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ArticleJournal of drug delivery2013

Polymeric micelles, a promising drug delivery system to enhance bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs.

Wei Xu, Peixue Ling, Tianmin Zhang

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Article in Journal of drug delivery, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 140 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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140citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

140 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 572 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei XuSchool of Pharmaceutical Science, Shandong University, Jinan 250012, China ; Department of Pharmacy, Shandong Provincial Qian Foshan Hospital, Jinan 250014, China.
Peixue Ling
Tianmin Zhang
Shandong University · CNShandong Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral administration is the most commonly used and readily accepted form of drug delivery; however, it is find that many drugs are difficult to attain enough bioavailability when administered via this route. Polymeric micelles (PMs) can overcome some limitations of the oral delivery acting as carriers able to enhance drug absorption, by providing (1) protection of the loaded drug from the harsh environment of the GI tract, (2) release of the drug in a controlled manner at target sites, (3) prolongation of the residence time in the gut by mucoadhesion, and (4) inhibition of efflux pumps to improve the drug accumulation. To explain the mechanisms for enhancement of oral bioavailability, we discussed the special stability of PMs, the controlled release properties of pH-sensitive PMs, the prolongation of residence time with mucoadhesive PMs, and the P-gp inhibitors commonly used in PMs, respectively. The primary purpose of this paper is to illustrate the potential of PMs for delivery of poorly water-soluble drugs with bioavailability being well maintained.

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PMID23936656
PMCPMC3712247
OpenAlexW2061955697

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