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ReviewDrug discovery today2018

Nanogels as potential drug nanocarriers for CNS drug delivery.

Arti Vashist, Ajeet Kaushik, Atul Vashist, Jyoti Bala, Roozbeh Nikkhah-Moshaie, Vidya Sagar, Madhavan Nair

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Review in Drug discovery today, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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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

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

48 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Dendrimers-based Hydrogels and Nanogels for Drug Delivery.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2026
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  20. Nanogels as novel drug nanocarriers for CNS drug delivery.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2023
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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

7 authors.

Arti VashistCentre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: avashist@fiu.edu.
Ajeet KaushikCentre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Atul VashistDepartment of Biotechnology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
Jyoti BalaCentre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Roozbeh Nikkhah-MoshaieCentre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Vidya SagarCentre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA.
Madhavan NairCentre for Personalized Nanomedicine, Institute of Neuro-Immune Pharmacology, Department of Immunology, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: nairm@fiu.edu.

Funding

Nanotechnology Based Gene Editing to Eradicate HIV Brain Reservoir in Drug AbusersR01DA042706 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI KHALILI, KAMEL, NAIR, MADHAVAN P. · 2016 to 2020
$3.2M
Polydrug Nanocarrier to Treat Opiate Addiction and HIV DiseaseR01DA027049 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI NAIR, MADHAVAN P. · 2009 to 2014
$3.1M
To evaluate the role of cannabinoid signaling during the comorbidity of HIV and Alzheimer¿s disease in the context of HIV-associated cognitive disordersR01DA040537 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI NAIR, MADHAVAN P. · 2015 to 2019
$3.0M
Cocaine in the Neuropathogenesis of HIV infection: Role of HDAC2R01DA034547 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI NAIR, MADHAVAN P. · 2013 to 2018
$1.8M
Multifunctional Nanocarrier to Eradicate HIV from latently infected CNS cells andR01DA037838 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI NAIR, MADHAVAN P. · 2014 to 2018
$1.8M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA027049NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA034547NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA037838NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA040537NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042706
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrogel-based drug delivery systems (DDSs) have versatile applications such, as tissue engineering, scaffolds, drug delivery, and regenerative medicines. The drawback of higher size and poor stability in such DDSs are being addressed by developing nano-sized hydrogel particles, known as nanogels, to achieve the desired biocompatibility and encapsulation efficiency for better efficacy than conventional bulk hydrogels. In this review, we describe advances in the development of nanogels and their promotion as nanocarriers to deliver therapeutic agents to the central nervous system (CNS). We also discuss the challenges, possible solutions, and future prospects for the use of nanogel-based DDSs for CNS therapies.

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Drug CarriersNanoparticlesAnimalsBlood-Brain BarrierCapillary PermeabilityCentral Nervous System AgentsDrug CompoundingGelsHumansNanomedicineCentral Nervous System AgentsDrug CarriersGels

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PMID29775669
PMCPMC6598698

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