[HTML][HTML] The paradox of HIV blood–brain barrier penetrance and antiretroviral drug delivery deficiencies

O Osborne, N Peyravian, M Nair, S Daunert… - Trends in …, 2020 - cell.com
HIV attacks the body's immune cells, frequently compromises the integrity of the blood–brain
barrier (BBB), and infects the CNS in the early stages of infection. Dysfunction of the BBB …

Getting into the brain: Potential of nanotechnology in the management of NeuroAIDS

M Nair, RD Jayant, A Kaushik, V Sagar - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
In spite of significant advances in antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, the elimination of human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) reservoirs from the periphery and the central nervous system …

Antiretroviral drugs induce oxidative stress and neuronal damage in the central nervous system

C Akay, M Cooper, A Odeleye, BK Jensen… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND), characterized by a wide spectrum of
behavioral, cognitive, and motor dysfunctions, continues to affect approximately 50% of HIV …

[HTML][HTML] The transport of anti-HIV drugs across blood–CNS interfaces: summary of current knowledge and recommendations for further research

L Varatharajan, SA Thomas - Antiviral research, 2009 - Elsevier
The advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which constitutes HIV protease
inhibitors, nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase …

Nanotechnology-based systems for the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS

J das Neves, MM Amiji, MF Bahia… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2010 - Elsevier
The HIV/AIDS pandemic is an increasing global burden with devastating health-related and
socioeconomic effects. The widespread use of antiretroviral therapy has dramatically …

[HTML][HTML] How much do antiretroviral drugs penetrate into the central nervous system?

L Ene, D Duiculescu, SM Ruta - Journal of medicine and life, 2011 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The central nervous system can act as a compartment in which HIV can replicate
independently from plasma, and also as a sanctuary in which, under suboptimal drug …

Antiretroviral drug concentrations in brain tissue of adult decedents

M Ferrara, NN Bumpus, Q Ma, RJ Ellis… - Aids, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective: Determine concentrations of antiretroviral therapy (ART) drugs in the human
brain. Design: Cohort study of persons with HIV who consented to antemortem assessment …

Interactions of tenofovir and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate with drug efflux transporters ABCB1, ABCG2, and ABCC2; role in transport across the placenta

Z Neumanova, L Cerveny, M Ceckova, F Staud - Aids, 2014 - journals.lww.com
Objective and design: Tenofovir (TFV) is used in pregnant women as a part of combination
antiretroviral treatment to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection. We aimed to …

Diketopiperazines as a tool for the study of transport across the blood− brain barrier (BBB) and their potential use as BBB-shuttles

M Teixidó, E Zurita, M Malakoutikhah… - Journal of the …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Here we prepared and evaluated two libraries of mono-N-methylated and di-N-methylated
diketopiperazines (DKPs) by parallel artificial membrane permeability assay and …

Low cerebrospinal fluid concentrations of the nucleotide HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor, tenofovir

BM Best, SL Letendre, P Koopmans… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Background: Tenofovir is a nucleotide HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor whose chemical
properties suggest that it may not penetrate into the central nervous system in therapeutic …