Antibody structure and function: the basis for engineering therapeutics

ML Chiu, DR Goulet, A Teplyakov, GL Gilliland - Antibodies, 2019 - mdpi.com
Antibodies and antibody-derived macromolecules have established themselves as the
mainstay in protein-based therapeutic molecules (biologics). Our knowledge of the structure …

Designing antibodies as therapeutics

PJ Carter, A Rajpal - Cell, 2022 - cell.com
Antibody therapeutics are a large and rapidly expanding drug class providing major health
benefits. We provide a snapshot of current antibody therapeutics including their formats …

A historical review of brain drug delivery

WM Pardridge - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The history of brain drug delivery is reviewed beginning with the first demonstration, in 1914,
that a drug for syphilis, salvarsan, did not enter the brain, due to the presence of a blood …

[HTML][HTML] Blood-brain barrier: from physiology to disease and back

MD Sweeney, Z Zhao, A Montagne… - Physiological …, 2018 - journals.physiology.org
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) prevents neurotoxic plasma components, blood cells, and
pathogens from entering the brain. At the same time, the BBB regulates transport of …

Overcoming the blood–brain barrier: the role of nanomaterials in treating neurological diseases

D Furtado, M Björnmalm, S Ayton, AI Bush… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Therapies directed toward the central nervous system remain difficult to translate into
improved clinical outcomes. This is largely due to the blood–brain barrier (BBB), arguably …

Blood-brain barrier and delivery of protein and gene therapeutics to brain

WM Pardridge - Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Alzheimer's disease (AD) and treatment of the brain in aging require the development of
new biologic drugs, such as recombinant proteins or gene therapies. Biologics are large …

CD98hc is a target for brain delivery of biotherapeutics

KS Chew, RC Wells, A Moshkforoush, D Chan… - nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Brain exposure of systemically administered biotherapeutics is highly restricted by the blood-
brain barrier (BBB). Here, we report the engineering and characterization of a BBB transport …

Brain delivery of therapeutic proteins using an Fc fragment blood-brain barrier transport vehicle in mice and monkeys

MS Kariolis, RC Wells, JA Getz, W Kwan… - Science translational …, 2020 - science.org
Effective delivery of protein therapeutics to the central nervous system (CNS) has been
greatly restricted by the blood-brain barrier (BBB). We describe the development of a BBB …

From blood–brain barrier to blood–brain interface: new opportunities for CNS drug delivery

WA Banks - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
One of the biggest challenges in the development of therapeutics for central nervous system
(CNS) disorders is achieving sufficient blood–brain barrier (BBB) penetration. Research in …

Overcoming the challenges in administering biopharmaceuticals: formulation and delivery strategies

S Mitragotri, PA Burke, R Langer - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2014 - nature.com
The formulation and delivery of biopharmaceutical drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies
and recombinant proteins, poses substantial challenges owing to their large size and …