2021
ENT2 facilitates brain endothelial cell penetration and blood-brain barrier transport by a tumor-targeting anti-DNA autoantibody
Rattray Z, Deng G, Zhang S, Shirali A, May CK, Chen X, Cuffari BJ, Liu J, Zou P, Rattray N, Johnson CH, Dubljevic V, Campbell JA, Huttner A, Baehring JM, Zhou J, Hansen JE. ENT2 facilitates brain endothelial cell penetration and blood-brain barrier transport by a tumor-targeting anti-DNA autoantibody. JCI Insight 2021, 6: e145875. PMID: 34128837, PMCID: PMC8410084, DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.145875.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood-brain barrierAnti-DNA autoantibodiesBrain tumorsBreast cancer brain metastasesBlood-brain barrier transportBrain tumor immunotherapyCancer brain metastasesBrain endothelial cellsEndothelial cell penetrationCNS lupusNeurotoxic autoantibodiesBrain metastasesTumor immunotherapyBarrier transportAntibody-based approachesCNS penetrationAutoantibodiesEfficacy studiesOrthotopic glioblastomaEndothelial cellsTumorsCancer cellsNucleoside fluxesActionable mechanismsKey transporters
2017
Surface chemistry governs cellular tropism of nanoparticles in the brain
Song E, Gaudin A, King AR, Seo YE, Suh HW, Deng Y, Cui J, Tietjen GT, Huttner A, Saltzman WM. Surface chemistry governs cellular tropism of nanoparticles in the brain. Nature Communications 2017, 8: 15322. PMID: 28524852, PMCID: PMC5454541, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15322.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSurface chemistryDifferent surface chemistriesDrug deliveryNanoparticlesNanoparticle designChemistryTherapeutic efficacyAssociation rateFunctionalizationCentral nervous systemConvection-enhanced deliverySignificant uptakeBrain interstitiumOrthotopic modelNervous systemNeurological diseasesAdverse toxicityCellular tropismExtent of internalizationCellular depositionBrainCell populationsDepositionPropertiesGlioblastoma