How does ailanthone selectively cross the blood-brain barrier and target glioma tissue?

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The abstract reports that ailanthone exhibits BBB permeability and specifically targets tumor areas, but provides no mechanistic explanation for this selective targeting. Understanding this mechanism is crucial for developing brain-targeted therapeutics and could reveal new approaches for drug delivery across the BBB. Gap type: unexplained_observation Source paper: Ailanthone disturbs cross-talk between cancer cells and tumor-associated macrophages via HIF1-α/LINC01956/FUS/β-catenin signaling pathway in glioblastoma. (None, None, PMID:39639311)

Priority: 0.80 Domain: neuro-oncology Hypotheses: 0
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Landscape Summary: How does ailanthone selectively cross the blood-brain barrier and target glioma tissue? is a 0.8 priority gap in neuro-oncology. It has 0 linked hypotheses with average composite score 0.000. Status: open.

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Colonna, Sevlever, et al. (TREM2 biology)

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How does ailanthone selectively cross the blood-brain barrier and target glioma tissue? — INVOKE-2 (completed)

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