Applications of focused ultrasound-mediated blood-brain barrier opening

CM Gorick, VR Breza, KM Nowak, VWT Cheng… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The blood brain barrier (BBB) plays a critically important role in the regulation of central
nervous system (CNS) homeostasis, but also represents a major limitation to treatments of …

Ultrasound-mediated blood–brain barrier opening: An effective drug delivery system for theranostics of brain diseases

J Wang, Z Li, M Pan, M Fiaz, Y Hao, Y Yan… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Blood-brain barrier (BBB) remains a significant obstacle to drug therapy for brain diseases.
Focused ultrasound (FUS) combined with microbubbles (MBs) can locally and transiently …

Biomimetic nanosonosensitizers combined with noninvasive ultrasound actuation to reverse drug resistance and sonodynamic-enhanced chemotherapy against …

H Chen, S Zhang, Q Fang, H He, J Ren, D Sun, J Lai… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Glioblastoma (GBM) is the most devastating brain tumor and highly resistant to conventional
chemotherapy. Herein, we introduce biomimetic nanosonosensitizer systems (MDNPs) …

Towards controlled drug delivery in brain tumors with microbubble-enhanced focused ultrasound

S Schoen Jr, MS Kilinc, H Lee, Y Guo… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Brain tumors are particularly challenging malignancies, due to their location in a structurally
and functionally distinct part of the human body–the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS …

Ultrasound nanotheranostics: Toward precision medicine

Y Qin, X Geng, Y Sun, Y Zhao, W Chai, X Wang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Ultrasound (US) is a mechanical wave that can penetrate biological tissues and trigger
complex bioeffects. The mechanisms of US in different diagnosis and treatment are different …

Applications of focused ultrasound for the treatment of glioblastoma: a new frontier

AM Hersh, M Bhimreddy, C Weber-Levine, K Jiang… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastoma (GBM) is a common primary brain tumor with a short median
overall survival despite aggressive treatment with resection, chemotherapy, and radiation …

Safety evaluation of a clinical focused ultrasound system for neuronavigation guided blood-brain barrier opening in non-human primates

AN Pouliopoulos, N Kwon, G Jensen, A Meaney… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
An emerging approach with potential in improving the treatment of neurodegenerative
diseases and brain tumors is the use of focused ultrasound (FUS) to bypass the blood–brain …

Obstacles to glioblastoma treatment two decades after temozolomide

JVR Cruz, C Batista, BH Afonso, MS Alexandre-Moreira… - Cancers, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Glioblastomas are the most common and aggressive brain tumors in
adults, with a median survival of 15 months. Treatment is surgical removal, followed by …

[HTML][HTML] Sonobiopsy for minimally invasive, spatiotemporally-controlled, and sensitive detection of glioblastoma-derived circulating tumor DNA

CP Pacia, J Yuan, Y Yue, L Xu, A Nazeri, R Desai… - Theranostics, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Though surgical biopsies provide direct access to tissue for genomic characterization of
brain cancer, they are invasive and pose significant clinical risks. Brain cancer management …

Translation of focused ultrasound for blood-brain barrier opening in glioma

C Brighi, E Salimova, M de Veer, S Puttick… - Journal of controlled …, 2022 - Elsevier
Survival outcomes for patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) have remained poor for
the past 15 years, reflecting a clear challenge in the development of more effective treatment …