Multifunctional nanotheranostics for near infrared optical imaging-guided treatment of brain tumors

L Zhang, Y Liu, H Huang, H **e, B Zhang, W **a… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Malignant brain tumors, a heterogeneous group of primary and metastatic neoplasms in the
central nervous system (CNS), are notorious for their highly invasive and devastating …

[HTML][HTML] An overview of in vitro 3D models of the blood-brain barrier as a tool to predict the in vivo permeability of nanomedicines

A Pérez-López, AI Torres-Suárez… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) prevents efficient drug delivery to the central nervous system.
As a result, brain diseases remain one of the greatest unmet medical needs. Understanding …

Evolution of drug delivery systems: From 1950 to 2020 and beyond

H Park, A Otte, K Park - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
Modern drug delivery technology began in 1952 with the advent of the Spansule® sustained-
release capsule technology, which can deliver a drug for 12 h after oral administration …

[HTML][HTML] Organ-specific endothelial cell heterogenicity and its impact on regenerative medicine and biomedical engineering applications

M Urbanczyk, A Zbinden, K Schenke-Layland - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
Endothelial cells (ECs) are a key cellular component of the vascular system as they form the
inner lining of the blood vessels. Recent findings highlight that ECs express extensive …

Vascularizing the brain in vitro

A Aazmi, H Zhou, W Lv, M Yu, X Xu, H Yang, YS Zhang… - Iscience, 2022 - cell.com
The brain is arguably the most fascinating and complex organ in the human body.
Recreating the brain in vitro is an ambition restricted by our limited understanding of its …

[HTML][HTML] Models to study basic and applied aspects of lysosomal storage disorders

Á Gaudioso, TP Silva, MD Ledesma - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The lack of available treatments and fatal outcome in most lysosomal storage disorders
(LSDs) have spurred research on pathological mechanisms and novel therapies in recent …

Performance of nanoparticles for biomedical applications: The in vitro/in vivo discrepancy

S Berger, M Berger, C Bantz, M Maskos… - Biophysics Reviews, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Nanomedicine has a great potential to revolutionize the therapeutic landscape. However, up-
to-date results obtained from in vitro experiments predict the in vivo performance of …

[HTML][HTML] A new frontier in neuropharmacology: recent progress in natural products research for blood–brain barrier crossing

UV Isabel, ARM Belén, GB Elena - Current Research in Biotechnology, 2024 - Elsevier
Neuropharmacology faces challenges due to the intricate nervous system, diverse
neurological disorders, and existence of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), which hinder the …

Advances in hydrogel-based microfluidic blood–brain-barrier models in oncology research

A Sood, A Kumar, A Dev, VK Gupta, SS Han - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
The intrinsic architecture and complexity of the brain restricts the capacity of therapeutic
molecules to reach their potential targets, thereby limiting therapeutic possibilities …

Subcellular analysis of blood-brain barrier function by micro-impalement of vessels in acute brain slices

AS Hanafy, P Steinlein, J Pitsch, MH Silva… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a tightly and actively regulated vascular barrier. Answering
fundamental biological and translational questions about the BBB with currently available …