A historical review of brain drug delivery

WM Pardridge - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of brain drug delivery is reviewed beginning with the first demonstration, in 1914,
that a drug for syphilis, salvarsan, did not enter the brain, due to the presence of a blood …

[HTML][HTML] Vitamin C: One compound, several uses. Advances for delivery, efficiency and stability

AC Caritá, B Fonseca-Santos, JD Shultz… - … , Biology and Medicine, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Vitamin C (Vit C) is a potent antioxidant with several applications in the cosmetic
and pharmaceutical fields. However, the biggest challenge in the utilization of Vit C is to …

Brain drug delivery and neurodegenerative diseases: Polymeric PLGA-based nanoparticles as a forefront platform

M Pinto, V Silva, S Barreiro, R Silva, F Remião… - Ageing Research …, 2022 - Elsevier
The discovery of effective drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders (NDs) is a
deadlock. Due to their complex etiology and high heterogeneity, progresses in the …

Multifunctional polymeric nanoplatforms for brain diseases diagnosis, therapy and theranostics

S Shakeri, M Ashrafizadeh, A Zarrabi, R Roghanian… - Biomedicines, 2020 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) acts as a barrier to prevent the central nervous system (CNS)
from damage by substances that originate from the blood circulation. The BBB limits drug …

Advanced cancer targeting using aptamer functionalized nanocarriers for site-specific cargo delivery

M Narwade, A Shaikh, KR Gajbhiye, P Kesharwani… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - Springer
The non-specificity of standard anticancer therapies has profound detrimental
consequences in clinical treatment. Therapeutic specificity can be precisely achieved using …

Transporter-mediated drug delivery

G Gyimesi, MA Hediger - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
Transmembrane transport of small organic and inorganic molecules is one of the
cornerstones of cellular metabolism. Among transmembrane transporters, solute carrier …

Benefits and limitations of nanomedicine treatment of brain cancers and age-dependent neurodegenerative disorders

ME Neganova, YR Aleksandrova… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
The treatment of central nervous system (CNS) malignancies, including brain cancers, is
limited by a number of obstructions, including the blood-brain barrier (BBB), the …

New insight into brain disease therapy: nanomedicines-crossing blood–brain barrier and extracellular space for drug delivery

Z Gu, H Chen, H Zhao, W Yang, Y Song… - Expert Opinion on …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Brain diseases including brain tumor, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
etc. are difficult to treat. The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a major obstacle for drug delivery …

Targeting the central nervous system: From synthetic nanoparticles to extracellular vesicles—Focus on Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease

S Hernando, E Santos‐Vizcaíno… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Neurodegenerative diseases (NDs) such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's
disease (PD) are an accelerating global health problem as life expectancy rises worldwide …

PEGylated nanocarriers: A promising tool for targeted delivery to the brain

KR Gajbhiye, A Pawar, KR Mahadik… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2020 - Elsevier
Targeted drug delivery across the blood–brain barrier is an extremely challenging quest in
the fight with fatal brain ailments, with the major hurdles being short circulation time …