Biomolecular ultrasound and sonogenetics

D Maresca, A Lakshmanan, M Abedi… - Annual review of …, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Visualizing and modulating molecular and cellular processes occurring deep within living
organisms is fundamental to our study of basic biology and disease. Currently, the most …

[HTML][HTML] State-of-the-art of microbubble-assisted blood-brain barrier disruption

KH Song, BK Harvey, MA Borden - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Focused ultrasound with microbubbles promises unprecedented advantages for blood-brain
barrier disruption over existing intracranial drug delivery methods, as well as a significant …

Safety and efficacy of focused ultrasound induced blood-brain barrier opening, an integrative review of animal and human studies

Y Meng, CB Pople, H Lea-Banks, A Abrahao… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier, while fundamental in maintaining homeostasis in the central
nervous system, is a bottleneck to achieving efficacy for numerous therapeutics. Improved …

The size of blood–brain barrier opening induced by focused ultrasound is dictated by the acoustic pressure

H Chen, EE Konofagou - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) in combination with microbubbles (MBs) has been successfully
used in the delivery of various-size therapeutic agents across the blood–brain barrier (BBB) …

[HTML][HTML] Localized delivery of curcumin into brain with polysorbate 80-modified cerasomes by ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction for improved Parkinson's …

N Zhang, F Yan, X Liang, M Wu, Y Shen, M Chen… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Rationale: Treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) is challenged by the presence of
the blood-brain barrier (BBB) that significantly limits the effective drug concentration in a …

Cavitation-modulated inflammatory response following focused ultrasound blood-brain barrier opening

R Ji, ME Karakatsani, M Burgess, M Smith… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
Focused ultrasound (FUS) in combination with systemically injected microbubbles can be
used to non-invasively open the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in targeted regions for a variety of …

Translation of focused ultrasound for blood-brain barrier opening in glioma

C Brighi, E Salimova, M de Veer, S Puttick… - Journal of controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Survival outcomes for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have remained poor for
the past 15 years, reflecting a clear challenge in the development of more effective treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Advances in ultrasound mediated gene therapy using microbubble contrast agents

SR Sirsi, MA Borden - Theranostics, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microbubble ultrasound contrast agents have the potential to dramatically improve gene
therapy treatments by enhancing the delivery of therapeutic DNA to malignant tissue. The …

Characterization of different microbubbles in assisting focused ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier opening

SK Wu, PC Chu, WY Chai, ST Kang, CH Tsai… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Microbubbles (MBs) serve as a critical catalyst to amplify local cavitation in CNS capillary
lumen to facilitate focused ultrasound (FUS) to transiently open the blood-brain barrier …

Clinical gene therapy for neurodegenerative diseases: past, present, and future

F Piguet, S Alves, N Cartier - Human gene therapy, 2017 - liebertpub.com
Clinical gene therapy has made important advances over the last decade. Among
neurological diseases, severe genetic neurodegenerative conditions have been the focus of …