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ReviewPharmaceutical research2015

Nanoparticles and the blood-brain barrier: advancing from in-vitro models towards therapeutic significance.

David J Mc Carthy, Meenakshi Malhotra, Aoife M O'Mahony, John F Cryan, Caitriona M O'Driscoll

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Review in Pharmaceutical research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 56 papers.

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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.

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

56 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

5 authors.

David J Mc CarthyPharmacodelivery group, School of Pharmacy, Cavanagh Pharmacy Building,, University College Cork,, Cork, Ireland.
Meenakshi Malhotra
Aoife M O'Mahony
John F Cryan
Caitriona M O'Driscoll

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The blood-brain barrier is a unique cell-based restrictive barrier that prevents the entry of many substances, including most therapeutics, into the central nervous system. A wide range of nanoparticulate delivery systems have been investigated with the aim of targeting therapeutics (drugs, nucleic acids, proteins) to the brain following administration by various routes. This review provides a comprehensive description of the design and formulation of these nanoparticles including the rationale behind individual approaches. In addition, the ability of currently available in-vitro BBB models to accurately predict the in-vivo performance of targeted nanoparticles is critically assessed.

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AnimalsBiological TransportBlood-Brain BarrierCells, CulturedCentral Nervous System AgentsDrug CarriersEndocytosisHumansModels, BiologicalNanoparticlesCentral Nervous System AgentsDrug Carriers

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