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ArticlePloS one2013

Nano-encapsulation of arsenic trioxide enhances efficacy against murine lymphoma model while minimizing its impact on ovarian reserve in vitro and in vivo.

Richard W Ahn, Susan L Barrett, Meera R Raja, Jennifer K Jozefik, Lidia Spaho, Haimei Chen, Marcel B Bally, Andrew P Mazar, Michael J Avram, Jane N Winter and 4 more

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Article in PloS one, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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25citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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25 citing papers in PubMed, 76 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Richard W AhnDepartment of Chemistry, Chemistry of Life Processes Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, United States of America.
Susan L Barrett
Meera R Raja
Jennifer K Jozefik
Lidia Spaho
Haimei Chen
Marcel B Bally
Andrew P Mazar
Michael J Avram
Jane N Winter
Leo I Gordon
Lonnie D Shea
Thomas V O'Halloran
Teresa K Woodruff
Northwestern University · USCentre for Drug Research and Development · CA

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI LEONIDAS C. PLATANIAS · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
TiO2 nanocomposites for Targeted Treatment and Imaging of Prostate cancerU54CA119341 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WOLOSCHAK, GAYLE E. · 2005 to 2009
$19.9M
TRAINING PROGRAM IN REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGYT32HD007068 · NICHD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI LEVINE, JON E · 1985 to 2008
$2.3M
P30A: Biomaterials Core (6 of 10)PL1EB008542 · NIBIB · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY · PI SHEA, LONNIE D · 2007 to 2011
$2.3M
Tumor Targeted Nanobins for the Treatment of Metastatic Breast and Ovarian CancerU01CA151461 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI O'HALLORAN, THOMAS V · 2010 to 2014
$2.2M
R01C:Preservation and Growth of Human Follicles (4 of 10)RL1HD058295 · NICHD · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI WOODRUFF, TERESA K · 2007 to 2011
$2.1M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA060553NCI NIH HHS P30CA060553NCI NIH HHS U01 CA151461NCI NIH HHS U01CA151461NCI NIH HHS U54 CA119341NCI NIH HHS U54CA119341NIBIB NIH HHS PL1 EB008542NIBIB NIH HHS PL1EB008542NICHD NIH HHS RL1 HD058295NICHD NIH HHS RL1HD058295NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD007068NICHD NIH HHS T32 HD07068
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in cancer therapy have increased the rate of survival of young cancer patients; however, female lymphoma patients frequently face a temporary or permanent loss of fertility when treated with traditional cytotoxic agents. The potential loss of fertility is an important concern that can influence treatment decisions for many premenopausal cancer patients. The negative effect of chemotherapeutic agents and treatment protocols to patients' fertility-referred to as fertotoxicity-are thus an increasingly important cancer survivorship issue. We have developed a novel nanoscale formulation of arsenic trioxide, a potent drug for treatment of hematological malignancies, and demonstrate that it has significantly better activity in a murine lymphoma model than the free drug. In parallel, we have developed a novel in vitro assay of ovarian follicle function that predicts in vivo ovarian toxicity of therapeutic agents. Our results reveal that the nanotherapeutic agent is not only more active against lymphoma, but is fertoprotective, i.e., it is much less deleterious to ovarian function than the parent drug. Thus, our in vitro assay allows rapid evaluation of both established and experimental anticancer drugs on ovarian reserve and can inform the selection of efficacious and fertility-sparing treatment regimens for reproductive-age women diagnosed with cancer.

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AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideCell Line, TumorFemaleFertilityHumansLymphomaMiceNanocapsulesOvarian FollicleOvaryOxidesXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysAntineoplastic AgentsArsenicalsArsenic TrioxideNanocapsulesOxides

Identifiers

PMID23526987
PMCPMC3603968
OpenAlexW1988075010

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