Strategies for delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier

GC Terstappen, AH Meyer, RD Bell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving sufficient delivery across the blood–brain barrier is a key challenge in the
development of drugs to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This is particularly …

The blood–tumour barrier in cancer biology and therapy

PS Steeg - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2021 - nature.com
The protective blood–brain barrier has a major role in ensuring normal brain function by
severely limiting and tightly controlling the ingress of substances into the brain from the …

Evolving drug delivery strategies to overcome the blood brain barrier

DS Hersh, AS Wadajkar, NB Roberts… - Current …, 2016 - ingentaconnect.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) poses a unique challenge for drug delivery to the central
nervous system (CNS). The BBB consists of a continuous layer of specialized endothelial …

Upregulating aggregation‐induced‐emission nanoparticles with blood–tumor‐barrier permeability for precise photothermal eradication of brain tumors and induction …

M Zhang, W Wang, M Mohammadniaei… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Compared to other tumors, glioblastoma (GBM) is extremely difficult to treat. Recently,
photothermal therapy (PTT) has demonstrated advanced therapeutic efficacy; however …

Nano carrier drug delivery systems for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders: Advantages and limitations

Y Zorkina, O Abramova, V Ushakova, A Morozova… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Neuropsychiatric diseases are one of the main causes of disability, affecting millions of
people. Various drugs are used for its treatment, although no effective therapy has been …

Advancement of cell-penetrating peptides in combating triple-negative breast cancer

M Fatima, MAS Abourehab, G Aggarwal, GK Jain… - Drug Discovery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Extensive research efforts have been made and are still ongoing in the search for an ideal
anti-cancer therapy. Almost all chemotherapeutics require a carrier or vehicle, a drug …

Investigational chemotherapy and novel pharmacokinetic mechanisms for the treatment of breast cancer brain metastases

N Shah, AS Mohammad, P Saralkar, SA Sprowls… - Pharmacological …, 2018 - Elsevier
In women, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosis and second most common
cause of cancer death. More than half of breast cancer patients will develop metastases to …

Targeted delivery to tumors: multidirectional strategies to improve treatment efficiency

OM Kutova, EL Guryev, EA Sokolova, R Alzeibak… - Cancers, 2019 - mdpi.com
Malignant tumors are characterized by structural and molecular peculiarities providing a
possibility to directionally deliver antitumor drugs with minimal impact on healthy tissues and …

Novel delivery methods bypassing the blood-brain and blood-tumor barriers

BK Hendricks, AA Cohen-Gadol, JC Miller - Neurosurgical focus, 2015 - thejns.org
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common primary brain tumor and carries a grave prognosis.
Despite years of research investigating potentially new therapies for GBM, the median …

Implication of the Kallikrein-Kinin system in neurological disorders: Quest for potential biomarkers and mechanisms

A Nokkari, H Abou-El-Hassan, Y Mechref… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
Neurological disorders represent major health concerns in terms of comorbidity and
mortality worldwide. Despite a tremendous increase in our understanding of the …