The blood–brain barrier: structure, regulation, and drug delivery

D Wu, Q Chen, X Chen, F Han, Z Chen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a natural protective membrane that prevents central nervous
system (CNS) from toxins and pathogens in blood. However, the presence of BBB …

Applications of phyto-nanotechnology for the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders

T Bhattacharya, GAB Soares, H Chopra, MM Rahman… - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
The strategies involved in the development of therapeutics for neurodegenerative disorders
are very complex and challenging due to the existence of the blood-brain barrier (BBB), a …

Engineered neutrophil-derived exosome-like vesicles for targeted cancer therapy

J Zhang, C Ji, H Zhang, H Shi, F Mao, H Qian, W Xu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Neutrophils are the most abundant innate immune cells in human circulation; however, their
derived exosomes have been rarely studied for tumor treatment. Here, we reported that …

Near-infrared phosphorescent carbon dots for sonodynamic precision tumor therapy

B Geng, J Hu, Y Li, S Feng, D Pan, L Feng… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Theranostic sonosensitizers with combined sonodynamic and near infrared (NIR) imaging
modes are required for imaging guided sonodynamic therapy (SDT). It is challenging …

Engineered extracellular vesicles for cancer therapy

X Zhang, H Zhang, J Gu, J Zhang, H Shi… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as a novel cell‐free strategy for the treatment of
many diseases including cancer. As a result of their natural properties to mediate cell‐to‐cell …

Extracellular vesicles: A bright star of nanomedicine

P Wu, B Zhang, DKW Ocansey, W Xu, H Qian - Biomaterials, 2021 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have unique structural, compositional, and morphological
characteristics as well as predominant physiochemical stability and biocompatibility …

Extracellular vesicles in ovarian cancer chemoresistance, metastasis, and immune evasion

W Tian, N Lei, J Zhou, M Chen, R Guo, B Qin, Y Li… - Cell Death & …, 2022 - nature.com
Chemoresistance and metastasis are the major challenges for the current ovarian cancer
treatment. Understanding the mechanisms of ovarian cancer progression and metastasis is …

MiR-199a-modified exosomes from adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells improve hepatocellular carcinoma chemosensitivity through mTOR pathway

G Lou, L Chen, C Xia, W Wang, J Qi, A Li… - Journal of Experimental …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background MiR-199a-3p (miR-199a) can enhance the chemosensitivity of
hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Because of the easy degradation of miRNA by direct …

Highly sensitive and stable self-powered biosensing for exosomes based on dual metal-organic frameworks nanocarriers

C Gu, L Bai, L Pu, P Gai, F Li - Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 2021 - Elsevier
Biofuel cells (BFCs)-based self-powered biosensors suffer from the limited stability of
bioenzymes. Meanwhile, the poor performance of self-powered biosensors affects the …

Tumor-intrinsic YTHDF1 drives immune evasion and resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors via promoting MHC-I degradation

W Lin, L Chen, H Zhang, X Qiu, Q Huang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The recently described role of RNA methylation in regulating immune cell infiltration into
tumors has attracted interest, given its potential impact on immunotherapy response …