Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37501215›Full record

ReviewCell & bioscience2023

Cutting-edge advances in modeling the blood-brain barrier and tools for its reversible permeabilization for enhanced drug delivery into the brain.

Amit Sharma, Diogo C Fernandes, Rui L Reis, Dominika Gołubczyk, Silke Neumann, Barbara Lukomska, Miroslaw Janowski, Marcin Kortylewski, Piotr Walczak, J Miguel Oliveira and 1 more

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Review in Cell & bioscience, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

11 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Amit SharmaDepartment of Stereotacitc and Functional Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2216-5389
Diogo C Fernandes3B's Research Group, I3Bs-Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, 4805-017, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal.
Rui L Reis3B's Research Group, I3Bs-Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, 4805-017, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal.
Dominika GołubczykTi-Com, Polish Limited Liability Company, 10-683, Olsztyn, Poland.
Silke NeumannDepartment of Pathology, University of Otago, Dunedin, 9054, New Zealand.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3818-8259
Barbara LukomskaNeuroRepair Department, Mossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
Miroslaw JanowskiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Marcin KortylewskiDepartment of Immuno-Oncology, Beckman Research Institute at City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center, Duarte, CA, 91010, USA.
Piotr WalczakDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Miguel Oliveira3B's Research Group, I3Bs-Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, University of Minho, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra, 4805-017, Barco, Guimarães, Portugal. miguel.oliveira@i3bs.uminho.pt.
Jarek MaciaczykDepartment of Stereotacitc and Functional Neurosurgery, University Hospital Bonn, 53127, Bonn, Germany. jaroslaw.maciaczyk@ukbonn.de.
University of Minho · PTUniversity Hospital Bonn · DEUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · USCity of Hope · USMossakowski Medical Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences · PLUniversity of Otago · NZWarsaw University of Life Sciences · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a sophisticated structure whose full functionality is required for maintaining the executive functions of the central nervous system (CNS). Tight control of transport across the barrier means that most drugs, particularly large size, which includes powerful biologicals, cannot reach their targets in the brain. Notwithstanding the remarkable advances in characterizing the cellular nature of the BBB and consequences of BBB dysfunction in pathology (brain metastasis, neurological diseases), it remains challenging to deliver drugs to the CNS. Herein, we outline the basic architecture and key molecular constituents of the BBB. In addition, we review the current status of approaches that are being explored to temporarily open the BBB in order to allow accumulation of therapeutics in the CNS. Undoubtedly, the major concern in field is whether it is possible to open the BBB in a meaningful way without causing negative consequences. In this context, we have also listed few other important key considerations that can improve our understanding about the dynamics of the BBB.

Indexed as

Blood–brain barrierDrug deliveryDrug targetsFocused ultrasoundIntra-arterial infusionIn vitro modelsIn vivo modelsOrganoid models

Identifiers

PMID37501215
PMCPMC10373415
OpenAlexW4385308165

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