Peptides as pharmacological carriers to the brain: promises, shortcomings and challenges

S Parrasia, I Szabò, M Zoratti… - molecular …, 2022‏ - ACS Publications
Central nervous system (CNS) diseases are among the most difficult to treat, mainly
because the vast majority of the drugs fail to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) or to reach …

ABC transporters at the blood–brain interfaces, their study models, and drug delivery implications in gliomas

D Gomez-Zepeda, M Taghi, JM Scherrmann… - Pharmaceutics, 2019‏ - mdpi.com
Drug delivery into the brain is regulated by the blood–brain interfaces. The blood–brain
barrier (BBB), the blood–cerebrospinal fluid barrier (BCSFB), and the blood–arachnoid …

Age-related functional and expressional changes in efflux pathways at the blood-brain barrier

F Erdő, P Krajcsi - Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2019‏ - frontiersin.org
During the last decade, several articles have reported a relationship between advanced age
and changes in the integrity of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). These changes were …

Sexual differences in mitochondrial and related proteins in rat cerebral microvessels: a proteomic approach

S Cikic, PK Chandra, JC Harman… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Sex differences in mitochondrial numbers and function are present in large cerebral arteries,
but it is unclear whether these differences extend to the microcirculation. We performed an …

Cannabidiol increases proliferation, migration, tubulogenesis, and integrity of human brain endothelial cells through TRPV2 activation

H Luo, E Rossi, B Saubamea… - Molecular …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
The effect of cannabidiol (CBD), a high-affinity agonist of the transient receptor potential
vanilloid-2 (TRPV2) channel, has been poorly investigated in human brain microvessel …

Exposure of human cerebral microvascular endothelial cells hCMEC/D3 to laminar shear stress induces vascular protective responses

N Choublier, M Taghi, MC Menet, M Le Gall… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2022‏ - Springer
Endothelial cells (ECs) are constantly submitted in vivo to hemodynamical forces derived
from the blood circulation, including shear stress (SS). ECs are able to detect SS and …

[PDF][PDF] Pharmacokinetics and toxicokinetics roles of membrane transporters at kidney level

J Veiga-Matos, F Remião… - Journal of Pharmacy & …, 2020‏ - frontierspartnerships.org
Transporters are large membrane proteins, which control the passage of various
compounds through biological membranes. These proteins are divided into uptake and …

In Vitro to In Vivo Extrapolation Linked to Physiologically Based Pharmacokinetic Models for Assessing the Brain Drug Disposition

Y Murata, S Neuhoff, A Rostami-Hodjegan, H Takita… - The AAPS journal, 2022‏ - Springer
Drug development for the central nervous system (CNS) is a complex endeavour with low
success rates, as the structural complexity of the brain and specifically the blood-brain …

Development of an antibody-free ID-LC MS method for the quantification of procalcitonin in human serum at sub-microgram per liter level using a peptide-based …

HH Huynh, A Bœuf, M Derbez-Morin, AM Dupuy… - Analytical and …, 2021‏ - Springer
The quantification of low abundant proteins in complex matrices by liquid chromatography
coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) remains challenging. A measurement …

Efficient isolation of brain capillary from a single frozen mouse brain for protein expression analysis

S Ogata, S Ito, T Masuda… - Journal of Cerebral Blood …, 2021‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Isolated brain capillaries are essential for analyzing the changes of protein expressions at
the blood–brain barrier (BBB) under pathological conditions. The standard brain capillary …