Peripheral inflammation and blood–brain barrier disruption: effects and mechanisms

X Huang, B Hussain, J Chang - CNS neuroscience & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is an important physiological barrier that separates the
central nervous system (CNS) from the peripheral circulation, which contains inflammatory …

[HTML][HTML] The blood–brain barrier in health and disease: Important unanswered questions

CP Profaci, RN Munji, RS Pulido… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - rupress.org
The blood vessels vascularizing the central nervous system exhibit a series of distinct
properties that tightly control the movement of ions, molecules, and cells between the blood …

Interrogation of the microenvironmental landscape in brain tumors reveals disease-specific alterations of immune cells

F Klemm, RR Maas, RL Bowman, M Kornete, K Soukup… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Brain malignancies encompass a range of primary and metastatic cancers, including low-
grade and high-grade gliomas and brain metastases (BrMs) originating from diverse …

[HTML][HTML] Current strategies for brain drug delivery

X Dong - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been a great hurdle for brain drug delivery. The BBB in
healthy brain is a diffusion barrier essential for protecting normal brain function by impeding …

Functional morphology of the blood–brain barrier in health and disease

S Liebner, RM Dijkhuizen, Y Reiss, KH Plate… - Acta …, 2018 - Springer
The adult quiescent blood–brain barrier (BBB), a structure organised by endothelial cells
through interactions with pericytes, astrocytes, neurons and microglia in the neurovascular …

B and T cells driving multiple sclerosis: identity, mechanisms and potential triggers

J Van Langelaar, L Rijvers, J Smolders… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Historically, multiple sclerosis (MS) has been viewed as being primarily driven by T cells.
However, the effective use of anti-CD20 treatment now also reveals an important role for B …

Current strategies to enhance delivery of drugs across the blood–brain barrier

RI Teleanu, MD Preda, AG Niculescu, O Vladâcenco… - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) has shown to be a significant obstacle to brain medication
delivery. The BBB in a healthy brain is a diffusion barrier that prevents most substances from …

Stress-induced metabolic disorder in peripheral CD4+ T cells leads to anxiety-like behavior

K Fan, Y Li, H Wang, X Mao, J Guo, F Wang, L Huang… - Cell, 2019 - cell.com
Physical or mental stress leads to neuroplasticity in the brain and increases the risk of
depression and anxiety. Stress exposure causes the dysfunction of peripheral T …

The CD6/ALCAM pathway promotes lupus nephritis via T cell–mediated responses

SA Chalmers, RA Ramachandran… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Am Soc Clin Investig
T cells are central to the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis (LN), a common complication of
systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). CD6 and its ligand, activated leukocyte cell adhesion …

Biosensors integration in blood–brain barrier-on-a-chip: Emerging platform for monitoring neurodegenerative diseases

M Mir, S Palma-Florez, A Lagunas… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Over the most recent decades, the development of new biological platforms to study disease
progression and drug efficacy has been of great interest due to the high increase in the rate …