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ReviewAngewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)2019

Cubosomes: The Next Generation of Smart Lipid Nanoparticles?

Hanna M G Barriga, Margaret N Holme, Molly M Stevens

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Review in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

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130citing papers in PubMed
16.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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

130 citing papers in PubMed, 489 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Lipid cubosome nanoparticles for drug delivery.Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2025
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  18. Microfluidic Flow-Focusing for Size-Controlled Formation of Cubosomes.Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids · 2025
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  20. TS2CG as a Membrane Builder.Journal of chemical theory and computation · 2025
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70 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Hanna M G BarrigaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-2530-5332
Margaret N HolmeDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7314-9493
Molly M StevensDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.ORCID 0000-0002-7335-266X
Karolinska Institutet · SE

Funding

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/J017566/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/K020641/1Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council EP/K031953/1European Research Council 616417FP7 People: Marie-Curie Actions 626766H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions 703666Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung P300PA_171540Seventh Framework Programme (Consolidator Grant) 616417Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning IRC15-0065
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cubosomes are highly stable nanoparticles formed from the lipid cubic phase and stabilized by a polymer based outer corona. Bicontinuous lipid cubic phases consist of a single lipid bilayer that forms a continuous periodic membrane lattice structure with pores formed by two interwoven water channels. Cubosome composition can be tuned to engineer pore sizes or include bioactive lipids, the polymer outer corona can be used for targeting and they are highly stable under physiological conditions. Compared to liposomes, the structure provides a significantly higher membrane surface area for loading of membrane proteins and small drug molecules. Owing to recent advances, they can be engineered in vitro in both bulk and nanoparticle formats with applications including drug delivery, membrane bioreactors, artificial cells, and biosensors. This review outlines recent advances in cubosome technology enabling their application and provides guidelines for the rational design of new systems for biomedical applications.

Indexed as

cubosomesdrug deliverylipidsnanoparticlesself-assembly

Identifiers

PMID29926520
PMCPMC6606436
OpenAlexW2808722599

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