Nanolipid-Trehalose Conjugates and Nano-Assemblies as Putative Autophagy Inducers

• Main Authors: Eleonora Colombo (Author), Michele Biocotino (Author), Giulia Frapporti (Author), Pietro Randazzo (Author), Michael S. Christodoulou (Author), Giovanni Piccoli (Author), Laura Polito (Author), Pierfausto Seneci (Author), Daniele Passarella (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The disaccharide trehalose is an autophagy inducer, but its pharmacological application is severely limited by its poor pharmacokinetics properties. Thus, trehalose was coupled via suitable spacers with squalene (in 1:2 and 1:1 stoichiometry) and with betulinic acid (1:2 stoichiometry), in order to...