5-aminolevulinic acid photodynamic therapy for the treatment of high-grade gliomas

K Mahmoudi, KL Garvey, A Bouras, G Cramer… - Journal of neuro …, 2019 - Springer
Introduction Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a two-step treatment involving the
administration of a photosensitive agent followed by its activation at a specific light …

Development of novel therapeutics targeting the blood–brain barrier: from barrier to carrier

J Li, M Zheng, O Shimoni, WA Banks, AI Bush… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a highly specialized neurovascular unit, initially described
as an intact barrier to prevent toxins, pathogens, and potentially harmful substances from …

Blood-brain barrier, blood-brain tumor barrier, and fluorescence-guided neurosurgical oncology: delivering optical labels to brain tumors

E Belykh, KV Shaffer, C Lin, VA Byvaltsev… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Recent advances in maximum safe glioma resection have included the introduction of a host
of visualization techniques to complement intraoperative white-light imaging of tumors …

5‐ALA in the management of malignant glioma

H Stepp, W Stummer - Lasers in surgery and medicine, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background Patients suffering from malignant gliomas have a poor prognosis. For the
surgical treatment of these tumors, 5‐aminolevulinic acid (5‐ALA) has become a new …

Exosomes: promising delivery tools for overcoming blood-brain barrier and glioblastoma therapy

SH Khatami, N Karami, M Taheri-Anganeh… - Molecular …, 2023 - Springer
Gliomas make up virtually 80% of all lethal primary brain tumors and are categorized based
on their cell of origin. Glioblastoma is an astrocytic tumor that has an inferior prognosis …

Photodynamic therapy for glioblastoma: illuminating the path toward clinical applicability

D Bhanja, H Wilding, A Baroz, M Trifoi, G Shenoy… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most common adult brain cancer. Despite
extensive treatment protocols, all glioblastomas are eventually fatal. Photodynamic therapy …

Systematic review of photodynamic therapy in gliomas

T Hsia, JL Small, A Yekula, SM Batool, AK Escobedo… - Cancers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Malignant gliomas are of the deadliest, most hard-to-treat cancers, given
their various characteristics of aggression and infiltration as well as the location of growth …

[HTML][HTML] Tight junction modulation at the blood-brain barrier: Current and future perspectives

Y Hashimoto, M Campbell - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) …, 2020 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the one of the most robust physical barriers in the body,
comprised of tight junction (TJ) proteins in brain microvascular endothelial cells. The need …

Breaking barriers: exploring mechanisms behind opening the blood–brain barrier

MEM Stamp, M Halwes, D Nisbet, DJ Collins - Fluids and Barriers of the …, 2023 - Springer
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a selectively permeable membrane that separates the
bloodstream from the brain. While useful for protecting neural tissue from harmful …

Mechanisms of phototherapy of Alzheimer's disease during sleep and wakefulness: the role of the meningeal lymphatics

SG Oxana, S Alexander, B Inna, F Ivan… - Frontiers of …, 2023 - Springer
With the increase in the aging population, the global number of people with Alzheimer's
disease (AD) progressively increased worldwide. The situation is aggravated by the fact that …