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ReviewActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2017

Remodeling the blood-brain barrier microenvironment by natural products for brain tumor therapy.

Xiao Zhao, Rujing Chen, Mei Liu, Jianfang Feng, Jun Chen, Kaili Hu

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Review in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors.

Xiao ZhaoMurad Research Center for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Rujing ChenMurad Research Center for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Mei LiuMurad Research Center for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Jianfang FengMurad Research Center for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.
Jun ChenKey Laboratory of Smart Drug Delivery, Fudan University, Ministry of Education, Shanghai 201203, China.
Kaili HuMurad Research Center for Modernized Chinese Medicine, Institute of Interdisciplinary Integrative Medicine Research, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai 201203, China.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain tumor incidence shows an upward trend in recent years; brain tumors account for 5% of adult tumors, while in children, this figure has increased to 70%. Moreover, 20%-30% of malignant tumors will eventually metastasize into the brain. Both benign and malignant tumors can cause an increase in intracranial pressure and brain tissue compression, leading to central nervous system (CNS) damage which endangers the patients' lives. Despite the many approaches to treating brain tumors and the progress that has been made, only modest gains in survival time of brain tumor patients have been achieved. At present, chemotherapy is the treatment of choice for many cancers, but the special structure of the blood-brain barrier (BBB) limits most chemotherapeutic agents from passing through the BBB and penetrating into tumors in the brain. The BBB microenvironment contains numerous cell types, including endothelial cells, astrocytes, peripheral cells and microglia, and extracellular matrix (ECM). Many chemical components of natural products are reported to regulate the BBB microenvironment near brain tumors and assist in their treatment. This review focuses on the composition and function of the BBB microenvironment under both physiological and pathological conditions, and the current research progress in regulating the BBB microenvironment by natural products to promote the treatment of brain tumors.

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Blood--brain barrierBrain tumorsExtracellular matrixGliomaMicroenvironmentNatural products

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PMID28924548
PMCPMC5595291

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