Blood brain barrier: a challenge for effectual therapy of brain tumors

A Bhowmik, R Khan, MK Ghosh - BioMed research international, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Brain tumors are one of the most formidable diseases of mankind. They have only a fair to
poor prognosis and high relapse rate. One of the major causes of extreme difficulty in brain …

Computational methods for the prediction of 'drug-likeness'

DE Clark, SD Pickett - Drug discovery today, 2000 - Elsevier
Recently, one of the key trends in the pharmaceutical industry has been the integration of
what have traditionally been considered 'development'activities into the early phases of drug …

Role of drug efflux transporters in the brain for drug disposition and treatment of brain diseases

W Löscher, H Potschka - Progress in neurobiology, 2005 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) serves as a protective mechanism for the brain by preventing
entry of potentially harmful substances from free access to the central nervous system …

The blood-brain and blood-tumor barriers: a review of strategies for increasing drug delivery

DR Groothuis - Neuro-oncology, 2000 - academic.oup.com
Drug delivery to brain tumors has been a controversial subject. Some believe the blood-
brain barrier is not important, while others believe it is the major obstacle in treatment and …

[HTML][HTML] On the rate and extent of drug delivery to the brain

M Hammarlund-Udenaes, M Fridén, S Syvänen… - Pharmaceutical …, 2008 - Springer
To define and differentiate relevant aspects of blood–brain barrier transport and distribution
in order to aid research methodology in brain drug delivery. Pharmacokinetic parameters …

Diffusion and related transport mechanisms in brain tissue

C Nicholson - Reports on progress in Physics, 2001 - iopscience.iop.org
Diffusion plays a crucial role in brain function. The spaces between cells can be likened to
the water phase of a foam and many substances move within this complicated region …

The importance of plasma protein binding in drug discovery

GL Trainor - Expert opinion on drug discovery, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Plasma protein binding of drugs is a well-recognised phenomena, but it is only recently that
the implications for drug action in vivo have been fully appreciated. Plasma proteins, by …

Effective treatment of glioblastoma requires crossing the blood–brain barrier and targeting tumors including cancer stem cells: the promise of nanomedicine

SS Kim, JB Harford, KF Pirollo, EH Chang - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2015 - Elsevier
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and lethal type of brain tumor. Both
therapeutic resistance and restricted permeation of drugs across the blood–brain barrier …

The role of drug transporters at the blood-brain barrier

AG De Boer, ICJ Van Der Sandt… - Annual review of …, 2003 - annualreviews.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic interface between the blood and the brain. It
eliminates (toxic) substances from the endothelial compartment and supplies the brain with …

Blood-brain barrier models: Rationale for selection

AS Hanafy, D Dietrich, G Fricker… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Brain delivery is a broad research area, the outcomes of which are far hindered by the
limited permeability of the blood–brain barrier (BBB). Over the last century, research has …