Blood-brain delivery methods using nanotechnology

DM Teleanu, C Chircov, AM Grumezescu, A Volceanov… - Pharmaceutics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Pathologies of the brain, of which brain cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease,
stroke, and multiple sclerosis, are some of the most prevalent, and that presently are poorly …

Antisense oligonucleotides for Alzheimer's disease therapy: from the mRNA to miRNA paradigm

W Grabowska-Pyrzewicz, A Want, J Leszek… - EBioMedicine, 2021 - thelancet.com
Alzheimer's disease (AD) represents a particular therapeutic challenge because its
aetiology is very complex, with dynamic progression from preclinical to clinical stages …

Mer regulates microglial/macrophage M1/M2 polarization and alleviates neuroinflammation following traumatic brain injury

H Wu, J Zheng, S Xu, Y Fang, Y Wu, J Zeng… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading cause of death and disability
worldwide. Microglial/macrophage activation and neuroinflammation are key cellular events …

Cholesterol-functionalized DNA/RNA heteroduplexes cross the blood–brain barrier and knock down genes in the rodent CNS

T Nagata, CA Dwyer, K Yoshida-Tanaka, K Ihara… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving regulation of endogenous gene expression in the central nervous system (CNS)
with antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) administered systemically would facilitate the …

A divalent siRNA chemical scaffold for potent and sustained modulation of gene expression throughout the central nervous system

JF Alterman, BMDC Godinho, MR Hassler… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Sustained silencing of gene expression throughout the brain using small interfering RNAs
(siRNAs) has not been achieved. Here we describe an siRNA architecture, divalent siRNA …

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 …

Hyperosmolar blood–brain barrier opening using intra-arterial injection of hyperosmotic mannitol in mice under real-time MRI guidance

C Chu, A Jablonska, Y Gao, X Lan, WG Lesniak… - Nature protocols, 2022 - nature.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is the main obstacle to the effective delivery of therapeutic
agents to the brain, compromising treatment efficacy for a variety of neurological disorders …

Clinical advances of RNA therapeutics for treatment of neurological and neuromuscular diseases

A Holm, SN Hansen, H Klitgaard, S Kauppinen - RNA biology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT RNA therapeutics comprise a diverse group of oligonucleotide-based drugs
such as antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and short …

Improving CNS delivery to brain metastases by blood–tumor barrier disruption

SA Sprowls, TA Arsiwala, JR Bumgarner, N Shah… - Trends in cancer, 2019 - cell.com
Brain metastases encompass nearly 80% of all intracranial tumors. A late stage diagnosis
confers a poor prognosis, with patients typically surviving less than 2 years. Poor survival …

Modulating the blood–brain barrier: a comprehensive review

R Whelan, GC Hargaden, AJS Knox - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The highly secure blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts drug access to the brain, limiting the
molecular toolkit for treating central nervous system (CNS) diseases to small, lipophilic …