Abstract
Nano-formulating dexamethasone, and administering it via intravenous injection or inhalation, may help to improve anti-COVID-19 treatment efficacy by targeting the potent corticosteroid drug to hyper-activated immune cells, by potentiating its anti-oedema activity and by exploiting its anti-fibrotic effects.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 622-624 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Nature Nanotechnology |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Aug 2020 |
Keywords
- Betacoronavirus/drug effects
- COVID-19
- Coronavirus Infections/drug therapy
- Dexamethasone/therapeutic use
- Humans
- Nanomedicine
- Pandemics
- Pneumonia, Viral/drug therapy
- SARS-CoV-2