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ArticleJournal of computational and theoretical nanoscience2009

Interactive Design Strategy for a Multi-Functional PAMAM Dendrimer-Based Nano-Therapeutic Using Computational Models and Experimental Analysis.

Inhan Lee, Istvan J Majoros, Christopher R Williams, Brian D Athey, James R Baker

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Article in Journal of computational and theoretical nanoscience, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Inhan LeeDepartment of Psychiatry and Michigan Center for Biological Information, University of Michigan, MI 48109-1055.
Istvan J Majoros
Christopher R Williams
Brian D Athey
James R Baker
University of Michigan · US

Funding

NCI NIH HHS N01 CO027173
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Molecular dynamics simulations of nano-therapeutics as a final product and of all intermediates in the process of generating a multi-functional nano-therapeutic based on a poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) dendrimer were performed along with chemical analyses of each of them. The actual structures of the dendrimers were predicted, based on potentiometric titration, gel permeation chromatography, and NMR. The chemical analyses determined the numbers of functional molecules, based on the actual structure of the dendrimer. Molecular dynamics simulations calculated the configurations of the intermediates and the radial distributions of functional molecules, based on their numbers. This interactive process between the simulation results and the chemical analyses provided a further strategy to design the next reaction steps and to gain insight into the products at each chemical reaction step.

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PMID20700476
PMCPMC2917823
OpenAlexW2093269616

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