Progress and challenges towards targeted delivery of cancer therapeutics

D Rosenblum, N Joshi, W Tao, JM Karp… - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Targeted delivery approaches for cancer therapeutics have shown a steep rise over the past
few decades. However, compared to the plethora of successful pre-clinical studies, only 15 …

Nanomaterial-based blood-brain-barrier (BBB) crossing strategies

J Xie, Z Shen, Y Anraku, K Kataoka, X Chen - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Increasing attention has been paid to the diseases of central nervous system (CNS). The
penetration efficiency of most CNS drugs into the brain parenchyma is rather limited due to …

Macrophage membrane-camouflaged responsive polymer nanogels enable magnetic resonance imaging-guided chemotherapy/chemodynamic therapy of orthotopic …

T Xiao, M He, F Xu, Y Fan, B Jia, M Shen, H Wang… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Development of innovative nanomedicine formulations to traverse the blood–brain barrier
(BBB) for effective theranostics of glioma remains a great challenge. Herein, we report the …

Emerging blood–brain-barrier-crossing nanotechnology for brain cancer theranostics

W Tang, W Fan, J Lau, L Deng, Z Shen… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Brain cancer, especially the most common type of glioblastoma, is highly invasive and
known as one of the most devastating and deadly neoplasms. Despite surgical and medical …

Blood–brain barrier in brain tumors: biology and clinical relevance

F Mo, A Pellerino, R Soffietti, R Rudà - International journal of molecular …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The presence of barriers, such as the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and brain–tumor barrier
(BTB), limits the penetration of antineoplastic drugs into the brain, resulting in poor response …

Blood-brain barrier opening in primary brain tumors with non-invasive MR-guided focused ultrasound: a clinical safety and feasibility study

T Mainprize, N Lipsman, Y Huang, Y Meng… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has long limited therapeutic access to brain tumor and
peritumoral tissue. In animals, MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) with intravenously …

[HTML][HTML] Ultrasound-responsive cavitation nuclei for therapy and drug delivery

K Kooiman, S Roovers, SAG Langeveld… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2020 - Elsevier
Therapeutic ultrasound strategies that harness the mechanical activity of cavitation nuclei for
beneficial tissue bio-effects are actively under development. The mechanical oscillations of …

Ultrasound-mediated blood–brain barrier opening: An effective drug delivery system for theranostics of brain diseases

J Wang, Z Li, M Pan, M Fiaz, Y Hao, Y Yan… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) remains a significant obstacle to drug therapy for brain diseases.
Focused ultrasound (FUS) combined with microbubbles (MBs) can locally and transiently …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities to penetrate the blood-brain barrier for brain cancer therapy

DH Upton, C Ung, SM George, M Tsoli, M Kavallaris… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite significant advances in research, the prognosis for both primary and secondary
brain cancers remains poor. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a complex and unique semi …

[HTML][HTML] Progress and perspectives on targeting nanoparticles for brain drug delivery

H Gao - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2016 - Elsevier
Due to the ability of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) to prevent the entry of drugs into the brain,
it is a challenge to treat central nervous system disorders pharmacologically. The …