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ReviewExpert opinion on biological therapy2008

Biofunctionalized targeted nanoparticles for therapeutic applications.

Andrew Z Wang, Frank Gu, Liangfang Zhang, Juliana M Chan, Aleksander Radovic-Moreno, Mariam R Shaikh, Omid C Farokhzad

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Review in Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 75 papers.

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75citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

75 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Targeted delivery of peptide functionalized nanoparticles for ameliorating myocardial infarction.The Egyptian heart journal : (EHJ) : official bulletin of the Egyptian Society of Cardiology · 2025
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  12. Modification of Extracellular Vesicle Surfaces: An Approach for Targeted Drug Delivery.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2023
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15 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Andrew Z WangDepartment of Anesthesiology, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Frank Gu
Liangfang Zhang
Juliana M Chan
Aleksander Radovic-Moreno
Mariam R Shaikh
Omid C Farokhzad

Funding

TREATMENT OF CANCER WITH siRNA DELVIERED BY NANOPARTICLESU54CA119349 · NCI · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LANGER, ROBERT SAMUEL · 2005 to 2009
$20.5M
Development of Disease-Specific Drug Delivery VehiclesK08EB003647 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI FAROKHZAD, OMID C · 2005 to 2009
$964k
NCI NIH HHS CA119349NCI NIH HHS U54 CA119349NIBIB NIH HHS EB003647NIBIB NIH HHS K08 EB003647
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe development of nanoparticles for the delivery of therapeutic agents has introduced new opportunities for the improvement of medical treatment. Recent efforts have focused on developing targeted nanoparticles, which are formulated by (for therapeutic delivery) functionalizing nanoparticle surfaces with targeting molecules, such as antibodies, peptides, small molecules and oligonucleotides.

objectivesTo review the state of targeted nanoparticles development.

methodsThe authors discuss the nanoparticle platforms for therapeutic delivery, targeting molecules and the biofunctionalized targeted nanoparticles currently in development. RESULTS/

conclusionsBiofunctionalized targeted nanoparticles have demonstrated exciting results in preclinical studies. With continued improvements, they may fulfill their potential as therapeutics carriers that can deliver the maximum dose to diseased tissue while minimizing effects on normal cells.

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Drug Delivery SystemsNanoparticlesTherapeuticsHumansLigandsLigands

Identifiers

PMID18613759
PMCPMC3515649

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