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 …

Stem cell therapies for progressive multiple sclerosis

JA Smith, AM Nicaise, RB Ionescu, R Hamel… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system
characterized by demyelination and axonal degeneration. MS patients typically present with …

Stem cells and combination therapy for the treatment of traumatic brain injury

AS Dekmak, S Mantash, A Shaito, A Toutonji… - Behavioural Brain …, 2018 - Elsevier
TBI is a nondegenerative, noncongenital insult to the brain from an external mechanical
force; for instance a violent blow in a car accident. It is a complex injury with a broad …

iPS-derived neural progenitor cells from PPMS patients reveal defect in myelin injury response

AM Nicaise, E Banda, RM Guzzo, K Russomanno… - Experimental …, 2017 - Elsevier
Primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the
central nervous system (CNS) currently lacking any effective treatment. Promoting …

Survival and functionality of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived oligodendrocytes in a nonhuman primate model for multiple sclerosis

A Thiruvalluvan, M Czepiel, YA Kap… - Stem cells …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Fast remyelination by endogenous oligodendrocyte precursor cells (OPCs) is essential to
prevent axonal and subsequent retrograde neuronal degeneration in demyelinating lesions …

Combination of drug and stem cells neurotherapy: potential interventions in neurotrauma and traumatic brain injury

K Zibara, N Ballout, S Mondello, N Karnib… - …, 2019 - Elsevier
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been recognized as one of the major public health issues
that leads to devastating neurological disability. As a consequence of primary and …

Neural stem cell-based regenerative approaches for the treatment of multiple sclerosis

J Xiao, R Yang, S Biswas, Y Zhu, X Qin, M Zhang… - Molecular …, 2018 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, autoimmune, inflammatory, and demyelinating disorder
of the central nervous system (CNS), which ultimately leads to axonal loss and permanent …

Inhibition of myeloperoxidase by N-acetyl lysyltyrosylcysteine amide reduces oxidative stress–mediated inflammation, neuronal damage, and neural stem cell injury in …

G Yu, Y Liang, S Zheng, H Zhang - Journal of Pharmacology and …, 2018 - ASPET
Recent studies suggest that myeloperoxidase (MPO)-dependent oxidative stress plays a
significant role in brain injury in stroke patients. We previously showed that N-acetyl …

Stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles: a promising nano delivery platform to the brain?

Y Guo, D Hu, L Lian, L Zhao, M Li, H Bao… - Stem cell reviews and …, 2023 - Springer
A very important cause of the frustration with drug therapy for central nervous system (CNS)
diseases is the failure of drug delivery. The blood–brain barrier (BBB) prevents most …

A review on stem cell therapy for multiple sclerosis: special focus on human embryonic stem cells

G Shroff - Stem cells and cloning: advances and applications, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Multiple sclerosis (MS), a complex disorder of the central nervous system (CNS), is
characterized with axonal loss underlying long-term progressive disability. Currently …