Localized Tacrolimus Delivery Repairs the Damaged Central Nervous System

EBioMedicine. 2017 Dec:26:4-5. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.11.026. Epub 2017 Nov 28.

Author

Stephanie Michelle Willerth¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada; Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada; Centre for Biomedical Research, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada; International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Electronic address: willerth@uvic.ca.

No abstract available

Keywords: Controlled release; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Neuroscience; Regeneration.

MeSH terms

Animals
Central Nervous System Diseases / drug therapy*
Central Nervous System Diseases / pathology
Delayed-Action Preparations / economics
Disease Models, Animal
Drug Carriers / chemistry*
Drug Carriers / economics
Immunosuppressive Agents / chemistry
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use*
Nanofibers / chemistry
Rats
Tacrolimus / chemistry
Tacrolimus / therapeutic use*

Substances

Delayed-Action Preparations
Drug Carriers
Immunosuppressive Agents
Tacrolimus