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ReviewNature reviews. Microbiology2010

Nanobead-based interventions for the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis.

Gareth Griffiths, Bo Nyström, Suraj B Sable, Gopal K Khuller

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Review in Nature reviews. Microbiology, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
42citing papers in PubMed
7.0field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

42 citing papers in PubMed, 163 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Engineered drug delivery devices to address Global Health challenges.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2021
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  19. Striking the right immunological balance prevents progression of tuberculosis.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2017
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  20. Nanotechnology-Based Approach in Tuberculosis Treatment.Tuberculosis research and treatment · 2017
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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

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Gareth GriffithsDepartment of Molecular Biosciences, University of Oslo, 0316 Oslo, Norway. g.w.griffiths@imbv.uio.no
Bo Nyström
Suraj B Sable
Gopal K Khuller
University of Oslo · NONational Center for HIV/AIDS Viral Hepatitis STD and TB Prevention · USPost Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research · IN

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tuberculosis (TB), caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is one of the most devastating bacterial diseases to affect humans. M. tuberculosis is a robust pathogen that has evolved the capacity to survive and grow inside macrophage phagosomes. A cocktail of antibiotics has long been successfully used against M. tuberculosis but is becoming less effective owing to the emergence of multidrug resistance. The only available preventive vaccine, using Mycobacterium bovis bacille Calmette-Guérin, is considered to be ineffective against adult pulmonary TB, the most prevalent form of the disease. Here, we review the potential use of biodegradable nanoparticle-based anti-TB drug delivery systems that have been shown to be more effective against M. tuberculosis in animal models than conventional antibiotic treatment regimens. This technology also has substantial potential for vaccination and other therapeutic strategies against TB and other infectious diseases.

Indexed as

NanoparticlesAdultAnimalsAntitubercular AgentsDrug Delivery SystemsDrug Resistance, Multiple, BacterialHumansMycobacterium tuberculosisNanocapsulesNanospheresNanotechnologyTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantTuberculosis, PulmonaryTuberculosis VaccinesAntitubercular AgentsNanocapsulesTuberculosis Vaccines

Identifiers

PMID20938454
PMCPMC8826847
OpenAlexW1993468104

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Registered trials

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