ABC transporters at the blood–brain interfaces, their study models, and drug delivery implications in gliomas

D Gomez-Zepeda, M Taghi, JM Scherrmann… - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Drug delivery into the brain is regulated by the blood–brain interfaces. The blood–brain
barrier (BBB), the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB), and the blood–arachnoid …

Imaging techniques to study drug transporter function in vivo

N Tournier, B Stieger, O Langer - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2018 - Elsevier
Transporter systems involved in the permeation of drugs and solutes across biological
membranes are recognized as key determinants of pharmacokinetics. Typically, the action of …

Efflux proteins at the blood–brain barrier: review and bioinformatics analysis

M Saidijam, F Karimi Dermani, S Sohrabi… - Xenobiotica, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Efflux proteins at the blood–brain barrier provide a mechanism for export of waste products
of normal metabolism from the brain and help to maintain brain homeostasis. They also …

[HTML][HTML] Fluorescence-based methods for studying activity and drug-drug interactions of hepatic solute carrier and ATP binding cassette proteins involved in ADME …

C Özvegy-Laczka, O Ungvári, É Bakos - Biochemical Pharmacology, 2023 - Elsevier
In humans, approximately 70% of drugs are eliminated through the liver. This process is
governed by the concerted action of membrane transporters and metabolic enzymes …

68Ga-Galmydar: A PET imaging tracer for noninvasive detection of Doxorubicin-induced cardiotoxicity

J Sivapackiam, S Kabra, S Speidel, M Sharma… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Cancer patients undergoing Doxorubicin (DOX) treatment are susceptible to
acute and chronic cardiac anomalies, including aberrant arrhythmias, ventricular …

Noninvasive evaluation of multidrug resistance via imaging of ABCG2/BCRP multidrug transporter in lung cancer xenograft models

C Li, Q Yang, Z Chen, Y Qiu, Y Du, R Wang… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Chemotherapy is an important method for the treatment of lung cancer, but multidrug
resistance (MDR) greatly reduces the efficacy. The superfamily of ATP-binding cassette …

Small molecule PET tracers for transporter imaging

MR Kilbourn - Seminars in Nuclear Medicine, 2017 - Elsevier
As the field of PET has expanded and an ever-increasing number and variety of compounds
have been radiolabeled as potential in vivo tracers of biochemistry, transporters have …

PET radiopharmaceuticals for imaging chemotherapy-induced cardiotoxicity

J Sivapackiam, M Sharma, TH Schindler… - Current Cardiology …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Currently, cardiotoxicity is monitored through echocardiography
or multigated acquisition scanning and is defined as 10% or higher LVEF reduction. The …

Gallium-68: Methodology and novel radiotracers for positron emission tomography (2012–2017)

SS Tanzey, S Thompson, PJH Scott… - Pharmaceutical patent …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Commercial 68Ge/68Ga generators provide a means to produce positron emission
tomography agents on site without use of a cyclotron. This development has led to a rapid …

Live-cell fluorescence imaging: assessment of thioflavin T uptake in human epidermal carcinoma cells

GSM Sundaram, K Binz, V Sharma, M Yeung… - …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Thioflavin T (ThT), a positively charged heterocyclic small molecule, is a widely used
fluorescent marker of amyloid pathophysiology to confirm the cause of death in post mortem …