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 …

Applications of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening

CM Gorick, VR Breza, KM Nowak, VWT Cheng… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays a critically important role in the regulation of central
nervous system (CNS) homeostasis, but also represents a major limitation to treatments of …

Mechanisms of enhanced drug delivery in brain metastases with focused ultrasound-induced blood–tumor barrier disruption

CD Arvanitis, V Askoxylakis, Y Guo… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Blood–brain/blood–tumor barriers (BBB and BTB) and interstitial transport may constitute
major obstacles to the transport of therapeutics in brain tumors. In this study, we examined …

[HTML][HTML] Applications of focused ultrasound for the treatment of glioblastoma: a new frontier

AM Hersh, M Bhimreddy, C Weber-Levine, K Jiang… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma (GBM) is a common primary brain tumor with a short median
overall survival despite aggressive treatment with resection, chemotherapy, and radiation …

Augmentation of brain tumor interstitial flow via focused ultrasound promotes brain-penetrating nanoparticle dispersion and transfection

CT Curley, BP Mead, K Negron, N Kim, WJ Garrison… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The delivery of systemically administered gene therapies to brain tumors is exceptionally
difficult because of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and blood-tumor barrier (BTB). In addition …

Sonopermeation to improve drug delivery to tumors: from fundamental understanding to clinical translation

S Snipstad, E Sulheim, C de Lange Davies… - Expert opinion on …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Ultrasound in combination with microbubbles can make cells and tissues more
accessible for drugs, thereby achieving improved therapeutic outcomes. In this review, we …

[HTML][HTML] Established and emerging strategies for drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier in brain cancer

A Parodi, M Rudzińska, AA Deviatkin, SM Soond… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Brain tumors are characterized by very high mortality and, despite the continuous research
on new pharmacological interventions, little therapeutic progress has been made. One of the …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound immunotherapy for central nervous system pathologies: challenges and opportunities

CT Curley, ND Sheybani, TN Bullock, RJ Price - Theranostics, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Immunotherapy is rapidly emerging as the cornerstone for the treatment of several forms of
metastatic cancer, as well as for a host of other pathologies. Meanwhile, several new high …

[HTML][HTML] Closed-loop trans-skull ultrasound hyperthermia leads to improved drug delivery from thermosensitive drugs and promotes changes in vascular transport …

C Kim, Y Guo, A Velalopoulou, J Leisen… - Theranostics, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Effective drug delivery in brain tumors remains a major challenge in oncology. Although
local hyperthermia and stimuli-responsive delivery systems, such as thermosensitive …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound: an emerging therapeutic modality for neurologic disease

PS Fishman, V Frenkel - Neurotherapeutics, 2017 - Elsevier
Therapeutic ultrasound is only beginning to be applied to neurologic conditions, but the
potential of this modality for a wide spectrum of brain applications is high. Engineering …