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Trial reportInternational journal of nanomedicine2017

Oligosaccharide nanomedicine of alginate sodium improves therapeutic results of posterior lumbar interbody fusion with cages for degenerative lumbar disease in osteoporosis patients by downregulating serum miR-155.

Yang Qu, Zhengming Wang, Haohan Zhou, Mingyang Kang, Rongpeng Dong, Jianwu Zhao

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Trial report in International journal of nanomedicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yang QuDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Zhengming WangDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Haohan ZhouDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Mingyang KangDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Rongpeng DongDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Jianwu ZhaoDepartment of Orthopedics, The Second Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, People's Republic of China.
Second Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Degenerative lumbar disease (DLD) is a significant issue for public health. Posterior lumbar intervertebral fusion with cages (PLIFC) has high-level fusion rate and realignment on DLD. However, there are some complications following the surgery. Alginate oligosaccharides (AOS) have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities and may be suitable for infection therapy. MiR-155 is a biomarker associated with inflammatory and oxidative stress. AOS may promote PLIFC therapy by regulating miR-155. Pluronic nanoparticles and oligosaccharide nanomedicine of alginate sodium (ONAS) were prepared with ampicillin at size <200 nm. Ninety-six DLD osteoporosis patients received PLIFC and were evenly assigned into ONAS group (OG, oral administration of 100 mg ONAS daily) and control group (PG, 100 mg pluronic nanoparticles). Serum miR-155 level was measured by real-time quantitative PCR. The levels of superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione (GSH), aspartate aminotransaminase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1ra) were measured. Weighted mean difference (WMD), relative risk (RR), complications, surgery infection rate, fusion rate, and Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA) scores were used to evaluate therapeutic efficacy. After 1-month therapy, infection rates and side effects were lower in OG than those in PG (RR =0.64, 95% confidence interval [CI] [0.48, 0.84],

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Spinal FusionAgedAlginatesAntioxidantsCell Line, TumorCytokinesDown-RegulationFemaleGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsHumansIntervertebral Disc DegenerationLumbar VertebraeMaleMicroRNAsNanomedicineAlginatesAntioxidantsCytokinesGlucuronic AcidHexuronic AcidsMicroRNAsMIRN155 microRNA, humanOligosaccharidesalginate oligosaccharideanti-inflammatoryantioxidantfusion rateinfection rateJapanese Orthopaedic AssociationOswestry Disability Index

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PMID29200854
PMCPMC5703176
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