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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2017

Advances in nano-based inner ear delivery systems for the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss.

Lilun Li, Tiffany Chao, Jason Brant, Bert O'Malley, Andrew Tsourkas, Daqing Li

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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58citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
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

58 citing papers in PubMed, 111 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Rational Design of Inner Ear Drug Delivery Systems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  16. Hearing Loss and Oxidative Stress: A Comprehensive Review.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  17. Extracellular vesicles for developing targeted hearing loss therapy.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lilun LiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY 10016, USA.
Tiffany ChaoDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Jason BrantDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Bert O'MalleyDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Andrew TsourkasDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Daqing LiDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: lidaqing@mail.med.upenn.edu.
University of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

A Novel Regulated Nanohydrogel Delivery System for Targeted Inner Ear ApplicationR01DC014464 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI LI, DAQING · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014464
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is one of the most common diseases, accounting for about 90% of all hearing loss. Leading causes of SNHL include advanced age, ototoxic medications, noise exposure, inherited and autoimmune disorders. Most of SNHL is irreversible and managed with hearing aids or cochlear implants. Although there is increased understanding of the molecular pathophysiology of SNHL, biologic treatment options are limited due to lack of noninvasive targeted delivery systems. Obstacles of targeted inner ear delivery include anatomic inaccessibility, biotherapeutic instability, and nonspecific delivery. Advances in nanotechnology may provide a solution to these barriers. Nanoparticles can stabilize and carry biomaterials across the round window membrane into the inner ear, and ligand bioconjugation onto nanoparticle surfaces allows for specific targeting. A newer technology, nanohydrogel, may offer noninvasive and sustained biotherapeutic delivery into specific inner ear cells. Nanohydrogel may be used for inner ear dialysis, a potential treatment for ototoxicity-induced SNHL.

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsEar, InnerHearing Loss, SensorineuralHumansNanoparticlesInner earNanodialysisNanohydrogelNanomedicineOtotoxicityTargeted delivery

Identifiers

PMID26796230
PMCPMC4940320
OpenAlexW2238022655

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