Salvatore Evola
Design of nanomedicines for targeted delivery and monitoring of chemotherapeutics in Glioblastoma treatment.
Rel. Clara Mattu, Andrea Bezze. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2025
Abstract
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is a grade IV glioma originating from astrocytic glial cells and one of the deadliest tumors of the central nervous system (CNS), with an expected survival below 15 months. Standard therapies combining surgical resection, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy with temozolomide are often ineffective, as GBM invasiveness hampers the complete tumor removal, promoting recurrence. Furthermore, the complexity and heterogeneity of the tumor microenvironment (TME) hinders drug efficacy, while the presence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents the passage into the nervous vascular compartment. Recently, new drug delivery systems (DDS) have been designed to facilitate the accumulation of small molecules in the tumor and improve targeted treatments.
This study aims to develop nanoparticles (NPs) to encapsulate Bortezomib (BTZ), a proteasome inhibitor whose therapeutic application is limited by the high off-target toxicity and the low accumulation in the GBM mass
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