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