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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Review of Current Strategies for Delivering Alzheimer's Disease Drugs across the Blood-Brain Barrier.

Ka Hong Wong, Muhammad Kashif Riaz, Yuning Xie, Xue Zhang, Qiang Liu, Huoji Chen, Zhaoxiang Bian, Xiaoyu Chen, Aiping Lu, Zhijun Yang

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 91 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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91citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

91 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Ka Hong WongSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. 16483081@life.hkbu.edu.hk.
Muhammad Kashif RiazSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. kashif@life.hkbu.edu.hk.
Yuning XieSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. 17433606@life.hkbu.edu.hk.
Xue ZhangThe Key Laboratory of Syndrome Differentiation and Treatment of Gastric Cancer of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Yangzhou 225001, China. zhangxueflora@163.com.
Qiang LiuSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. gzlq2002@163.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9688-188X
Huoji ChenSchool of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. chenhuoji2005@126.com.
Zhaoxiang BianSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. bzxiang@hkbu.edu.hk.
Xiaoyu ChenSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. cxyu2016@hkbu.edu.hk.
Aiping LuSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. aipinglu@hkbu.edu.hk.
Zhijun YangSchool of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, China. yzhijun@hkbu.edu.hk.ORCID 0000-0002-6094-0438

Funding

Hong Kong Baptist University FRG2/16-17/073, and FRG2/15-16/078Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province 2017A050506027Science and Technology Program of Guangzhou 201807010053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effective therapy for Alzheimer's disease is a major challenge in the pharmaceutical sciences. There are six FDA approved drugs (e.g., donepezil, memantine) that show some effectiveness; however, they only relieve symptoms. Two factors hamper research. First, the cause of Alzheimer's disease is not fully understood. Second, the blood-brain barrier restricts drug efficacy. This review summarized current knowledge relevant to both of these factors. First, we reviewed the pathophysiology of Alzheimer's disease. Next, we reviewed the structural and biological properties of the blood-brain barrier. We then described the most promising drug delivery systems that have been developed in recent years; these include polymeric nanoparticles, liposomes, metallic nanoparticles and cyclodextrins. Overall, we aim to provide ideas and clues to design effective drug delivery systems for penetrating the blood-brain barrier to treat Alzheimer's disease.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsAlzheimer DiseaseAnimalsBiomarkersBlood-Brain BarrierDrug CarriersHumansNanoparticlesPermeabilityTheranostic NanomedicineTranscytosisBiomarkersDrug CarriersAlzheimer’s diseaseblood-brain barrierbrain deliverycell-penetrating peptidecentral nervous systemnanomaterials

Identifiers

PMID30658419
PMCPMC6358942

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