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 …

Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

Y Meng, K Hynynen, N Lipsman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a disruptive medical technology, and its implementation in the
clinic represents the culmination of decades of research. Lying at the convergence of …

The blood-brain barrier: Physiology and strategies for drug delivery

R Pandit, L Chen, J Götz - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic structure that functions as a gatekeeper,
reflecting the unique requirements of the brain. In this review, following a brief historical …

Blood–brain barrier opening in Alzheimer's disease using MR-guided focused ultrasound

N Lipsman, Y Meng, AJ Bethune, Y Huang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in combination with intravenously injected
microbubbles has been shown to transiently open the blood–brain barrier, and reduce beta …

MR-guided focused ultrasound enhances delivery of trastuzumab to Her2-positive brain metastases

Y Meng, RM Reilly, RC Pezo, M Trudeau… - Science translational …, 2021 - science.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is an important factor limiting the effectiveness of central
nervous system (CNS) therapeutics. MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is a …

Overcoming the blood–brain barrier: the role of nanomaterials in treating neurological diseases

D Furtado, M Björnmalm, S Ayton, AI Bush… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Therapies directed toward the central nervous system remain difficult to translate into
improved clinical outcomes. This is largely due to the blood–brain barrier (BBB), arguably …

Blood-brain barrier opening in primary brain tumors with non-invasive MR-guided focused ultrasound: a clinical safety and feasibility study

T Mainprize, N Lipsman, Y Huang, Y Meng… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has long limited therapeutic access to brain tumor and
peritumoral tissue. In animals, MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) with intravenously …

Ultrasound technologies for imaging and modulating neural activity

C Rabut, S Yoo, RC Hurt, Z Jin, H Li, H Guo, B Ling… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Visualizing and perturbing neural activity on a brain-wide scale in model animals and
humans is a major goal of neuroscience technology development. Established electrical and …

Neuronavigation-guided focused ultrasound for transcranial blood-brain barrier opening and immunostimulation in brain tumors

KT Chen, WY Chai, YJ Lin, CJ Lin, PY Chen… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Focused ultrasound (FUS) in the presence of microbubbles can transiently open the blood-
brain barrier (BBB) to increase therapeutic agent penetration at the targeted brain site to …

Safety and feasibility of repeated and transient blood–brain barrier disruption by pulsed ultrasound in patients with recurrent glioblastoma

A Idbaih, M Canney, L Belin, C Desseaux, A Vignot… - Clinical Cancer …, 2019 - AACR
Purpose: The blood–brain barrier (BBB) limits the efficacy of drug therapies for glioblastoma
(GBM). Preclinical data indicate that low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPU) can transiently …