Strategies for delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier

GC Terstappen, AH Meyer, RD Bell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving sufficient delivery across the blood–brain barrier is a key challenge in the
development of drugs to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This is particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Therapeutic AAV gene transfer to the nervous system: a clinical reality

E Hudry, LH Vandenberghe - Neuron, 2019 - cell.com
Gene transfer has long been a compelling yet elusive therapeutic modality. First mainly
considered for rare inherited disorders, gene therapy may open treatment opportunities for …

[HTML][HTML] Adeno-associated viral vectors for functional intravenous gene transfer throughout the non-human primate brain

MR Chuapoco, NC Flytzanis, N Goeden… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crossing the blood–brain barrier in primates is a major obstacle for gene delivery to the
brain. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) promise robust, non-invasive gene delivery from the …

Engineered AAVs for efficient noninvasive gene delivery to the central and peripheral nervous systems

KY Chan, MJ Jang, BB Yoo, A Greenbaum, N Ravi… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are commonly used for in vivo gene transfer.
Nevertheless, AAVs that provide efficient transduction across specific organs or cell …

Gene therapy for neurological disorders: progress and prospects

BE Deverman, BM Ravina, KS Bankiewicz… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2018 - nature.com
Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors are a rapidly emerging gene therapy platform for the
treatment of neurological diseases. In preclinical studies, transgenes encoding therapeutic …

Variants of the adeno-associated virus serotype 9 with enhanced penetration of the blood–brain barrier in rodents and primates

Y Yao, J Wang, Y Liu, Y Qu, K Wang, Y Zhang… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of gene therapies for the treatment of diseases of the central nervous
system has been hindered by the limited availability of adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) that …

[HTML][HTML] Capsid modifications for targeting and improving the efficacy of AAV vectors

H Büning, A Srivastava - Molecular therapy Methods & clinical development, 2019 - cell.com
In the past decade, recombinant vectors based on a non-pathogenic parvovirus, the adeno-
associated virus (AAV), have taken center stage as a gene delivery vehicle for the potential …

Adeno-associated virus-based gene therapy for CNS diseases

M Hocquemiller, L Giersch, M Audrain… - Human gene …, 2016 - liebertpub.com
Gene therapy is at the cusp of a revolution for treating a large spectrum of CNS disorders by
providing a durable therapeutic protein via a single administration. Adeno-associated virus …

[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy for neurodegenerative disorders: advances, insights and prospects

W Chen, Y Hu, D Ju - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
Gene therapy is rapidly emerging as a powerful therapeutic strategy for a wide range of
neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD) …

[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy tools for brain diseases

S Ingusci, G Verlengia, M Soukupova… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Neurological disorders affecting the central nervous system (CNS) are still incompletely
understood. Many of these disorders lack a cure and are seeking more specific and effective …