P-glycoprotein: New insights into structure, physiological function, regulation and alterations in disease

IIA Juvale, AAA Hamid, KB Abd Halim, ATC Has - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
The multidrug resistance phenomenon presents a major threat to the pharmaceutical
industry. This resistance is a common occurrence in several diseases and is mediated by …

Drug-resistant epilepsy: multiple hypotheses, few answers

F Tang, AMS Hartz, B Bauer - Frontiers in neurology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects over 70 million people worldwide.
Despite the recent introduction of new antiseizure drugs (ASDs), about one-third of patients …

ABC transporter-mediated multidrug-resistant cancer

H Amawi, HM Sim, AK Tiwari, SV Ambudkar… - Drug transporters in …, 2019 - Springer
ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters are involved in active pum** of many diverse
substrates through the cellular membrane. The transport mediated by these proteins …

ABCB1 and ABCG2 regulation at the blood-brain barrier: potential new targets to improve brain drug delivery

JA Schulz, AMS Hartz, B Bauer, M Gottesman - Pharmacological Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
The drug efflux transporters ABCB1 and ABCG2 at the blood-brain barrier limit the delivery
of drugs into the brain. Strategies to overcome ABCB1/ABCG2 have been largely …

Astrocytes as guardians of neuronal excitability: mechanisms underlying epileptogenesis

QP Verhoog, L Holtman, E Aronica… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Astrocytes are key homeostatic regulators in the central nervous system and play important
roles in physiology. After brain damage caused by eg, status epilepticus, traumatic brain …

Pharmacoresistance–Epidemiology, mechanisms, and impact on epilepsy treatment

M Janmohamed, MJ Brodie, P Kwan - Neuropharmacology, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the natural history of and factors associated with pharmacoresistant epilepsy
provides the foundation for formulating mechanistic hypotheses that can be evaluated to …

Key factors in the discovery and development of new antiepileptic drugs

M Bialer, HS White - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2010 - nature.com
Since the early 1990s, many new antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) that offer appreciable
advantages in terms of their favourable pharmacokinetics, improved tolerability and lower …

Blood–brain barrier leakage may lead to progression of temporal lobe epilepsy

EA Van Vliet, S da Costa Araújo, S Redeker… - Brain, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Leakage of the blood–brain barrier (BBB) is associated with various neurological disorders,
including temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). However, it is not known whether alterations of the …

Regulation of ABC efflux transporters at blood-brain barrier in health and neurological disorders

H Qosa, DS Miller, P Pasinelli, D Trotti - Brain research, 2015 - Elsevier
The strength of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in providing protection to the central nervous
system from exposure to circulating chemicals is maintained by tight junctions between …

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors: future therapeutic strategies for epilepsy management

C Rawat, S Kukal, UR Dahiya, R Kukreti - Journal of neuroinflammation, 2019 - Springer
Epilepsy, a common multifactorial neurological disease, affects about 69 million people
worldwide constituting nearly 1% of the world population. Despite decades of extensive …