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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology

Mammalian gastrointestinal tract parameters modulating the integrity, surface properties, and absorption of food-relevant nanomaterials.

Susann Bellmann, David Carlander, Alessio Fasano, Dragan Momcilovic, Joseph A Scimeca, W James Waldman, Lourdes Gombau, Lyubov Tsytsikova, Richard Canady, Dora I A Pereira and 1 more

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 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

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Susann BellmannTNO, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
David CarlanderNanotechnology Industries Association, Brussels, Belgium.
Alessio FasanoMassachusetts General Hospital for Children, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Dragan MomcilovicDepartment of Health and Human Services, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, MD, USA.
Joseph A ScimecaCargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
W James WaldmanOhio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
Lourdes GombauLeitat Technological Center, Barcelona, Spain.
Lyubov TsytsikovaCenter for Risk Science Innovation and Application, ILSI Research Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
Richard CanadyCenter for Risk Science Innovation and Application, ILSI Research Foundation, Washington, DC, USA.
Dora I A PereiraMRC Human Nutrition Research, Elsie Widdowson Laboratory, Cambridge, UK.
David E LefebvreRegulatory Toxicology Research Division, Food Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U105960399Medical Research Council U105960399
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Many natural chemicals in food are in the nanometer size range, and the selective uptake of nutrients with nanoscale dimensions by the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is a normal physiological process. Novel engineered nanomaterials (NMs) can bring various benefits to food, e.g., enhancing nutrition. Assessing potential risks requires an understanding of the stability of these entities in the GI lumen, and an understanding of whether or not they can be absorbed and thus become systemically available. Data are emerging on the mammalian in vivo absorption of engineered NMs composed of chemicals with a range of properties, including metal, mineral, biochemical macromolecules, and lipid-based entities. In vitro and in silico fluid incubation data has also provided some evidence of changes in particle stability, aggregation, and surface properties following interaction with luminal factors present in the GI tract. The variables include physical forces, osmotic concentration, pH, digestive enzymes, other food, and endogenous biochemicals, and commensal microbes. Further research is required to fill remaining data gaps on the effects of these parameters on NM integrity, physicochemical properties, and GI absorption. Knowledge of the most influential luminal parameters will be essential when developing models of the GI tract to quantify the percent absorption of food-relevant engineered NMs for risk assessment.

Indexed as

FoodIntestinal AbsorptionAnimalsGastrointestinal TractHumansMammalsNanostructuresSurface Properties

Identifiers

PMID25641962
PMCPMC4949541

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