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 …

Current approaches to the management of brain metastases

JH Suh, R Kotecha, ST Chao, MS Ahluwalia… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2020 - nature.com
Brain metastases are a very common manifestation of cancer that have historically been
approached as a single disease entity given the uniform association with poor clinical …

Treatment for brain metastases: ASCO-SNO-ASTRO guideline

MA Vogelbaum, PD Brown, H Messersmith… - 2022 - academic.oup.com
Purpose To provide guidance to clinicians regarding therapy for patients with brain
metastases from solid tumors. Methods ASCO convened an Expert Panel and conducted a …

[HTML][HTML] Dissecting the treatment-naive ecosystem of human melanoma brain metastasis

J Biermann, JC Melms, AD Amin, Y Wang, LA Caprio… - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Melanoma brain metastasis (MBM) frequently occurs in patients with advanced melanoma;
yet, our understanding of the underlying salient biology is rudimentary. Here, we performed …

Emerging blood–brain-barrier-crossing nanotechnology for brain cancer theranostics

W Tang, W Fan, J Lau, L Deng, Z Shen… - Chemical Society …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Brain cancer, especially the most common type of glioblastoma, is highly invasive and
known as one of the most devastating and deadly neoplasms. Despite surgical and medical …

DNA nanotechnology-enabled drug delivery systems

Q Hu, H Li, L Wang, H Gu, C Fan - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Over the past decade, we have seen rapid advances in applying nanotechnology in
biomedical areas including bioimaging, biodetection, and drug delivery. As an emerging …

Treatment strategies for breast cancer brain metastases

C Bailleux, L Eberst, T Bachelot - British journal of cancer, 2021 - nature.com
Brain metastases from breast cancer (BCBM) constitute the second most common cause of
brain metastasis (BM), and the incidence of these frequently lethal lesions is currently …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of blood–brain barrier in brain diseases and related systemic nanoscale brain-targeting drug delivery strategies

L Han, C Jiang - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
Blood–brain barrier (BBB) strictly controls matter exchange between blood and brain, and
severely limits brain penetration of systemically administered drugs, resulting in ineffective …

Brain metastases

AS Achrol, RC Rennert, C Anders, R Soffietti… - Nature Reviews …, 2019 - nature.com
An estimated 20% of all patients with cancer will develop brain metastases, with the majority
of brain metastases occurring in those with lung, breast and colorectal cancers, melanoma …

Polymersome-based protein drug delivery–quo vadis?

MG Gouveia, JP Wesseler, J Ramaekers… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic
approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these …