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 …

The therapeutic potential of nanobodies

I Jovčevska, S Muyldermans - BioDrugs, 2020 - Springer
Today, bio-medical efforts are entering the subcellular level, which is witnessed with the fast-
developing fields of nanomedicine, nanodiagnostics and nanotherapy in conjunction with …

The dawn of a new era: targeting the “undruggables” with antibody-based therapeutics

L Qian, X Lin, X Gao, RU Khan, JY Liao, S Du… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high selectivity and affinity of antibodies toward their antigens have made them a highly
valuable tool in disease therapy, diagnosis, and basic research. A plethora of chemical and …

Nanobodies: next generation of cancer diagnostics and therapeutics

EY Yang, K Shah - Frontiers in Oncology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
The development of targeted medicine has greatly expanded treatment options and spurred
new research avenues in cancer therapeutics, with monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) emerging …

A guide to: generation and design of nanobodies

S Muyldermans - The FEBS journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A nanobody (Nb) is a registered trademark of Ablynx, referring to the single antigen‐binding
domain of heavy chain‐only antibodies (HCAbs) that are circulating in Camelidae. Nbs are …

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 …

Nanobodies as therapeutics: big opportunities for small antibodies

S Steeland, RE Vandenbroucke, C Libert - Drug discovery today, 2016 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nanobodies (Nbs) are camelid-derived single-domain antibodies.•Nbs have
powerful binding and inhibitory capacity with great therapeutic potential.•Nbs are used in …

[HTML][HTML] Enhancing autophagy in Alzheimer's disease through drug repositioning

M Eshraghi, M Ahmadi, S Afshar, S Lorzadeh… - Pharmacology & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the biggest human health threats due to increases in
aging of the global population. Unfortunately, drugs for treating AD have been largely …

BDNF-based synaptic repair as a disease-modifying strategy for neurodegenerative diseases

B Lu, G Nagappan, X Guan, PJ Nathan… - Nature Reviews …, 2013 - nature.com
Increasing evidence suggests that synaptic dysfunction is a key pathophysiological hallmark
in neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Understanding the role of …

David vs. Goliath: the structure, function, and clinical prospects of antibody fragments

A Bates, CA Power - Antibodies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Since the licensing of the first monoclonal antibody therapy in 1986, monoclonal antibodies
have become the largest class of biopharmaceuticals with over 80 antibodies currently …