A blood–brain barrier overview on structure, function, impairment, and biomarkers of integrity

H Kadry, B Noorani, L Cucullo - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2020 - Springer
The blood–brain barrier is playing a critical role in controlling the influx and efflux of
biological substances essential for the brain's metabolic activity as well as neuronal function …

Regulation of blood–brain barrier integrity by microglia in health and disease: a therapeutic opportunity

PT Ronaldson, TP Davis - Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a critical regulator of CNS homeostasis. It possesses
physical and biochemical characteristics (ie tight junction protein complexes, transporters) …

Microengineered perfusable 3D-bioprinted glioblastoma model for in vivo mimicry of tumor microenvironment

L Neufeld, E Yeini, N Reisman, Y Shtilerman… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Many drugs show promising results in laboratory research but eventually fail clinical trials.
We hypothesize that one main reason for this translational gap is that current cancer models …

[HTML][HTML] NRF2 and NF-қB interplay in cerebrovascular and neurodegenerative disorders: molecular mechanisms and possible therapeutic approaches

F Sivandzade, S Prasad, A Bhalerao, L Cucullo - Redox biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrophiles and reactive oxygen species (ROS) play a major role in modulating cellular
defense mechanisms as well as physiological functions, and intracellular signaling …

Strategies for structural modification of small molecules to improve blood–brain barrier penetration: a recent perspective

B Xiong, Y Wang, Y Chen, S Xing, Q Liao… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the development of central nervous system (CNS) drugs, the blood–brain barrier (BBB)
restricts many drugs from entering the brain to exert therapeutic effects. Although many …

A neurovascular-unit-on-a-chip for the evaluation of the restorative potential of stem cell therapies for ischaemic stroke

Z Lyu, J Park, KM Kim, HJ Jin, H Wu… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
The therapeutic efficacy of stem cells transplanted into an ischaemic brain depends primarily
on the responses of the neurovascular unit. Here, we report the development and …

Astrocyte activation in neurovascular damage and repair following ischaemic stroke

A Patabendige, A Singh, S Jenkins, J Sen… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Transient or permanent loss of tissue perfusion due to ischaemic stroke can lead to damage
to the neurovasculature, and disrupt brain homeostasis, causing long-term motor and …

Emerging application of nanorobotics and artificial intelligence to cross the BBB: advances in design, controlled maneuvering, and targeting of the barriers

AV Singh, V Chandrasekar… - ACS chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a prime focus for clinicians to maintain the homeostatic
function in health and deliver the theranostics in brain cancer and number of neurological …

Overcoming the blood–brain barrier. challenges and tricks for CNS drug delivery

LA Bors, F Erdő - Scientia Pharmaceutica, 2019 - mdpi.com
Treatment of certain central nervous system disorders, including different types of cerebral
malignancies, is limited by traditional oral or systemic administrations of therapeutic drugs …

Recent progress in translational engineered in vitro models of the central nervous system

P Nikolakopoulou, R Rauti, D Voulgaris, I Shlomy… - Brain, 2020 - academic.oup.com
The complexity of the human brain poses a substantial challenge for the development of
models of the CNS. Current animal models lack many essential human characteristics (in …