2021
Nocardia thailandica Brain Abscess in an Immunocompromised Patient
Effendi M, Tirmizi S, McManus D, Huttner AJ, Peaper DR, Topal JE. Nocardia thailandica Brain Abscess in an Immunocompromised Patient. Case Reports In Infectious Diseases 2021, 2021: 6620049. PMID: 34234968, PMCID: PMC8216818, DOI: 10.1155/2021/6620049.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSuccessful treatmentCentral nervous system infectionRadiographic treatment successInitiation of therapyNervous system infectionCeftriaxone 2Ceftriaxone monotherapyRadiological improvementBrain abscessesSystem infectionMedical therapyTreatment successCNS penetrationPatientsMedical literatureInfectionBrainTherapyTreatmentMonthsMonotherapyAbscessCeftriaxoneCraniotomy
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
2016
Distribution of polymer nanoparticles by convection-enhanced delivery to brain tumors
Saucier-Sawyer JK, Seo YE, Gaudin A, Quijano E, Song E, Sawyer AJ, Deng Y, Huttner A, Saltzman WM. Distribution of polymer nanoparticles by convection-enhanced delivery to brain tumors. Journal Of Controlled Release 2016, 232: 103-112. PMID: 27063424, PMCID: PMC4893898, DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.04.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConvection-enhanced deliveryBlood-brain barrierBrain-penetrating nanoparticlesIntracranial tumorsBrain tumorsGlioblastoma multiformeHealthy brainMain tumor massFatal brain tumorPresence of tumorBrain tumor treatmentLocal recurrenceInfusion sitePeritumoral tissuesTumor massCED infusionIndividual tumorsTumorsNecrotic regionsTumor treatmentLocal administrationHeterogeneous distribution patternAdministrationBrainCell targeting
2011
Diagnosis in a dish: your skin can help your brain
Huttner A, Rakic P. Diagnosis in a dish: your skin can help your brain. Nature Medicine 2011, 17: 1558-1559. PMID: 22146459, DOI: 10.1038/nm.2599.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1998
Chimeric brains generated by intraventricular transplantation of fetal human brain cells into embryonic rats
Brüstle O, Choudhary K, Karram K, Hüttner A, Murray K, Dubois-Dalcq M, McKay R. Chimeric brains generated by intraventricular transplantation of fetal human brain cells into embryonic rats. Nature Biotechnology 1998, 16: 1040-1044. PMID: 9831032, DOI: 10.1038/3481.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFetal human brain cellsCentral nervous systemHuman brain cellsBrain cellsNervous systemEmbryonic ratsNeural cell migrationIntraventricular transplantationCerebral ventricleNeural chimerasFunctional nervous systemChimeric brainsHuman neural developmentNeural developmentRatsCell migrationBrainCellsRodent cellsUnique modelHuman cellsTransplantationAstrocytesVentricleChimerism