[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Challenges and opportunities to penetrate the blood-brain barrier for brain cancer therapy

DH Upton, C Ung, SM George, M Tsoli, M Kavallaris… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Despite significant advances in research, the prognosis for both primary and secondary
brain cancers remains poor. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a complex and unique semi …

[HTML][HTML] Optical blood-brain-tumor barrier modulation expands therapeutic options for glioblastoma treatment

Q Cai, X Li, H Xiong, H Fan, X Gao, V Vemireddy… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The treatment of glioblastoma has limited clinical progress over the past decade, partly due
to the lack of effective drug delivery strategies across the blood-brain-tumor barrier …

Progress in brain targeting drug delivery system by nasal route

AR Khan, M Liu, MW Khan, G Zhai - Journal of Controlled Release, 2017 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts the transport of potential therapeutic moieties to the
brain. Direct targeting the brain via olfactory and trigeminal neural pathways by passing the …

[HTML][HTML] Review of current strategies for delivering Alzheimer's disease drugs across the blood-brain barrier

KH Wong, MK Riaz, Y Xie, X Zhang, Q Liu… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Effective therapy for Alzheimer's disease is a major challenge in the pharmaceutical
sciences. There are six FDA approved drugs (eg, donepezil, memantine) that show some …

Nanoengineered on-demand drug delivery system improves efficacy of pharmacotherapy for epilepsy

D Wu, F Fei, Q Zhang, X Wang, Y Gong, X Chen… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Long-term pharmacotherapy, serving as the main therapeutic approach for epilepsy
prophylaxis, has suffered from limited efficacy and potential side effects because of the …

Is graphene shortening the path toward spinal cord regeneration?

AF Girão, MC Serrano, A Completo, PAAP Marques - ACS nano, 2022 - ACS Publications
Along with the development of the next generation of biomedical platforms, the inclusion of
graphene-based materials (GBMs) into therapeutics for spinal cord injury (SCI) has potential …

[HTML][HTML] Nucleic acid drug vectors for diagnosis and treatment of brain diseases

ZG Lu, J Shen, J Yang, JW Wang, RC Zhao… - … and Targeted Therapy, 2023 - nature.com
Nucleic acid drugs have the advantages of rich target selection, simple in design, good and
enduring effect. They have been demonstrated to have irreplaceable superiority in brain …

[HTML][HTML] Interfacing graphene-based materials with neural cells

M Bramini, G Alberini, E Colombo… - Frontiers in systems …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The scientific community has witnessed an exponential increase in the applications of
graphene and graphene-based materials in a wide range of fields, from engineering to …