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ReviewPharmaceutics2018

Dealing with Skin and Blood-Brain Barriers: The Unconventional Challenges of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles.

Alessandra Nigro, Michele Pellegrino, Marianna Greco, Alessandra Comandè, Diego Sisci, Luigi Pasqua, Antonella Leggio, Catia Morelli

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  6. Silica-Based Advanced Nanoparticles For Treating Ischemic Disease.Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine · 2023
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  15. Interleukin-6: Molecule in the Intersection of Cancer, Ageing and COVID-19.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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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

8 authors.

Alessandra NigroDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. nigroale16@gmail.com.
Michele PellegrinoDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. michele.pellegrino@unical.it.
Marianna GrecoDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. mariannagreco.89@gmail.com.
Alessandra ComandèDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. alessandracomande@outlook.it.
Diego SisciDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. diego.sisci@unical.it.ORCID 0000-0001-6577-1541
Luigi PasquaDepartment of Environmental and Chemical Engineering, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. luigi.pasqua@unical.it.
Antonella LeggioDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. antonella.leggio@unical.it.
Catia MorelliDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutritional Sciences, University of Calabria, 87036 Rende, Italy. catia.morelli@unical.it.ORCID 0000-0002-9407-0805

Funding

Regione Calabria NANOCAL CUP J28C17000200006 - POR Calabria FESR-FSE 2014-2020 Action 1.2.2 - Grants for R&D Projects.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in nanotechnology for drug delivery are fostering significant progress in medicine and diagnostics. The multidisciplinary nature of the nanotechnology field encouraged the development of innovative strategies and materials to treat a wide range of diseases in a highly specific way, which allows reducing the drug dosage and, consequently, improving the patient's compliance. Due to their good biocompatibility, easy synthesis, and high versatility, inorganic frameworks represent a valid tool to achieve this aim. In this context, Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles (MSNs) are emerging in the biomedical field. For their ordered porosity and high functionalizable surface, achievable with an inexpensive synthesis process and being non-hazardous to biological tissues, MSNs offer ideal solutions to host, protect, and transport drugs to specific target sites. Extensive literature exists on the use of MSNs as targeted vehicles for systemic (chemo) therapy and for imaging/diagnostic purposes. However, the aim of this review is to give an overview of the last updates on the potential applications of the MSNs for Topical Drug Delivery (TDD) and as drug delivery systems into the brain, discussing their performances and advantages in dealing with these intriguing biological barriers.

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blood-brain barrier (BBB)drug delivery system (DDS)mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs)topical drug delivery (TDD)

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PMID30513731
PMCPMC6320758

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