Blood-brain barrier disruption: a culprit of cognitive decline?

J Che, Y Sun, Y Deng, J Zhang - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2024 - Springer
Cognitive decline covers a broad spectrum of disorders, not only resulting from brain
diseases but also from systemic diseases, which seriously influence the quality of life and …

Interactions between nanoparticles and pathological changes of vascular in Alzheimer's disease

T Lei, Z Yang, H Li, M Qin, H Gao - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Emerging evidence suggests that vascular pathological changes play a pivotal role in the
pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The dysfunction of the cerebral vasculature …

Glial cells: an important switch for the vascular function of the central nervous system

L Gao, X Pan, JH Zhang, Y Xia - Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this review, we first describe the current understanding of glial-mediated vascular function
affecting the role of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in central nervous system (CNS) disorders …

Perspectives on neuronutrition in prevention and treatment of neurological disorders

AV Badaeva, AB Danilov, P Clayton, AA Moskalev… - Nutrients, 2023 - mdpi.com
The term neuronutrition has been proposed as part of nutritional neuroscience, studying the
effects of various dietary components on behavior and cognition. Other researchers …

Novel celecoxib-loaded chitosan-fucoidan nanoparticles as potential immunotherapy for oral squamous cell carcinoma: Mechanistic insights

AA Mabrouk, NS El-Mezayen, AK Awaad… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Celecoxib (CXB), a selective COX-2 inhibitor, is a component of triple-oral-metronomic-
chemotherapy. However, chronic CXB utilization in high doses could bring about major …

A dual-targeting peptide for glioblastoma screened by phage display peptide library biopanning combined with affinity-adaptability analysis

X Li, X Pu, X Wang, J Wang, X Liao, Z Huang… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The obstruction of blood–brain barrier (BBB) and the poor specific targeting are still the
major obstacles and challenges of targeted nano-pharmaceutical therapy for glioblastoma …

Valsartan as a prophylactic treatment against breast cancer development and niche activation: What molecular sequels follow chronic AT-1R blockade?

AMA Mansour, MM Khattab, AS El-Khatib, AK Awaad… - Life Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Aims Transactivation of insulin-growth-factor-receptor (IGF-1R) by angiotensin-II-type-1-
receptor (AT-1R) was only demonstrated in vascular-smooth-muscle cells and has never …

Reversal of fibrosis and portal hypertension by Empagliflozin treatment of CCl4-induced liver fibrosis: Emphasis on gal-1/NRP-1/TGF-β and gal-1/NRP-1/VEGFR2 …

AA Noah, NS El-Mezayen, SO El-Ganainy… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
To date, liver fibrosis has no clinically approved treatment. Empagliflozin (EMPA), a highly
selective sodium-glucose-cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitor, has shown ameliorative …

[HTML][HTML] Ameliorative effects of pine nut peptide-zinc chelate (Korean pine) on a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

Z Zhang, J Sun, Y Li, K Yang, G Wei, S Zhang - Experimental Gerontology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this study, 50 SD adult male mice were used to create an Alzheimer's disease model. The
mice's learning and memory abilities were evaluated using an eight-arm radial maze …

Reactive astrocytes targeting with oral vitamin A: Efficient neuronal regeneration for Parkinson's disease treatment and reversal of associated liver fibrosis

NS El‐Mezayen, MAM Attia, MY Shafik… - CNS Neuroscience …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction A recent approach to cure neurodegenerative diseases is to reprogram
fibroblasts into functioning neurons using multiple exogenous transcription factors (TFs) and …