Skip to main content
. 2021 May 28;9:683247. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.683247

TABLE 1.

Nanomaterials for kidney targeted drug delivery.

Target Material Particles References
Tubules PLGA Mesoscale nanoparticles (MNPs) PLGA-PEG Williams et al., 2015, 2018; Deng et al., 2019; He et al., 2020
Tubules PLGA, ceria Ceria nanoparticles modified with triphenylphosphine (TCeria NPs) and coated with ROS-responsive organic polymer Yu et al., 2020
Tubules Chitosan Chitosan/siRNA nanoparticles mediated by megalin dependent endocytic pathway Gao et al., 2014; Yang et al., 2015
Tubules Chitosan Catechol-derived low molecular weight chitosan Luo et al., 2019
Tubules Chitosan Catechol-derived low molecular weight chitosan Qiao et al., 2014; Li et al., 2017
Tubules Chitosan, PLGA MicroRNA inhibitor- LMWC-modified PLGA nanoparticles Geng et al., 2018
Tubules Chitosan l-serine–modified chitosan -TK-SS31 Liu et al., 2020
Tubules PAMAM PAMAM dendrimer-based macromolecular conjugate of a multitargeted sunitinib analog Dolman et al., 2012b
Tubules PAMAM l-Serine modified PAMAM dendrimers Matsuura et al., 2018a, b; Katsumi et al., 2019
Tubules pSi pSi NP displaying with monoclonal antibodies loaded with rapamycin Stead et al., 2018; Zhang et al., 2019
Tubules Protein DNA-binding protein from starved cells (Dps) Uchida et al., 2019
Glomeruli Liponanoparticles, peptide Kidney-targeted rhein (RH)-loaded liponanoparticles (KLPPR) Wang et al., 2019
Glomeruli Antibody Human monoclonal anti-α3(IV) antibody Bruni et al., 2017
Glomeruli Antibody Anti-VCAM-1-rapamycin-SAINT-O-Somesthat Visweswaran et al., 2015
Glomeruli PHMAM, peptide PHMAM copolymer integrinαvβ3-specific cyclo-RGD Pollinger et al., 2012
Glomeruli Gold PEGylated gold NPs Choi et al., 2011
Glomeruli Antibody, liposomes Immunoliposomes coated with anti-integrinα8 monoclonal antibodies or anti-Thy-1-membrane glycoprotein (Thy1) Scindia et al., 2008; Suana et al., 2011
Glomeruli Peptide, liposomes PEG-modified liposome with desired size (110 nm) and octa-arginine (R8) coating Wang et al., 2020

PLGA, Poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid); PAMAM, Polyamidoamine; pSi, porous silicon; PHMAM, Poly(N-2hydroxypropyl)meth acrylamide; PEG, polyethylene glycol; NP, nanoparticles; CaPi, calcium phosphate; LWMC, low molecular weight chitosan.