The blood–brain barrier: structure, regulation, and drug delivery

D Wu, Q Chen, X Chen, F Han, Z Chen… - Signal Transduction and …, 2023 - nature.com
Blood–brain barrier (BBB) is a natural protective membrane that prevents central nervous
system (CNS) from toxins and pathogens in blood. However, the presence of BBB …

Strategies for delivering therapeutics across the blood–brain barrier

GC Terstappen, AH Meyer, RD Bell… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Achieving sufficient delivery across the blood–brain barrier is a key challenge in the
development of drugs to treat central nervous system (CNS) disorders. This is particularly …

Bacteria loaded with glucose polymer and photosensitive ICG silicon-nanoparticles for glioblastoma photothermal immunotherapy

R Sun, M Liu, J Lu, B Chu, Y Yang, B Song… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Bacteria can bypass the blood-brain barrier (BBB), suggesting the possibility of employment
of bacteria for combating central nervous system diseases. Herein, we develop a bacteria …

Overcoming barriers by local drug delivery with liposomes

SG Antimisiaris, A Marazioti, M Kannavou… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2021 - Elsevier
Localized or topical administration of drugs may be considered as a potential approach for
overcoming the problems caused by the various biological barriers encountered in drug …

Lipid nanoparticles strategies to modify pharmacokinetics of central nervous system targeting drugs: Crossing or circumventing the blood–brain barrier (BBB) to …

AC Correia, AR Monteiro, R Silva, JN Moreira… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
The main limitation to the success of central nervous system (CNS) therapies lies in the
difficulty for drugs to cross the blood–brain barrier (BBB) and reach the brain. Regarding its …

[HTML][HTML] Intranasal delivery of nanostructured lipid carriers, solid lipid nanoparticles and nanoemulsions: A current overview of in vivo studies

CP Costa, JN Moreira, JMS Lobo, AC Silva - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
The management of the central nervous system (CNS) disorders is challenging, due to the
need of drugs to cross the blood‒brain barrier (BBB) and reach the brain. Among the …

Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLNs): an advanced drug delivery system targeting brain through BBB

MK Satapathy, TL Yen, JS Jan, RD Tang, JY Wang… - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) plays a vital role in the protection and maintenance of
homeostasis in the brain. In this way, it is an interesting target as an interface for various …

Stimuli-responsive In situ gelling system for nose-to-brain drug delivery

M Agrawal, S Saraf, S Saraf, SK Dubey, A Puri… - Journal of Controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
The diagnosis and treatment of neurological ailments always remain an utmost challenge for
research fraternity due to the presence of BBB. The intranasal route appeared as an …

Strategies for structural modification of small molecules to improve blood–brain barrier penetration: a recent perspective

B **ong, Y Wang, Y Chen, S **ng, Q Liao… - Journal of Medicinal …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the development of central nervous system (CNS) drugs, the blood–brain barrier (BBB)
restricts many drugs from entering the brain to exert therapeutic effects. Although many …

Microemulsion microstructure (s): A tutorial review

G Tartaro, H Mateos, D Schirone, R Angelico… - Nanomaterials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Microemulsions are thermodynamically stable, transparent, isotropic single-phase mixtures
of two immiscible liquids stabilized by surfactants (and possibly other compounds). The …