A blood–brain barrier overview on structure, function, impairment, and biomarkers of integrity

H Kadry, B Noorani, L Cucullo - Fluids and Barriers of the CNS, 2020 - Springer
The blood–brain barrier is playing a critical role in controlling the influx and efflux of
biological substances essential for the brain's metabolic activity as well as neuronal function …

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 …

Drug delivery challenges in brain disorders across the blood–brain barrier: novel methods and future considerations for improved therapy

A Achar, R Myers, C Ghosh - Biomedicines, 2021 - mdpi.com
Due to the physiological and structural properties of the blood–brain barrier (BBB), the
delivery of drugs to the brain poses a unique challenge in patients with central nervous …

In vivo methods for imaging blood–brain barrier function and dysfunction

WJ Harris, MC Asselin, R Hinz, LM Parkes… - European journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is the interface between the central nervous system and
systemic circulation. It tightly regulates what enters and is removed from the brain …

Three decades of P-gp inhibitors: skimming through several generations and scaffolds

A Palmeira, E Sousa, MH Vasconcelos… - Current medicinal …, 2012 - ingentaconnect.com
Many tumor cells become resistant to commonly used cytotoxic drugs due to the
overexpression of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters, namely P-glycoprotein (P-gp) …

Strategies to improve delivery of anticancer drugs across the blood–brain barrier to treat glioblastoma

RK Oberoi, KE Parrish, TT Sio, RK Mittapalli… - Neuro …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Glioblastoma (GBM) is a lethal and aggressive brain tumor that is resistant to conventional
radiation and cytotoxic chemotherapies. Molecularly targeted agents hold great promise in …

Dysfunction of ABC transporters at the blood-brain barrier: Role in neurological disorders

E Gil-Martins, DJ Barbosa, V Silva, F Remião… - Pharmacology & …, 2020 - Elsevier
ABC (ATP-binding cassette) transporters represent one of the largest and most diverse
superfamily of proteins in living species, playing an important role in many biological …

Brain exposure of two selective dual CDK4 and CDK6 inhibitors and the antitumor activity of CDK4 and CDK6 inhibition in combination with temozolomide in an …

TJ Raub, GN Wishart, P Kulanthaivel, BA Staton… - Drug Metabolism and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Effective treatments for primary brain tumors and brain metastases represent a major unmet
medical need. Targeting the CDK4/CDK6-cyclin D1-Rb-p16/ink4a pathway using a potent …

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 …