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ArticleNano today2017

Complement activation turnover on surfaces of nanoparticles.

S M Moghimi, D Simberg

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Article in Nano today, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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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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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 99 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. An Overview of Nanoparticle Protein Corona Literature.Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany) · 2023
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  12. Perspectives on complement and phagocytic cell responses to nanoparticles: From fundamentals to adverse reactions.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023
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  14. Nanometer- and angstrom-scale characteristics that modulate complement responses to nanoparticles.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

S M MoghimiSchool of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Queen's Campus, Stockton-on-Tees, TS17 6BH, United Kingdom.
D SimbergSkaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 12850 East Montview Blvd., Aurora, CO, 80045, USA.
Durham University · GBUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · US

Funding

The alternative complement pathway and hemocompatibility of nanosurfacesR01EB022040 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SIMBERG, DMITRI · 2016 to 2019
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB022040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system is an important component of the innate immune system, which contributes to non-specific host defence. Particulate matters, such as invading pathogens and nanomedicines, in the blood may activate the complement system through classical, lectin and alternative pathways. Complement activation can aid recognition and clearance of particulate matters by immune cells, but uncontrolled complement activation can inflict damage and be life threatening. Plasma proteins on adsorption to surfaces of nanoparticles also play a significant role in complement activation and particularly through the alternative pathway. This process is continuous and changeable in vivo; protein-complement complexes are formed on the nanoparticle surface and then released and the cycle repeats on further plasma protein deposition. This complement activation turnover poses a challenge for design of immune-safe nanomedicines.

Indexed as

Adverse injection reactionsComplement systemProtein adsorptionStealth therapeutic nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID29399037
PMCPMC5794016
OpenAlexW2605784954

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Registered trials

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