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ArticleJournal of biomedical materials research. Part A2018

Nanoceria-loaded injectable hydrogels for potential age-related macular degeneration treatment.

Kai Wang, Rajendra Narayan Mitra, Min Zheng, Zongchao Han

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Article in Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers.

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27citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 12% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Kai WangDepartment of Ophthalmology, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.
Rajendra Narayan MitraDepartment of Ophthalmology, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.
Min ZhengDepartment of Ophthalmology, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.
Zongchao HanDepartment of Ophthalmology, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599.ORCID 0000-0002-2019-395X
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Targeting Retinitis Pigmentosa Using Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of Genomic DNAR01EY026564 · NEI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HAN, ZONGCHAO · 2016 to 2020
$1.9M
Nanoparticle-mediated gene delivery for rhodopsin-associated retinitis pigmentosaR21EY024059 · NEI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HAN, ZONGCHAO · 2014 to 2015
$408k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026564NEI NIH HHS R21 EY024059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The major purpose of this article is to evaluate oligochitosan coated cerium oxide nanoparticles (OCCNPs) alginate laden injectable hydrogels and their potential treatment for age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The water soluble OCCNPs were loaded within injectable hydrogels as antioxidative agents. The release of OCCNPs from hydrogel, radical scavenging properties, and biocompatibility were evaluated and calculated in vitro. The effects of OCCNP laden hydrogel downregulating expression of angiogenic proteins and proinflammatory cytokines were quantified in human retinal pigment epithlium-19 (ARPE-19) and umbilical endothelium cell lines. The hydrogels behaved with moderate swelling and controllable degradation. The laden OCCNPs were released in a controlled manner in vitro during two months of testing. The OCCNP loaded hydrogels exhibited robust antioxidative properties in oxygen radical absorbance capacity tests and reduced apoptosis in H

Indexed as

AlginatesAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntioxidantsBiocompatible MaterialsCell LineCeriumChitosanDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsGelatinHumansHuman Umbilical Vein Endothelial CellsHydrogelsMacular DegenerationNeovascularization, PhysiologicAlginatesAngiogenesis InhibitorsAntioxidantsBiocompatible Materialsceric oxideCeriumChitosanDrug CarriersGelatinHydrogelsalginate injectable hydrogelAMDcellular modelscerium oxide nanoparticle

Identifiers

PMID29752862
PMCPMC6231995
OpenAlexW2801386512

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