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ArticleDrug delivery2018

Brain-targeted delivery of PEGylated nano-bacitracin A against Penicillin-sensitive and -resistant Pneumococcal meningitis: formulated with RVG

Wei Hong, Zehui Zhang, Lipeng Liu, Yining Zhao, Dexian Zhang, Mingchun Liu

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Article in Drug delivery, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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13citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Wei Honga Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Liaoning Province, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University , Shenyang , P.R. China.
Zehui Zhanga Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Liaoning Province, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University , Shenyang , P.R. China.
Lipeng Liua Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Liaoning Province, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University , Shenyang , P.R. China.
Yining Zhaoa Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Liaoning Province, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University , Shenyang , P.R. China.
Dexian Zhanga Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Liaoning Province, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University , Shenyang , P.R. China.
Mingchun Liua Key Laboratory of Zoonosis of Liaoning Province, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shenyang Agricultural University , Shenyang , P.R. China.
Shenyang Agricultural University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumococcal meningitis (PM), caused by Streptococcus pneumonia, remains a high-burden disease in developing countries. Antibiotic therapy has been limited due to the inefficiency of drug transport across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and the emergence of drug-resistant strains. In our preliminary study, PEGylated nano-self-assemblies of bacitracin A (PEGylated Nano-BA

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AnimalsAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacitracinBrainDrug CompoundingDrug Delivery SystemsDrug Resistance, BacterialMaleMeningitis, PneumococcalMiceMicellesMicrobial Sensitivity TestsNanoparticlesPenicillinsPeptide FragmentsPoloxamerAnti-Bacterial AgentsBacitracinbacitracin Aglycoprotein G (29-41), rabies virusMicellesPenicillinsPeptide FragmentsPoloxamerPolyethylene GlycolsViral Envelope Proteinsblood-brain barrierPluronic® P85 unimersPneumococcal meningitisrabies virus glycoproteinRVG29-Nano-BAP85

Identifiers

PMID30404541
PMCPMC6225518
OpenAlexW2899983564

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