Precision drug delivery to the central nervous system using engineered nanoparticles

J Gao, Z Xia, S Gunasekar, C Jiang, JM Karp… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Development of novel therapies for central nervous system (CNS) disorders has
experienced a high failure rate in clinical trials owing to unsatisfactory efficacy and adverse …

[HTML][HTML] Nanotechnology in inflammation: cutting-edge advances in diagnostics, therapeutics and theranostics

Y Liu, Z Lin, Y Wang, L Chen, Y Wang, C Luo - Theranostics, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Inflammatory dysregulation is intimately associated with the occurrence and progression of
many life-threatening diseases. Accurate detection and timely therapeutic intervention on …

The role of microglia in the pathogenesis of diabetic-associated cognitive dysfunction

W Xu, X Wang, X Hou, Y Yang, R Ma, R Lv… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Diabetic-associated cognitive dysfunction (DACD) is a major central nervous system (CNS)
complication in patients with diabetes and is attracting increasing attention (1). Cognitive …

[HTML][HTML] Harnessing nanomedicine for modulating microglial states in the central nervous system disorders: Challenges and opportunities

H Li, M Guan, NN Zhang, Y Wang, T Liang… - Biomedicine & …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microglia are essential for maintaining homeostasis and responding to pathological events
in the central nervous system (CNS). Their dynamic and multidimensional states in different …

Blood–Brain Barrier-Targeting Nanoparticles: Biomaterial Properties and Biomedical Applications in Translational Neuroscience

E Asimakidou, JKS Tan, J Zeng, CH Lo - Pharmaceuticals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Overcoming the blood–brain barrier (BBB) remains a significant hurdle in effective drug
delivery to the brain. While the BBB serves as a crucial protective barrier, it poses …

Lipid-siRNA conjugate accesses a perivascular transport mechanism and achieves widespread and durable knockdown in the central nervous system

A Sorets, K Schwensen, N Francini, A Kjar… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Short-interfering RNA (siRNA) has gained significant interest for treatment of neurological
diseases by providing the capacity to achieve sustained inhibition of nearly any gene target …