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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology

Engineering structure and function using thermoresponsive biopolymers.

Martha K Pastuszka, J Andrew MacKay

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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 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Responsive Hybrid (Poly)peptide-Polymer Conjugates.Journal of materials chemistry. B · 2017
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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

2 authors.

Martha K PastuszkaDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
J Andrew MacKayDepartment of Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Fumito Ito · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
USC RESEARCH CENTER FOR LIVER DISEASES: PILOT PROGRAMSP30DK048522 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI KAPLOWITZ, NEIL · 1995 to 2020
$21.8M
Intracellular switching using genetically engineered protein microdomainsR01GM114839 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MACKAY, JOHN ANDREW · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
A rapid, reversible switch for controlling intracellular traffickingR21EB012281 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MACKAY, JOHN ANDREW · 2010 to 2011
$438k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB012281NIBIB NIH HHS R21EB012281NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK048522NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM114839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Self-assembly enables exquisite control at the smallest scale and generates order among macromolecular-building blocks that remain too small to be manipulated individually. Environmental cues, such as heating, can trigger the organization of these materials from individual molecules to multipartixcle assemblies with a variety of compositions and functions. Synthetic as well as biological polymers have been engineered for these purposes; however, biological strategies can offer unparalleled control over the composition of these macromolecular-building blocks. Biologic polymers are macromolecules composed of monomeric units that can be precisely tailored at the genetic level; furthermore, they can often utilize endogenous biodegradation pathways, which may enhance their potential clinical applications. DNA (nucleotides), polysaccharides (carbohydrates), and proteins (amino acids) have all been engineered to self-assemble into nanostructures in response to a change in temperature. This focus article reviews the growing body of literature exploring temperature-dependent nano-assembly of these biological macromolecules, summarizes some of their physical properties, and discusses future directions.

Indexed as

BiopolymersDNANanostructuresNanotechnologyPolysaccharidesTemperatureBiopolymersDNAPolysaccharides

Identifiers

PMID26112277
PMCPMC4732732

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