“…The ability of lipid nanocarriers to mediate the ARV distribution and increase their half-lives is therefore an important advantage. For example, liposomes have been documented as capable to increase half-lives of d4T, AZT, ddI, and RTV [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 20 , 79 , 80 ] ( Table 3 ). Finally, many ARTs have a limited bioavailability in the brain, but the ability of lipid nanocarriers to mediate the brain delivery of ARVs has been widely documented, either for liposomes that potentially improve brain accumulation of AZT [ 81 ], or for SLN used for improving brain bioavailability of ATV, SQV, EFV, NVP and DRV [ 64 , 65 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 ], or NLC used as carriers of LPV, ATV, ETR [ 83 , 86 , 87 ] and NE improving brain accumulation of SQV and IDV [ 88 , 89 , 90 ].…”