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ArticlePharmaceutics2018

Long-Circulating Hyaluronan-Based Nanohydrogels as Carriers of Hydrophobic Drugs.

Chiara Di Meo, Mayte Martínez-Martínez, Tommasina Coviello, Marival Bermejo, Virginia Merino, Isabel Gonzalez-Alvarez, Marta Gonzalez-Alvarez, Pietro Matricardi

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 35% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Chiara Di MeoDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. chiara.dimeo@uniroma1.it.
Mayte Martínez-MartínezDepartment of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain. maytemartinezmartinez@hotmail.com.
Tommasina CovielloDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. tommasina.coviello@uniroma1.it.
Marival BermejoDepartment of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain. mbermejo@goumh.umh.es.
Virginia MerinoInstituto Interuniversitario de Investigación de Reconocimiento Molecular y Desarrollo Tecnológico (IDM), Universitat Politècnica de València, 46100 Burjassot, Spain. virginia.merino@uv.es.
Isabel Gonzalez-AlvarezDepartment of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain. isabel.gonzalez@goumh.umh.es.
Marta Gonzalez-AlvarezDepartment of Pharmacokinetics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Miguel Hernandez University, San Juan de Alicante, 03550 Alicante, Spain. marta.gonzalez@umh.es.
Pietro MatricardiDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technologies, Sapienza University of Rome, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy. pietro.matricardi@uniroma1.it.ORCID 0000-0003-2086-911X
Universitat de Miguel Hernández d'Elx · ESSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversitat de València · ES

Funding

Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad SAF2016-78756Ministry of Education and Science of Spain FPU13-01105University "Sapienza" RM11715C1743EE89University "Sapienza" RP116154C2EF9AC8
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanohydrogels based on natural polymers, such as polysaccharides, are gaining interest as vehicles for therapeutic agents, as they can modify the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the carried drugs. In this work, hyaluronan-riboflavin nanohydrogels were tested in vivo in healthy rats highlighting their lack of toxicity, even at high doses, and their different biodistribution with respect to that of native hyaluronan. They were also exploited as carriers of a hydrophobic model drug, the anti-inflammatory piroxicam, that was physically embedded within the nanohydrogels by an autoclave treatment. The nanoformulation was tested by intravenous administration showing an improvement of the pharmacokinetic parameters of the molecule. The obtained results indicate that hyaluronan-based self-assembled nanohydrogels are suitable systems for low-soluble drug administration, by increasing the dose as well as the circulation time of poorly available therapeutic agents.

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biodistributionhyaluronanhydrophobic drugsnanohydrogelspharmacokineticpiroxicamriboflavin

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PMID30400294
PMCPMC6320896
OpenAlexW2898782324

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