Nanotechnology in Tuberculosis: State of the Art and the Challenges Ahead

• Published in: Pharmaceutical research Vol. 35; no. 11; pp. 213 - 22
• Main Authors: Grotz, Estefania, Tateosian, Nancy, Amiano, Nicolas, Cagel, Maximiliano, Bernabeu, Ezequiel, Chiappetta, Diego A., Moretton, Marcela A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.11.2018; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; AIDS; Animals; Antitubercular agents; Antitubercular Agents - administration & dosage; Antitubercular Agents - chemistry; Antitubercular Agents - therapeutic use; B cells; Biochemistry; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biomedicine; Development and progression; Drug delivery; Drug Delivery Systems - methods; Drug Discovery - methods; Drug resistance; Drug Resistance, Bacterial; Economic impact; Expert Review; Health aspects; HIV; Human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Liposomes - chemistry; Medical Law; Micelles; Mycobacterium tuberculosis - drug effects; Nanomedicine - methods; Nanomedicine for Infectious Diseases; Nanoparticles - chemistry; Nanotechnology; Nanotechnology - methods; Patient compliance; Pharmacology/Toxicology; Pharmacy; Tuberculosis; Tuberculosis - drug therapy; Tuberculosis - pathology; nanotechnology; respirable nanocarriers; active targeting; tuberculosis
• ISSN: 0724-8741; 1573-904X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11095-018-2497-z

Tuberculosis (TB) remains as the second most-deadly infection right behind the HIV/AIDS. Actually, in 2016, TB incidence was estimated in 10.4 million cases. Although an efficient and low-cost TB pharmacotherapy has been available for the last 50 years, the development of multi- and extra-drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) strains has put on the spot the necessity of improved TB regimens. In this framework, this review article presents the main relevant research outcomes of nanotechnology in TB. The novel delivery systems for antituberculosis drugs have been discussed. Moreover, the active-targeted nanomedicines to the Mtb reservoirs enlighten the possibility to eradicate low-replicant mycobacteria and diminish latent TB. Finally, we present an overview of the TB socio-economic impact and the cost-related features of TB regimens associated with the use of nanoformulations.