Structure, function, and regulation of the blood-brain barrier tight junction in central nervous system disorders

JJ Lochhead, J Yang, PT Ronaldson… - Frontiers in physiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) allows the brain to selectively import nutrients and energy
critical to neuronal function while simultaneously excluding neurotoxic substances from the …

[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 …

Single-cell dissection of the human brain vasculature

FJ Garcia, N Sun, H Lee, B Godlewski, H Mathys… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the importance of the cerebrovasculature in maintaining normal brain physiology
and in understanding neurodegeneration and drug delivery to the central nervous system …

The Blood–Brain Barrier: Composition, Properties, and Roles in Brain Health

B Lacoste, A Prat… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2024 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
Blood vessels are critical to deliver oxygen and nutrients to tissues and organs throughout
the body. The blood vessels that vascularize the central nervous system (CNS) possess …

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 …

In vitro modeling of the neurovascular unit: advances in the field

A Bhalerao, F Sivandzade, SR Archie… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2020 - Springer
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a fundamental component of the central nervous system. Its
functional and structural integrity is vital in maintaining the homeostasis of the brain …

Therapeutic approaches to Huntington disease: from the bench to the clinic

NS Caron, ER Dorsey, MR Hayden - Nature Reviews Drug Discovery, 2018 - nature.com
The 25 years since the identification of the gene responsible for Huntington disease (HD)
have stood witness to profound discoveries about the nature of the disease and its …

From neurodevelopmental to neurodegenerative disorders: the vascular continuum

J Ouellette, B Lacoste - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Structural and functional integrity of the cerebral vasculature ensures proper brain
development and function, as well as healthy aging. The inability of the brain to store energy …

Blood–brain barrier and neurodegenerative diseases—modeling with iPSC-derived brain cells

YC Wu, TM Sonninen, S Peltonen, J Koistinaho… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) regulates the delivery of oxygen and important nutrients to
the brain through active and passive transport and prevents neurotoxins from entering the …

Blood–brain barrier (BBB)-on-a-chip: a promising breakthrough in brain disease research

B Peng, S Hao, Z Tong, H Bai, S Pan, KL Lim, L Li… - Lab on a Chip, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) represents a key challenge in developing brain-penetrating
therapeutic molecules. BBB dysfunction is also associated with the onset and progression of …