The blood–tumour barrier in cancer biology and therapy

PS Steeg - Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology, 2021 - nature.com
The protective blood–brain barrier has a major role in ensuring normal brain function by
severely limiting and tightly controlling the ingress of substances into the brain from the …

[HTML][HTML] Crossing the blood-brain barrier: advances in nanoparticle technology for drug delivery in neuro-oncology

AM Hersh, S Alomari, BM Tyler - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) constitutes a microvascular network responsible for excluding
most drugs from the brain. Treatment of brain tumors is limited by the impermeability of the …

[HTML][HTML] Polymersome-based protein drug delivery–quo vadis?

MG Gouveia, JP Wesseler, J Ramaekers… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic
approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these …

Advances in the design of solid lipid nanoparticles and nanostructured lipid carriers for targeting brain diseases

C Tapeinos, M Battaglini, G Ciofani - Journal of Controlled Release, 2017 - Elsevier
Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) comprise a
category of versatile drug delivery systems that have been used in the biomedical field for> …

[HTML][HTML] Nanocarrier-based drug combination therapy for glioblastoma

M Zhao, D van Straten, MLD Broekman, V Préat… - Theranostics, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The current achievements in treating glioblastoma (GBM) patients are not sufficient because
many challenges exist, such as tumor heterogeneity, the blood brain barrier, glioma stem …

[HTML][HTML] Liposomes as antibiotic delivery systems: a promising nanotechnological strategy against antimicrobial resistance

M Ferreira, M Ogren, JNR Dias, M Silva, S Gil… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
Antimicrobial drugs are key tools to prevent and treat bacterial infections. Despite the early
success of antibiotics, the current treatment of bacterial infections faces serious challenges …

[HTML][HTML] Nanosensitizers for sonodynamic therapy for glioblastoma multiforme: current progress and future perspectives

QL Guo, XL Dai, MY Yin, HW Cheng, HS Qian… - Military Medical …, 2022 - Springer
Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common primary malignant brain tumor, and it is
associated with poor prognosis. Its characteristics of being highly invasive and undergoing …

[HTML][HTML] Immunological and toxicological considerations for the design of liposomes

CT Inglut, AJ Sorrin, T Kuruppu, S Vig, J Cicalo… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Liposomes hold great potential as gene and drug delivery vehicles due to their
biocompatibility and modular properties, coupled with the major advantage of attenuating …

Extracellular vesicles: Novel promising delivery systems for therapy of brain diseases

D Rufino-Ramos, PR Albuquerque, V Carmona… - Journal of Controlled …, 2017 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-derived membrane vesicles virtually secreted by all
cells, including brain cells. EVs are a major term that includes apoptotic bodies …

[HTML][HTML] Key for crossing the BBB with nanoparticles: The rational design

SM Lombardo, M Schneider, AE Türeli… - Beilstein journal of …, 2020 - beilstein-journals.org
Central nervous system diseases are a heavy burden on society and health care systems.
Hence, the delivery of drugs to the brain has gained more and more interest. The brain is …