TY  - BOOK
AU  - Caruso,Gerardo
TI  - Nanoparticles and brain tumor treatment
T2  - Biomedical and nanomedical technologies
SN  - 9781606504086 (electronic bk.)
AV  - R857.N34 N253 2012
U1  - 610.284 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York, N.Y., [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - ASME, Momentum Press
KW  - Nanomedicine
KW  - Nanoparticles
KW  - Brain
KW  - Tumors
KW  - Treatment
KW  - Brain Neoplasms
KW  - therapy
KW  - Nanotechnology
KW  - Nanoparticles in Brain Tumor Treatment
KW  - Nanoparticle Drug Delivery
KW  - Nanoparticle Targeting
KW  - Blood-Brain Barrier
KW  - Glioma
KW  - Astrocytoma
KW  - Glioblastoma
KW  - Brain Tumor
KW  - Glioma Treatment
KW  - Brain Tumor Drug Targeting
KW  - Angiogenesis
KW  - Polymeric
KW  - Nanoparticles and Brain Tumors
KW  - Carbon Nanotubes and Brain Tumors
KW  - Fullerenes and Brain Tumors
KW  - Silica Nanoparticles and Brain Tumors
KW  - Micelle Nanoparticles and Brain Tumors
KW  - Liposome and Brain Tumors
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [81]-99); 1. Introduction --; 2. Glioma biology -- 2.1 Invasion and angiogenesis --; 3. Blood-brain barrier -- 3.1 Blood-brain barrier physiology -- 3.2 Blood-brain barrier transport systems --; 4. Nanomedicine and nanotechnology -- 4.1 Nanoparticle drug delivery -- 4.1.1 Nanoparticle distribution -- 4.1.2 Nanoparticle functionalization -- 4.1.3 Nanoparticle targeting -- 4.2 Nanomedicine and cancer -- 4.3 Nanomedicine and toxicity --; 5. Nanoparticle technologies -- 5.1 Polymeric and polymer-drug conjugate nanoparticles -- 5.2 Micelle nanoparticles -- 5.3 Liposomes -- 5.4 Gold and silver nanoparticles -- 5.5 Metal oxide -- 5.6 Magnetic nanoparticles -- 5.7 Carbon nanotubes -- 5.8 Fullerenes -- 5.9 Peptides nanoparticles -- 5.10 Silica nanoparticles -- 5.11 Quantum dots -- 5.12 Dendrimers --; 6. Nanomedicine applications in brain tumors -- 6.1 Brain tumor drug targeting -- 6.1.1 Systemic approaches -- 6.1.2 Physiological approaches -- 6.1.2.1 Receptor-mediated transcytosis -- 6.1.2.2 Adsorptive-mediated transcytosis -- 6.1.2.3 Efflux pump inhibition -- 6.1.2.4 Cell-mediated drug transport -- 6.1.3 Direct CNS approaches -- 6.1.3.1 Intracerebral routes -- 6.1.4 Drug modifications and prodrugs --; 7. Experimental studies --; 8. Conclusions -- References; Restricted to libraries which purchase an unrestricted PDF download via an IP; Also available in print
N2  - Despite progresses in surgery, radiotherapy, and in chemotherapy, an effective curative treatment of gliomas does not yet exist. Mortality is still close to 100% and the average survival of patients with GBM is less than 1 year. The efficacy of current anti-cancer strategies in brain tumors is limited by the lack of specific therapies against malignant cells. Besides, the delivery of the drugs to brain tumors is limited by the presence of the blood brain barrier. The oncogenesis of gliomas is characterized by several biological processes and genetic alterations, involved in the neoplastic transformation. The modulation of gene expression to more levels, such as DNA, mRNA, proteins and transduction signal pathways, may be the most effective modality to down-regulate or silence some specific gene functions. Gliomas are characterized by extensive microvascular proliferation and a higher degree of vasculature. In malignant gliomas targeted therapies efficacy is low. In this complex field, it seems to be very important to improve specific selective drugs delivery systems. Drugs, antisense oligonucleotides, small interference RNAs, engineered monoclonal antibodies and other therapeutic molecules may diffuse into CNS overcoming the BBB. Nanotechnology could be used both to improve the treatment efficacy and to reduce the adverse side effects
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