Applications of focused ultrasound in the brain: from thermoablation to drug delivery

Y Meng, K Hynynen, N Lipsman - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2021 - nature.com
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a disruptive medical technology, and its implementation in the
clinic represents the culmination of decades of research. Lying at the convergence of …

Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease: current status and future directions

EE Congdon, C Ji, AM Tetlow, Y Jiang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in older individuals. AD is
characterized pathologically by amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques and tau neurofibrillary tangles in the …

The blood-brain barrier: Physiology and strategies for drug delivery

R Pandit, L Chen, J Götz - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2020 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic structure that functions as a gatekeeper,
reflecting the unique requirements of the brain. In this review, following a brief historical …

First-in-human trial of blood–brain barrier opening in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using MR-guided focused ultrasound

A Abrahao, Y Meng, M Llinas, Y Huang… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) is an emerging technology that can accurately
and transiently permeabilize the blood-brain barrier (BBB) for targeted drug delivery to the …

Blood–brain barrier opening in Alzheimer's disease using MR-guided focused ultrasound

N Lipsman, Y Meng, AJ Bethune, Y Huang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound in combination with intravenously injected
microbubbles has been shown to transiently open the blood–brain barrier, and reduce beta …

Tau-targeting therapies for Alzheimer disease

EE Congdon, EM Sigurdsson - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2018 - nature.com
Alzheimer disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia. Pathologically, AD is
characterized by amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, with associated …

Revisiting the grammar of Tau aggregation and pathology formation: how new insights from brain pathology are shaping how we study and target Tauopathies

G Limorenko, HA Lashuel - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Converging evidence continues to point towards Tau aggregation and pathology formation
as central events in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease and other Tauopathies …

Nanobody-based CAR-T cells for cancer immunotherapy

P Safarzadeh Kozani, A Naseri, SMJ Mirarefin… - Biomarker …, 2022 - Springer
Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy is the result of combining genetic
engineering-based cancer immunotherapy with adoptive cell therapy (ACT). CAR-T therapy …

Applications of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening

CM Gorick, VR Breza, KM Nowak, VWT Cheng… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays a critically important role in the regulation of central
nervous system (CNS) homeostasis, but also represents a major limitation to treatments of …

A review on advances of treatment modalities for Alzheimer's disease

ES Thoe, A Fauzi, YQ Tang, S Chamyuang, AYY Chia - Life sciences, 2021 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a multifactorial neurodegenerative disease which is mainly
characterized by progressive impairment in cognition, emotion, language and memory in …