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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2014

Silicon particles as trojan horses for potential cancer therapy.

Roberto Fenollosa, Eduardo Garcia-Rico, Susana Alvarez, Rosana Alvarez, Xiang Yu, Isabel Rodriguez, Susana Carregal-Romero, Carlos Villanueva, Manuel Garcia-Algar, Pilar Rivera-Gil and 4 more

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

14 authors.

Roberto FenollosaCentro de Tecnologías Físicas, Unidad Asociada ICMM/CSIC-UPV, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Av. Los Naranjos s/n, Valencia, 46022 Spain and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Madrid, 28049, Spain. rfenollo@ter.upv.es.
Eduardo Garcia-RicoServicio de Oncología, Hospital Universitario Madrid-Torrelodones, Madrid, 28250, Spain. egarciarico@fundacionhm.com.
Susana AlvarezDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, 36310, Spain. sar@uvigo.es.
Rosana AlvarezDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, 36310, Spain. rar@uvigo.es.
Xiang YuFachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, 35037, Germany. yu.xiang@physik.uni-marburg.de.
Isabel RodriguezCentro de Tecnologías Físicas, Unidad Asociada ICMM/CSIC-UPV, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Av. Los Naranjos s/n, Valencia, 46022 Spain and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Madrid, 28049, Spain. mirodrig@upvnet.upv.es.
Susana Carregal-RomeroFachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, 35037, Germany. bureau118@gmail.com.
Carlos VillanuevaMedcomtech SA, C/ Catalunya, 83-85 Viladecans, Barcelona, 08840, Spain. cvillanueva@medcomtech.es.
Manuel Garcia-AlgarDepartamento de Química Física e Inorgánica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and Centro de Tecnología Química de Catalunya, Carrer de Marcel•lí Domingo s/n, 43007, Tarragona, Spain. manuel.garcia.algar@gmail.com.
Pilar Rivera-GilMedcomtech SA, C/ Catalunya, 83-85 Viladecans, Barcelona, 08840, Spain. pilar.riveragil@gmail.com.
Angel R de LeraDepartamento de Química Orgánica, Universidade de Vigo, Vigo, 36310, Spain. qolera@uvigo.es.
Wolfgang J ParakFachbereich Physik, Philipps Universität Marburg, Marburg, 35037, Germany. wolfgang.parak@physik.uni-marburg.de.
Francisco MeseguerCentro de Tecnologías Físicas, Unidad Asociada ICMM/CSIC-UPV, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Av. Los Naranjos s/n, Valencia, 46022 Spain and Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, CSIC, Madrid, 28049, Spain. fmese@fis.upv.es.
Ramón A Alvarez-PueblaDepartamento de Química Física e Inorgánica, Universitat Rovira i Virgili and Centro de Tecnología Química de Catalunya, Carrer de Marcel•lí Domingo s/n, 43007, Tarragona, Spain. ramon.alvarez@urv.cat.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPorous silicon particles (PSiPs) have been used extensively as drug delivery systems, loaded with chemical species for disease treatment. It is well known from silicon producers that silicon is characterized by a low reduction potential, which in the case of PSiPs promotes explosive oxidation reactions with energy yields exceeding that of trinitrotoluene (TNT). The functionalization of the silica layer with sugars prevents its solubilization, while further functionalization with an appropriate antibody enables increased bioaccumulation inside selected cells.

resultsWe present here an immunotherapy approach for potential cancer treatment. Our platform comprises the use of engineered silicon particles conjugated with a selective antibody. The conceptual advantage of our system is that after reaction, the particles are degraded into soluble and excretable biocomponents.

conclusionsIn our study, we demonstrate in particular, specific targeting and destruction of cancer cells in vitro. The fact that the LD50 value of PSiPs-HER-2 for tumor cells was 15-fold lower than the LD50 value for control cells demonstrates very high in vitro specificity. This is the first important step on a long road towards the design and development of novel chemotherapeutic agents against cancer in general, and breast cancer in particular.

Indexed as

Antineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorDrug Screening Assays, AntitumorErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesHumansImmunotherapyLethal Dose 50NanoparticlesSiliconSolubilityAntineoplastic AgentsERBB2 protein, humanErb-b2 Receptor Tyrosine KinasesSilicon

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PMID25223512
PMCPMC4428529

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