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ArticleACS nano2017

Hyaluronan Nanoparticles Selectively Target Plaque-Associated Macrophages and Improve Plaque Stability in Atherosclerosis.

Thijs J Beldman, Max L Senders, Amr Alaarg, Carlos Pérez-Medina, Jun Tang, Yiming Zhao, Francois Fay, Jacqueline Deichmöller, Benjamin Born, Emilie Desclos and 12 more

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Article in ACS nano, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
78citing papers in PubMed
7.8field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

78 citing papers in PubMed, 186 citations in OpenAlex.

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18 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

22 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Thijs J Beldman
Max L Senders
Amr AlaargDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.
Carlos Pérez-MedinaDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.
Jun TangDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8285-5111
Yiming ZhaoDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.
Francois FayDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7405-5600
Jacqueline DeichmöllerPhysical Chemistry II, Ruhr-Universität Bochum , Bochum 44801, Germany.
Benjamin Born
Emilie Desclos
Nicole N van der Wel
Ron A Hoebe
Fortune Kohen
Elena Kartvelishvily
Michal Neeman
Thomas ReinerDepartment of Radiology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center , New York, New York 10065, United States.
Claudia CalcagnoDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.
Zahi A FayadDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.
Menno P J de WintherInstitute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University , Munich 80336, Germany.
Esther LutgensInstitute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig Maximilians University , Munich 80336, Germany.
Willem J M MulderDepartment of Radiology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine , New York, New York 10029, United States.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USUniversity of Amsterdam · NLWeizmann Institute of Science · ILLudwig-Maximilians-Universität München · DEMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USRuhr University Bochum · DEUniversity of Twente · NL

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Translational imaging and nanomedicine in inflammatory atherosclerosisP01HL131478 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI Zahi A. Fayad · 2017 to 2026
$24.3M
Theranostic HDL nanoparticles for inflammatory macrophages in atherosclerosisR01EB009638 · NIBIB · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI FAYAD, ZAHI A. · 2009 to 2016
$4.6M
PET/MRI to study nanotherapy in atherosclerosisR01HL125703 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI MULDER, WILLEM · 2015 to 2018
$2.4M
Anti-inflammatory nanoparticle formulations to treat atherosclerosisR01HL118440 · NHLBI · ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAI · PI MULDER, WILLEM, NAHRENDORF, MATTHIAS · 2014 to 2017
$2.3M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL131478NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL118440NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL125703NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB009638
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyaluronan is a biologically active polymer, which can be formulated into nanoparticles. In our study, we aimed to probe atherosclerosis-associated inflammation by using hyaluronan nanoparticles and to determine whether they can ameliorate atherosclerosis. Hyaluronan nanoparticles (HA-NPs) were prepared by reacting amine-functionalized oligomeric hyaluronan (HA) with cholanic ester and labeled with a fluorescent or radioactive label. HA-NPs were characterized in vitro by several advanced microscopy methods. The targeting properties and biodistribution of HA-NPs were studied in apoe

Indexed as

AnimalsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsAtherosclerosisHyaluronic AcidMacrophagesMaleMiceNanoparticlesPlaque, AtheroscleroticPositron-Emission TomographyRabbitsTissue DistributionAnti-Inflammatory AgentsHyaluronic Acidantiatherogenic therapyanti-inflammatory effectsatherosclerosishyaluronan nanoparticlesinflammationPET imaging

Identifiers

PMID28463501
PMCPMC5492212
OpenAlexW2610518082

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