Targeting the transferrin receptor for brain drug delivery

KB Johnsen, A Burkhart, LB Thomsen… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Obtaining efficient drug delivery to the brain remains the biggest challenge for the
development of therapeutics to treat diseases of the central nervous system. The main …

[HTML][HTML] Engineered antibodies: new possibilities for brain PET?

D Sehlin, S Syvänen - European journal of nuclear medicine and …, 2019 - Springer
Almost 50 million people worldwide are affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most
common neurodegenerative disorder. Development of disease-modifying therapies would …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo imaging of alpha-synuclein with antibody-based PET

S Roshanbin, M Xiong, G Hultqvist, L Söderberg… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
The protein alpha-synuclein (αSYN) plays a central role in synucleinopathies such as
Parkinsons's disease (PD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA). Presently, there are no …

[HTML][HTML] Brain pharmacokinetics of two BBB penetrating bispecific antibodies of different size

R Faresjö, G Bonvicini, XT Fang, X Aguilar… - Fluids and Barriers of …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Transferrin receptor (TfR1) mediated enhanced brain delivery of
antibodies have been studied extensively in preclinical settings. However, the brain …

Brain delivery of biologics using a cross-species reactive transferrin receptor 1 VNAR shuttle.

D Sehlin, P Stocki, T Gustavsson, G Hultqvist… - The FASEB …, 2020 - diva-portal.org
Abstract Transferrin receptor 1 (TfR1) mediated transcytosis is an attractive strategy to
enhance brain uptake of protein drugs, but translation remains a challenge. Here, a single …

[HTML][HTML] Focused ultrasound for opening blood-brain barrier and drug delivery monitored with positron emission tomography

WM Arif, PH Elsinga, C Gasca-Salas, M Versluis… - Journal of controlled …, 2020 - Elsevier
Focused ultrasound (FUS) is a minimally-invasive technology used for treatment of many
diseases, including diseases related to the colon, uterus, prostate, and brain. Although it has …

[HTML][HTML] Identification and in vivo characterization of a brain-penetrating nanobody

Y Wouters, T Jaspers, B De Strooper… - Fluids and Barriers of the …, 2020 - Springer
Background Preclinical models to determine blood to brain transport ability of therapeutics
are often ambiguous. In this study a method is developed that relies on CNS target …

Light-controlled fluorescent probes for precisely monitoring brain amyloid-β aggregates in Alzheimer's disease

Y Gu, Z Ding, C Zheng, Y Xu, T Liu, C Mao… - Chemical Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder in which the biological fate of
amyloid-beta (Aβ) aggregates is a fundamental question. Fluorescent probes as one of the …

[HTML][HTML] SPECT imaging of distribution and retention of a brain-penetrating bispecific amyloid-β antibody in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

T Gustavsson, S Syvänen, P O'Callaghan… - Translational …, 2020 - Springer
Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) immunotherapy with antibodies targeting amyloid-β
(Aβ) has been extensively explored in clinical trials. The aim of this study was to study the …

[HTML][HTML] ImmunoPET imaging of amyloid-beta in a rat model of Alzheimer's disease with a bispecific, brain-penetrating fusion protein

G Bonvicini, S Syvänen, KG Andersson… - Translational …, 2022 - Springer
Background Hijacking the transferrin receptor (TfR) is an effective strategy to transport
amyloid-beta (Aβ) immuno-positron emission tomography (immunoPET) ligands across the …