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Recent clinical trials with ultrasound induced blood-brain barrier opening

초음파 기반 혈뇌장벽 개방에 관한 최신 임상시험 연구 현황

Juyoung Park1*
박 주영1*
1가천대학교 바이오의료기기학과
*Corresponding Author
30 September 2022. pp. 564-569
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Abstract

Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB) is the brain protecting system blocking the inflow of harmful substances into brain parenchyma from brain blood vessel. However, the BBB has a negative effect on the treatment of various brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s dementia or brain tumors because it also prevents drug delivery into brain parenchyma. To overcome this problem, a brain drug delivery technique using Focused Ultrasound (FUS) which allows BBB to be temporarily opened by inducing the acoustic cavitation effect of microbubbles has been developed. Thus far, various studies using the FUS technique has been conducted to improve drug delivery efficiency, and therefore, this paper discusses recently developed drug delivery technologies using the FUS-induced BBB opening.

Keywords
Blood-Brain Barrier (BBB)
Brain drug delivery
Acoustic cavitation
Focused Ultrasound

인체의 다른 장기들과 달리, 뇌는 혈뇌장벽(Blood-Brain Barrier, BBB)라는 보호 장치가 존재하여 뇌혈관내 물질들이 뇌조직으로 투과되는 것을 제한하는 역할을 한다. 이러한 BBB는 알츠하이머, 뇌종양 등 다양한 뇌질환에 직접적으로 전달이 필요한 약물의 투과까지 제한하기 때문에 치료 효능 검증 및 임상 적용이 어려운 것으로 보고되고 있다. 이러한 문제를 극복하기 위해 비침습적 특성의 집속 초음파(Focused Ultrasound, FUS)를 뇌의 국소 부위에 조사할 경우 마이크로버블의 음향공동화 현상으로 인해 BBB가 일시적으로 개방될 수 있는 기술이 개발되었으며, 해당 기술을 안전성 및 유효성 검증, 약물 전달 효율을 증대시킬 수 있는 다양한 연구가 전 세계적으로 수행되고 있다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 알츠하이머, 뇌종양 등 뇌질환 치료를 위해 활발히 연구가 진행중인 집속초음파 기반 BBB 개방 기술에 대한 연구 동향을 분석하였다.

키워드
혈뇌장벽
뇌약물전달
음향 공동화
집속초음파
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  • Publisher :The Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국음향학회
  • Journal Title :The Journal of the Acoustical Society of Korea
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국음향학회지
  • Volume : 41
  • No :5
  • Pages :564-569
  • Received Date : 2022-08-29
  • Revised Date : 2022-09-13
  • Accepted Date : 2022-09-15
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7776/ASK.2022.41.5.564
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