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ReviewBioactive materials2025

Nanotechnology approaches to drug delivery for the treatment of ischemic stroke.

Bin Peng, Farrah S Mohammed, Xiangjun Tang, Jia Liu, Kevin N Sheth, Jiangbing Zhou

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Review in Bioactive materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Bin PengDepartment of Neurosurgery, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Farrah S MohammedDepartment of Neurosurgery, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Xiangjun TangDepartment of Neurosurgery, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Jia LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Kevin N ShethDepartment of Neurosurgery, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.
Jiangbing ZhouDepartment of Neurosurgery, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA.

Funding

Improved glyburide therapy via acid- triggered release functional nanoparticles and therapeutic imagingR01NS110721 · NINDS · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI SHETH, KEVIN NAVIN, ZHOU, JIANGBING · 2019 to 2023
$1.9M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS110721
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ischemic stroke is a major global public health concern that lacks effective treatment options. A significant challenge lies in delivering therapeutic agents to the brain due to the restrictive nature of the blood-brain barrier (BBB). The BBB's selectivity hampers the delivery of therapeutically relevant quantities of agents to the brain, resulting in a lack of FDA-approved pharmacotherapies for stroke. In this article, we review therapeutic agents that have been evaluated in clinical trials or are currently undergoing clinical trials. Subsequently, we survey strategies for synthesizing and engineering nanoparticles (NPs) for drug delivery to the ischemic brain. We then provide insights into the potential clinical translation of nanomedicine, offering a perspective on its transformative role in advancing stroke treatment strategies. In summary, existing literature suggests that drug delivery represents a major barrier for clinical translation of stroke pharmacotherapies. While nanotechnology has shown significant promise in addressing this challenge, further advancements aimed at improving delivery efficiency and simplifying formulations are necessary for successful clinical translation.

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Blood-brain barrierClinical translationIschemic strokeNanotechnology

Identifiers

PMID39386225
PMCPMC11462157

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