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ReviewDrug delivery and translational research2021

Overcoming delivery barriers in immunotherapy for glioblastoma.

Yuan Rui, Jordan J Green

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Review in Drug delivery and translational research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Sonoselective Transfection of Glioma Endothelium.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  11. Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma: An Overview of Current Status.Clinical pharmacology : advances and applications · 2025
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  19. Amyloid-Directed Antibodies: Past, Present, and Future.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Yuan RuiDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, the Institute for Nanobiotechnology and the Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jordan J GreenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, the Institute for Nanobiotechnology and the Translational Tissue Engineering Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. green@jhu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4176-3808
Bloomberg (United States) · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

TR&D Project 3P41EB028239 · NIBIB · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI JOEL CHAIM SUNSHINE · 2019 to 2026
$11.5M
Gene Delivery Nanoparticles to Treat GlioblastomaR01CA228133 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI GREEN, JORDAN · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
High-throughput Optimization of Polymeric Nanoparticles for Small RNA Delivery to Treat GlioblastomaF31CA250319 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RUI, YUAN · 2020 to 2021
$46k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA250319NCI NIH HHS R01 CA228133NIBIB NIH HHS P41 EB028239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma is one of the deadliest forms of primary adult tumors, with median survival of 14.6 months post-diagnosis despite aggressive standard of care treatment. This grim prognosis for glioblastoma patients has changed little in the past two decades, necessitating novel treatment modalities. One potential treatment modality is cancer immunotherapy, which has shown remarkable progress in slowing disease progression or even potentially curing certain solid tumors. However, the transport barriers posed by the blood-brain barrier and the immune privileged status of the central nervous system pose drug delivery obstacles that are unique to brain tumors. In this review, we provide an overview of the various physiological, immunological, and drug delivery barriers that must be overcome for effective glioblastoma treatment. We discuss chemical modification strategies to enable nanomedicines to bypass the blood-brain barrier and reach intracranial tumors. Finally, we highlight recent advances in biomaterial-based strategies for cancer immunotherapy that can be adapted to glioblastoma treatment.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsGlioblastomaAdultBlood-Brain BarrierDrug Delivery SystemsHumansImmunotherapyBlood–brain barrierDrug deliveryGlioblastomaImmunotherapyNanomedicine

Identifiers

PMID34053034
PMCPMC8164566
OpenAlexW3164912342

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