Browsing SINTEF Open by Author "Davies, Catharina de Lange"
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Alginate Microsphere Encapsulation of Drug-Loaded Nanoparticles: A Novel Strategy for Intraperitoneal Drug Delivery
Fleten, Karianne Giller; Hyldbakk, Astrid; Einen, Caroline; Benjakul, Sopisa; Strand, Berit Løkensgard; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Flatmark, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Alginate hydrogels have been broadly investigated for use in medical applications due to their biocompatibility and the possibility to encapsulate cells, proteins, and drugs. In the treatment of peritoneal metastasis, rapid ... -
Contrast Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Amyloid-β Plaques in a Murine Alzheimer's Disease Model
Sulheim, Einar; Widerøe, Marius; Bäck, Marcus; Nilsson, K Peter R; Hammarström, Per; Nilsson, Lars; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Åslund, Karl Olof Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background: Early detection of amyloid-β (Aβ) aggregates is a critical step to improve the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) because neuronal damage by the Aβ aggregates occurs before clinical symptoms are apparent. ... -
Cyclic Arginine–Glycine–Aspartate-Decorated Lipid Nanoparticle Targeting toward Inflammatory Lesions Involves Hitchhiking with Phagocytes
Sofias, Alexandros Marios; Bjørkøy, Geir; Ochando, Jordi; Sønstevold, Linda; Hegvik, Maria; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Haraldseth, Olav; Lammers, Twan; Mulder, Willem J. M.; Hak, Sjoerd (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Active-targeting nanomedicine formulations have an intricate in vivo behavior. Nanomedicines developed to target endothelial αvβ3-integrin are recently demonstrated to display extensive uptake by circulating phagocytes. ... -
Effect of ultrasound on the vasculature and extravasation of nanoscale particles imaged in real time
Yemane, Petros Tesfamichael; Åslund, Andreas K. O.; Snipstad, Sofie; Bjørkøy, Astrid; Grendstad, Kristin; Berg, Sigrid; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Torp, Sverre Helge; Hansen, Rune; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Ultrasound and microbubbles have been found to improve the delivery of drugs and nanoparticles to tumor tissue. To obtain new knowledge on the influence of vascular parameters on extravasation and to elucidate the effect ... -
Intraperitoneal administration of cabazitaxel-loaded nanoparticles in peritoneal metastasis models
Hyldbakk, Astrid; Fleten, Karianne Giller; Snipstad, Sofie; Åslund, Andreas; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Flatmark, Kjersti; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Colorectal and ovarian cancers frequently develop peritoneal metastases with few treatment options. Intraperitoneal chemotherapy has shown promising therapeutic effects, but is limited by rapid drug clearance and systemic ... -
Multi-modal characterization of vasculature and nanoparticle accumulation in five tumor xenograft models
Sulheim, Einar; Kim, Jana; van Wamel, Annemieke; Kim, Eugene; Snipstad, Sofie; Vidic, Igor; Grimstad, Ingeborg; Widerøe, Marius; Torp, Sverre Helge; Lundgren, Steinar; Waxman, David J.; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Preclinical research has demonstrated that nanoparticles and macromolecules can accumulate in solid tumors due to the enhanced permeability and retention effect. However, drug loaded nanoparticles often fail to show increased ... -
Multi-timescale microscopy methods for the characterization of fluorescently-labeled microbubbles for ultrasound-triggered drug release
Nawijn, Charlotte; Segers, Tim; Lajoinie, Guillaume; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Berg, Sigrid; Snipstad, Sofie; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Versluis, Michel (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Microbubble contrast agents hold great promise for drug delivery applications with ultrasound. Encapsulating drugs in nanoparticles reduces systemic toxicity and increases circulation time of the drugs. In a novel approach ... -
Sonopermeation Enhances Uptake and Therapeutic Effect of Free and Encapsulated Cabazitaxel
Snipstad, Sofie; Mørch, Ýrr; Sulheim, Einar; Åslund, Andreas; Pedersen, André; Hansen, Rune; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Berg, Sigrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Delivery of drugs and nanomedicines to tumors is often heterogeneous and insufficient and, thus, of limited efficacy. Microbubbles in combination with ultrasound have been found to improve delivery to tumors, enhancing ... -
Sonopermeation to improve drug delivery to tumors: from fundamental understanding to clinical translation
Snipstad, Sofie; Sulheim, Einar; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Moonen, Chrit; Storm, Gert; Kiessling, Fabian; Schmid, Ruth; Lammers, Twan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Introduction: Ultrasound in combination with microbubbles can make cells and tissues more accessible for drugs, thereby achieving improved therapeutic outcomes. In this review, we introduce the term ‘sonopermeation’, ... -
Sonopermeation with nanoparticle-stabilized microbubbles reduces solid stress and improves nanomedicine delivery to tumors
Sulheim, Einar; Hanson, Ingunn; Snipstad, Sofie; Vikedal, Krister; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Boucher, Yves; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Drug delivery to tumors is challenging due to biological barriers obstructing effective delivery. Sonopermeation with ultrasound and microbubbles has been shown to improve therapeutic effect of many classes of drugs, but ... -
Sonoporation using nanoparticle-loaded microbubbles increases cellular uptake of nanoparticles compared to co-incubation of nanoparticles and microbubbles
Snipstad, Sofie; Hanstad, Sigurd; Bjørkøy, Astrid; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Therapeutic agents can benefit from encapsulation in nanoparticles, due to improved pharmacokinetics and biodistribution, protection from degradation, increased cellular uptake and sustained release. Microbubbles in ... -
The Effect of Sonication on Extravasation and Distribution of Nanoparticles and Dextrans in Tumor Tissue Imaged by Multiphoton Microscopy
Yemane, Petros Tesfamichael; Åslund, Andreas; Sæterbø, Kristin Grendstad; Bjørkøy, Astrid; Snipstad, Sofie; van Wamel, Annemieke; Berg, Sigrid; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Hansen, Rune; Angelsen, Bjørn Atle Johan; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Ultrasound (US)and systemic administration of microbubbles (MBs)have been shown to improve the delivery of drugs and nanoparticles (NPs)to tumor tissue. A better understanding of the mechanisms is crucial for effective ... -
Therapeutic Effect of Cabazitaxel and Blood-Brain Barrier opening in a Patient-Derived Glioblastoma Model
Sulheim, Einar; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Snipstad, Sofie; Borgos, Sven Even F.; Miletic, Hrvoje; Bjerkvig, Rolf; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Åslund, Andreas (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Treatment of glioblastoma and other diseases in the brain is especially challenging due to the blood-brain barrier, which effectively protects the brain parenchyma. In this study we show for the first time that cabazitaxel, ... -
Tumor Targeting by αvβ3-Integrin-Specific Lipid Nanoparticles Occurs via Phagocyte Hitchhiking
Sofias, Alexandros Marios; Toner, Yohana C.; Meerwaldt, Anu E.; van Leent, Mandy M. T.; Soultanidis, Georgios; Elschot, Mattijs; Gonai, Haruki; Grendstad, Kristin; Flobak, Åsmund; Neckmann, Ulrike; Wolowczyk, Camilla; Fisher, Elizabeth L.; Reiner, Thomas; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Bjørkøy, Geir; Teunissen, Abraham J. P.; Ochando, Jordi; Pérez-Medina, Carlos; Mulder, Willem J. M.; Hak, Sjoerd (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Although the first nanomedicine was clinically approved more than two decades ago, nanoparticles’ (NP) in vivo behavior is complex and the immune system’s role in their application remains elusive. At present, only ... -
Ultrafast Microscopy Imaging of Acoustic Cluster Therapy Bubbles: Activation and Oscillation
van Wamel, Annemieke; Mühlenpfordt, Melina; Hansen, Rune; Healey, Andrew; Villanueva, Flordeliza S.; Kotopoulis, Spiros; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Chen, Xucai (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Acoustic Cluster Therapy (ACT®) is a platform for improving drug delivery and has had promising pre-clinical results. A clinical trial is ongoing. ACT® is based on microclusters of microbubbles–microdroplets that, when ... -
Ultrasound and microbubbles to beat barriers in tumors: Improving delivery of nanomedicine
Snipstad, Sofie; Vikedal, Krister; Maardalen, Matilde; Kurbatskaya, Anna; Sulheim, Einar; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Successful delivery of drugs and nanomedicine to tumors requires a functional vascular network, extravasation across the capillary wall, penetration through the extracellular matrix, and cellular uptake. Nanomedicine has ... -
Ultrasound-mediated delivery and distribution of polymeric nanoparticles in the normal brain parenchyma of a metastatic brain tumour model
Baghirov, Habib; Snipstad, Sofie; Sulheim, Einar; Berg, Sigrid; Hansen, Rune; Thorsen, Frits; Mørch, Ýrr Asbjørg; Davies, Catharina de Lange; Åslund, Andreas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The treatment of brain diseases is hindered by the blood-brain barrier (BBB) preventing most drugs from entering the brain. Focused ultrasound (FUS) with microbubbles can open the BBB safely and reversibly. Systemic drug ... -
Ultrasound-mediated delivery enhances therapeutic efficacy of MMP sensitive liposomes
Olsman, Marieke; Sereti, Viktoria; Andreassen, Kristine; Snipstad, Sofie; van Wamel, Annemieke; Eliasen, Rasmus; Berg, Sigrid; Urquhart, Andrew J.; Andersen, Thomas L.; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)To improve therapeutic efficacy of nanocarrier drug delivery systems, it is essential to improve their uptake and penetration in tumour tissue, enhance cellular uptake and ensure efficient drug release at the tumour site. ... -
Ultrasound-Mediated Delivery of Chemotherapy into the Transgenic Adenocarcinoma of the Mouse Prostate Model
Fagerland, Stein-Martin Tilrum; Berg, Sigrid; Hill, Deborah Katherine; Snipstad, Sofie; Sulheim, Einar; Hyldbakk, Astrid; Kim, Jana; Davies, Catharina de Lange (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Ultrasound (US) in combination with microbubbles (MB) has had promising results in improving delivery of chemotherapeutic agents. However, most studies are done in immunodeficient mice with xenografted tumors. We used two ...