Development of polymeric nanoparticles for blood–brain barrier transfer—strategies and challenges

W Zhang, A Mehta, Z Tong, L Esser… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Neurological disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, stroke, and brain cancers are difficult to
treat with current drugs as their delivery efficacy to the brain is severely hampered by the …

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 …

Extracellular vesicles through the blood–brain barrier: A review

HM Ramos-Zaldívar, I Polakovicova… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2022 - Springer
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are particles naturally released from cells that are delimited by a
lipid bilayer and are unable to replicate. How the EVs cross the Blood–Brain barrier (BBB) in …

Biology and models of the blood–brain barrier

C Hajal, B Le Roi, RD Kamm… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is one of the most selective endothelial barriers. An
understanding of its cellular, morphological, and biological properties in health and disease …

Short chain fatty acids: key regulators of the local and systemic immune response in inflammatory diseases and infections

LM Ney, M Wipplinger, M Grossmann… - Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The human intestinal microbiome substantially affects human health and resistance to
infections in its dynamic composition and varying release of microbial-derived metabolites …

Brain-on-a-chip: Recent advances in design and techniques for microfluidic models of the brain in health and disease

L Amirifar, A Shamloo, R Nasiri, NR de Barros… - Biomaterials, 2022 - Elsevier
Recent advances in biomaterials, microfabrication, microfluidics, and cell biology have led to
the development of organ-on-a-chip devices that can reproduce key functions of various …

Targeting AAV vectors to the central nervous system by engineering capsid–receptor interactions that enable crossing of the blood–brain barrier

Q Huang, AT Chen, KY Chan, H Sorensen… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Viruses have evolved the ability to bind and enter cells through interactions with a wide
variety of cell macromolecules. We engineered peptide-modified adeno-associated virus …

Effect of nanoparticle composition, size, shape, and stiffness on penetration across the blood–brain barrier

TD Brown, N Habibi, D Wu, J Lahann… - … Science & Engineering, 2020 - ACS Publications
The delivery of therapeutics to the brain in an efficient, noninvasive manner continues to be
a major unmet need in the field of drug delivery. One significant impediment to brain delivery …

Mechanical stimulation: a crucial element of organ-on-chip models

CL Thompson, S Fu, HK Heywood… - … in bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Organ-on-chip (OOC) systems recapitulate key biological processes and responses in vitro
exhibited by cells, tissues, and organs in vivo. Accordingly, these models of both health and …

Size, shape, and flexibility influence nanoparticle transport across brain endothelium under flow

M Nowak, TD Brown, A Graham… - Bioengineering & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle‐based therapeutic formulations are being increasingly explored for the
treatment of various ailments. Despite numerous advances, the success of nanoparticle …