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ReviewChinese neurosurgical journal2026

BBB-aware stimuli-responsive and biomimetic nanomedicines for glioblastoma.

Sana Javaid, Wenqi Song, Sajid Ali, Wei Hou, Xueqiong Su, Hao Wang, Yujun Song

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Review in Chinese neurosurgical journal, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Sana JavaidCentral for Modern Physics Technology, Center for Green Innovation, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China.
Wenqi SongCentral for Modern Physics Technology, Center for Green Innovation, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China.
Sajid AliCentral for Modern Physics Technology, Center for Green Innovation, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China.
Wei HouCentral for Modern Physics Technology, Center for Green Innovation, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China.
Xueqiong SuSchool of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100124, China. nysxq@bjut.edu.cn.
Hao WangBeijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, No. 119, Nan Sihuan West Road, Fengtai District, Beijing, 100070, China. cmu990103@163.com.
Yujun SongCentral for Modern Physics Technology, Center for Green Innovation, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, 30 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing, 100083, China. songyj@ustb.edu.cn.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioblastoma (GBM) poses a tremendous challenge because it causes substantial morbidity and mortality. Treatment remains constrained by the tightly regulated blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the heterogeneous blood-brain tumor barrier (BBTB), which together severely limit drug delivery to tumor tissue. Nanomaterial-based drug delivery systems offer an opportunity to overcome the short half-life, low bioavailability, and poor BBB penetration that restrict conventional GBM therapeutics. Nanotechnology also provides safe, effective, and targeted drug delivery systems that enhance penetration, stability, and therapeutic efficacy. This review discusses biomaterials-based nanomedicine platforms for GBM, with a focus on lipid-based carriers, polymeric nanoparticles, dendrimers, inorganic nanomaterials, and biomimetic nanosystems designed to interact with the BBB/BBTB. We summarize how passive and active brain-targeting strategies are combined with endogenous and exogenous stimuli-responsive designs (pH/redox sensitivity, magnetic hyperthermia, photothermal/photodynamic therapy, and ultrasound-triggered systems) to enhance intratumoral accumulation and anti-GBM efficacy. Overall, this review discusses recent advances in BBB-aware, stimuli-responsive, and biomimetic nanomedicines for GBM, and outlines their therapeutic potential alongside persistent challenges in safety, large-scale manufacturing, and clinical translation.

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Biomimetic nanoparticlesBlood–brain barrierBlood–brain tumor barrierGlioblastomaMagnetic hyperthermiaNanomedicinesPhotothermal and photodynamic therapyStimuli-responsive drug delivery systems

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PMID42380984
PMCPMC13321699

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