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Recent advances in carrier mediated nose-to-brain delivery of pharmaceutics

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Bourganis, Vassilis, Kammona, Olga, Alexopoulos, Aleck, Kiparissides, Costas·2018·European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics

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Central nervous system (CNS) disorders (e.g., multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, etc.) represent a growing public health issue, primarily due to the increased life expectancy and the aging population. The treatment of such disorders is notably elaborate and requires the delivery of therapeutics to the brain in appropriate amounts to elicit a pharmacological response. However, despite the major advances both in neuroscience and drug delivery research, the administration of drugs to the CNS still remains elusive. It is commonly accepted that effectiveness-related issues arise due to the inability of parenterally administered macromolecules to cross the Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) in order to access the CNS, thus impeding their successful delivery to brain tissues. As a result, the direct Nose-to-Brain delivery has emerged as a powerful strategy to circumvent the BBB and deliver drugs to the brain. The present review article attempts to highlight the different experimental and computational approaches pursued so far to attain and enhance the direct delivery of therapeutic agents to the brain and shed some light on the underlying mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis and treatment of neurological disorders.

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Authors
Bourganis, V., Kammona, O., Alexopoulos, A., & Kiparissides, C.
Affiliations
  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
  • Centre for Research and Technology Hellas (GR)
Corresponding author
Kiparissides, Costas
Venue
European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-07
Volume
128
Pages
337-362
ISSN
0939-6411 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2801808920
Cited by
357
References
219
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 39 · 2024: 52 · 2023: 61 · 2022: 53 · 2021: 54 · 2020: 38 · 2019: 23 · 2018: 6
FWCI
2.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
European Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Horizon 2020 (721098)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Keywords
nose-to-brain delivery, blood-brain barrier, brain drug delivery, central nervous system disorders, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, intranasal drug delivery
MeSH terms
Administration, Intranasal, Animals, Biological Transport, Blood-Brain Barrier, Brain, Central Nervous System Agents, Central Nervous System Diseases, Drug Carriers, Epithelium, Humans, Nasal Mucosa, Permeability

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