A critical perspective on 3D liver models for drug metabolism and toxicology studies

AS Serras, JS Rodrigues, M Cipriano… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The poor predictability of human liver toxicity is still causing high attrition rates of drug
candidates in the pharmaceutical industry at the non-clinical, clinical, and post-marketing …

Dopamine and levodopa prodrugs for the treatment of Parkinson's disease

F Haddad, M Sawalha, Y Khawaja, A Najjar… - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Background: Parkinson's disease is an aggressive and progressive neurodegenerative
disorder that depletes dopamine (DA) in the central nervous system. Dopamine replacement …

Levodopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease: current status and new developments

D Salat, E Tolosa - Journal of Parkinson's disease, 2013 - content.iospress.com
Levodopa, a dopamine precursor, is an effective and well-tolerated dopamine replacement
agent used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD). Oral levodopa has been widely used for over …

Feasibility, safety and outcomes of playing Kinect Adventures!™ for people with Parkinson's disease: a pilot study

JE Pompeu, LA Arduini, AR Botelho, MBF Fonseca… - Physiotherapy, 2014 - Elsevier
Objectives To assess the feasibility, safety and outcomes of playing Microsoft Kinect
Adventures™ for people with Parkinson's disease in order to guide the design of a …

7, 8-dihydroxyflavone, a small molecular TrkB agonist, is useful for treating various BDNF-implicated human disorders

C Liu, CB Chan, K Ye - Translational neurodegeneration, 2016 - Springer
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) regulates a variety of biological processes
predominantly via binding to the transmembrane receptor tyrosine kinase TrkB. It is a …

Liposomes for Targeted Delivery of Active Agents against Neurodegenerative Diseases (Alzheimer′ s Disease and Parkinson′ s Disease)

C Spuch, C Navarro - Journal of drug delivery, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer′ s disease and Parkinson′ s disease
represent a huge unmet medical need. The prevalence of both diseases is increasing, but …

Angiopep-conjugated nanoparticles for targeted long-term gene therapy of Parkinson's disease

R Huang, H Ma, Y Guo, S Liu, Y Kuang, K Shao… - Pharmaceutical …, 2013 - Springer
Purpose To prepare an angiopep-conjugated dendrigraft poly-L-lysine (DGL)-based gene
delivery system and evaluate the neuroprotective effects in the rotenone-induced chronic …

Small-sized mPEG–PLGA nanoparticles of Schisantherin A with sustained release for enhanced brain uptake and anti-parkinsonian activity

T Chen, C Li, Y Li, X Yi, R Wang… - ACS applied materials …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Schisantherin A (SA) is a promising anti-Parkinsonism natural product. However, its poor
water solubility and rapid serum clearance impose significant barriers to delivery of SA to the …

Rabies virus glycoprotein (RVG29)-linked microRNA-124-loaded polymeric nanoparticles inhibit neuroinflammation in a Parkinson's disease model

L Gan, Z Li, Q Lv, W Huang - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2019 - Elsevier
In the present study, we have prepared microRNA (miR)-124-loaded Rabies virus
glycoprotein (RVG) 29 surface-conjugated polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) to improve …

EDTA–Fe2+ Complex-Functionalized Fe3O4 Nanozyme as Tyrosine Hydroxylase Mimics for the Production of l-DOPA

Q Shang, L Zhang, C Chen, W Tang… - ACS Applied Nano …, 2022 - ACS Publications
l-3, 4-Dihydroxyphenylalanine (l-DOPA) is widely used in the treatment of Parkinson's
disease. Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticles decorated with ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid …