Overcoming on-target, off-tumour toxicity of CAR T cell therapy for solid tumours

CL Flugel, RG Majzner, G Krenciute, G Dotti… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Therapies with genetically modified T cells that express chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)
specific for CD19 or B cell maturation antigen (BCMA) are approved to treat certain B cell …

The neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn): a misnomer?

M Pyzik, KMK Sand, JJ Hubbard, JT Andersen… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Antibodies are essential components of an adaptive immune response. Immunoglobulin G
(IgG) is the most common type of antibody found in circulation and extracellular fluids …

The SARS-CoV-2 main protease Mpro causes microvascular brain pathology by cleaving NEMO in brain endothelial cells

J Wenzel, J Lampe, H Müller-Fielitz, R Schuster… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can damage cerebral small vessels and
cause neurological symptoms. Here we describe structural changes in cerebral small …

Targeting the transferrin receptor for brain drug delivery

KB Johnsen, A Burkhart, LB Thomsen… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Obtaining efficient drug delivery to the brain remains the biggest challenge for the
development of therapeutics to treat diseases of the central nervous system. The main …

CD98hc is a target for brain delivery of biotherapeutics

KS Chew, RC Wells, A Moshkforoush, D Chan… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Brain exposure of systemically administered biotherapeutics is highly restricted by the blood-
brain barrier (BBB). Here, we report the engineering and characterization of a BBB transport …

Association between vascular endothelial growth factor-mediated blood–brain barrier dysfunction and stress-induced depression

H Matsuno, S Tsuchimine, K O'Hashi, K Sakai… - Molecular …, 2022 - nature.com
Several lines of evidence suggest that stress induces the neurovascular dysfunction
associated with increased blood–brain barrier (BBB) permeability, which could be an …

Blood–brain barrier permeable nano immunoconjugates induce local immune responses for glioma therapy

A Galstyan, JL Markman, ES Shatalova… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Brain glioma treatment with checkpoint inhibitor antibodies to cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-
associated antigen 4 (a-CTLA-4) and programmed cell death-1 (a-PD-1) was largely …

A perfused human blood–brain barrier on-a-chip for high-throughput assessment of barrier function and antibody transport

NR Wevers, DG Kasi, T Gray, KJ Wilschut… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2018 - Springer
Background Receptor-mediated transcytosis is one of the major routes for drug delivery of
large molecules into the brain. The aim of this study was to develop a novel model of the …

Structure and junctional complexes of endothelial, epithelial and glial brain barriers

M Castro Dias, JA Mapunda, M Vladymyrov… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
The homeostasis of the central nervous system (CNS) is ensured by the endothelial,
epithelial, mesothelial and glial brain barriers, which strictly control the passage of …

Intracellular transport and regulation of transcytosis across the blood–brain barrier

R Villaseñor, J Lampe, M Schwaninger… - Cellular and molecular life …, 2019 - Springer
The blood–brain barrier is a dynamic multicellular interface that regulates the transport of
molecules between the blood circulation and the brain parenchyma. Proteins and peptides …