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 …

[HTML][HTML] Lysosomal functions of progranulin and implications for treatment of frontotemporal dementia

MJ Simon, T Logan, SL DeVos, G Di Paolo - Trends in Cell Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Loss-of-function heterozygous mutations in GRN, the gene encoding progranulin (PGRN),
were identified in patients with frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) almost two …

[HTML][HTML] Bacteria loaded with glucose polymer and photosensitive ICG silicon-nanoparticles for glioblastoma photothermal immunotherapy

R Sun, M Liu, J Lu, B Chu, Y Yang, B Song… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bacteria can bypass the blood-brain barrier (BBB), suggesting the possibility of employment
of bacteria for combating central nervous system diseases. Herein, we develop a bacteria …

[HTML][HTML] The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn): a misnomer?

M Pyzik, KMK Sand, JJ Hubbard, JT Andersen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibodies are essential components of an adaptive immune response. Immunoglobulin G
(IgG) is the most common type of antibody found in circulation and extracellular fluids …

Brain delivery of therapeutic proteins using an Fc fragment blood-brain barrier transport vehicle in mice and monkeys

MS Kariolis, RC Wells, JA Getz, W Kwan… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Effective delivery of protein therapeutics to the central nervous system (CNS) has been
greatly restricted by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). We describe the development of a BBB …

The glymphatic system: implications for drugs for central nervous system diseases

TJ Lohela, TO Lilius, M Nedergaard - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2022 - nature.com
In the past decade, evidence for a fluid clearance pathway in the central nervous system
known as the glymphatic system has grown. According to the glymphatic system concept …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic B-cell depletion reverses progression of Alzheimer's disease

K Kim, X Wang, E Ragonnaud, M Bodogai… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The function of B cells in Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not fully understood. While
immunoglobulins that target amyloid beta (Aβ) may interfere with plaque formation and …

Targeting the transferrin receptor for brain drug delivery

KB Johnsen, A Burkhart, LB Thomsen… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Obtaining efficient drug delivery to the brain remains the biggest challenge for the
development of therapeutics to treat diseases of the central nervous system. The main …

Understanding the activity of antibody–drug conjugates in primary and secondary brain tumours

MJ Mair, R Bartsch, E Le Rhun, AS Berghoff… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Antibody–drug conjugates (ADCs), a class of targeted cancer therapeutics
combining monoclonal antibodies with a cytotoxic payload via a chemical linker, have …

[HTML][HTML] Blood-brain barrier leakage in Alzheimer's disease: From discovery to clinical relevance

G Nehra, B Bauer, AMS Hartz - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. AD brain pathology starts
decades before the onset of clinical symptoms. One early pathological hallmark is blood …