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Nanoparticle delivery system, highly active antiretroviral therapy, and testicular morphology: The role of stereology


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Author list: Edwin Coleridge S. Naidu, Samuel Oluwaseun Olojede, Sodiq Kolawole Lawal, Carmen Olivia Rennie, Onyemaechi Okpara Azu

Publication year: 2021

Journal acronym: PRP

Volume number: 9

Issue number: 2

Start page: 1

End page: 20

Number of pages: 20

ISSN: 2052-1707

eISSN: 2052-1707

Languages: English



The conjugation of nanoparticles (NPs) with antiretroviral drugs is a drug delivery approach with great potential for managing HIV infections. Despite their promise, recent studies have highlighted the toxic effects of nanoparticles on testicular tissue and their impact on sperm morphology. This review explores the role of stereological techniques in assessing the testicular morphology in highly active antiretroviral ther-apy (HAART) when a nanoparticle drug delivery system is used. Also, NPs penetration and pharmacokinetics concerning the testicular tissue and blood– testis barrier form the vital part of this review. More so, various classes of NPs employed in biomedical and clinical research to deliver antiretroviral drugs were thoroughly discussed. In ad-dition, considerations for minimizing nanoparticle-drugs toxicity, ensuring enhanced permeability of nanoparticles, maximizing drug efficacy, ensuring adequate bioavail-ability, and formulation of HAART-NPs fabrication are well discussed


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