2023
Intrathecal delivery of nanoparticle PARP inhibitor to the cerebrospinal fluid for the treatment of metastatic medulloblastoma
Khang M, Lee J, Lee T, Suh H, Lee S, Cavaliere A, Rushing A, Geraldo L, Belitzky E, Rossano S, de Feyter H, Shin K, Huttner A, Roussel M, Thomas J, Carson R, Marquez-Nostra B, Bindra R, Saltzman W. Intrathecal delivery of nanoparticle PARP inhibitor to the cerebrospinal fluid for the treatment of metastatic medulloblastoma. Science Translational Medicine 2023, 15: eadi1617. PMID: 37910601, PMCID: PMC11078331, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.adi1617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCerebrospinal fluidDelivery of drugsEffective therapyTherapeutic indexPARP inhibitorsBlood-brain barrierSite of tumorRapid systemic clearanceXenograft mouse modelSolvent evaporation processAdministration of substancesLeptomeningeal spreadIntrathecal deliveryLeptomeningeal metastasesBrain penetrationSystemic clearanceTumor regressionPolymer nanoparticlesMetastatic medulloblastomaMouse modelPediatric medulloblastomaDrug accumulationCSF turnoverEncapsulated drugsPET imagingAnti-seed PNAs targeting multiple oncomiRs for brain tumor therapy
Wang Y, Malik S, Suh H, Xiao Y, Deng Y, Fan R, Huttner A, Bindra R, Singh V, Saltzman W, Bahal R. Anti-seed PNAs targeting multiple oncomiRs for brain tumor therapy. Science Advances 2023, 9: eabq7459. PMID: 36753549, PMCID: PMC9908025, DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abq7459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConvection-enhanced deliveryHigh recurrence rateOrthotopic mouse modelBrain tumor therapyTreatment of glioblastomaRecurrence ratePoor survivalLethal malignancyMouse modelGBM progressionTumor cellsGlioblastomaTumor therapyBioadhesive nanoparticlesOncomiRSurvivalTreatmentSeed regionMalignancyTemozolomideTherapy
2017
Antiviral CD8 T cells induce Zika-virus-associated paralysis in mice
Jurado KA, Yockey LJ, Wong PW, Lee S, Huttner AJ, Iwasaki A. Antiviral CD8 T cells induce Zika-virus-associated paralysis in mice. Nature Microbiology 2017, 3: 141-147. PMID: 29158604, PMCID: PMC5780207, DOI: 10.1038/s41564-017-0060-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCentral nervous systemZIKV infectionZika virusT cellsNeurological complicationsNervous systemBlood-brain barrier breakdownAntiviral CD8 T cellsHigh viral burdenIFNAR knockout miceCD8 T cellsEffector T cellsSusceptible mouse modelBlood-brain barrierNon-haematopoietic cellsSite of infectionIFNAR1 deficiencyViral burdenNeurological manifestationsGuillain-BarréBarrier breakdownMouse modelKnockout miceAstrocytes resultsAntiviral activity