Function and therapeutic value of astrocytes in neurological diseases

HG Lee, MA Wheeler, FJ Quintana - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2022 - nature.com
Astrocytes are abundant glial cells in the central nervous system (CNS) that perform diverse
functions in health and disease. Astrocyte dysfunction is found in numerous diseases …

[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 …

Healthy aging and the blood–brain barrier

WA Banks, MJ Reed, AF Logsdon, EM Rhea… - Nature aging, 2021 - nature.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) protects the central nervous system (CNS) from unregulated
exposure to the blood and its contents. The BBB also controls the blood-to-brain and brain …

Blood-brain barrier dysfunction and recovery after ischemic stroke

X Jiang, AV Andjelkovic, L Zhu, T Yang… - Progress in …, 2018 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) plays a vital role in regulating the trafficking of fluid, solutes
and cells at the blood-brain interface and maintaining the homeostatic microenvironment of …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing the blood-brain barrier permeability

Y Zhao, L Gan, L Ren, Y Lin, C Ma, X Lin - Brain research, 2022 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a dynamic structure that protects the brain from harmful
blood-borne, endogenous and exogenous substances and maintains the homeostatic …

Alzheimer's disease: a matter of blood–brain barrier dysfunction?

A Montagne, Z Zhao, BV Zlokovic - Journal of Experimental Medicine, 2017 - rupress.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) keeps neurotoxic plasma-derived components, cells, and
pathogens out of the brain. An early BBB breakdown and/or dysfunction have been shown in …

Microglial activation in traumatic brain injury

CK Donat, G Scott, SM Gentleman… - Frontiers in aging …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Microglia have a variety of functions in the brain, including synaptic pruning, CNS repair and
mediating the immune response against peripheral infection. Microglia rapidly become …

Lipid nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery to the brain

P Khare, SX Edgecomb, CM Hamadani… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have revolutionized the field of drug delivery through their
applications in siRNA delivery to the liver (Onpattro) and their use in the Pfizer-BioNTech …

[HTML][HTML] Pathophysiologic relationship between Alzheimer's disease, cerebrovascular disease, and cardiovascular risk: a review and synthesis

CY Santos, PJ Snyder, WC Wu, M Zhang… - Alzheimer's & Dementia …, 2017 - Elsevier
As the population ages due to demographic trends and gains in life expectancy, the
incidence and prevalence of dementia increases, and the need to understand the etiology …

APOE4 derived from astrocytes leads to blood–brain barrier impairment

RJ Jackson, JC Meltzer, H Nguyen, C Commins… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a multifaceted secreted molecule synthesized in the CNS by
astrocytes and microglia, and in the periphery largely by the liver. ApoE has been shown to …