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ReviewChemical Society reviews2019

Hypoxia-targeted drug delivery.

Amit Sharma, Jonathan F Arambula, Seyoung Koo, Rajesh Kumar, Hardev Singh, Jonathan L Sessler, Jong Seung Kim

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Review in Chemical Society reviews, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 146 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
146citing papers in PubMed
15.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

146 citing papers in PubMed, 530 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Cobalt complexes in biology and medicine: enzymatic functions, pharmacological applications, and health challenges.Journal of biological inorganic chemistry : JBIC : a publication of the Society of Biological Inorganic Chemistry · 2026
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  9. Stimuli-Responsive Supramolecular Biomaterials for Cancer Theranostics.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  10. EngineeringRSC advances · 2026
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  14. Small-molecule control of CAR T cells.Nature reviews. Chemistry · 2025
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  15. Hypoxia Imaging as a Radiomics Signature in Tumors Using NovelbioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  16. Tumor Microenvironment-Responsive Nanomedicines for Potentiating Cancer Immunotherapy.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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86 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Amit SharmaDepartment of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Korea. jongskim@korea.ac.kr.
Jonathan F Arambula
Seyoung Koo
Rajesh Kumar
Hardev Singh
Jonathan L Sessler
Jong Seung Kim
Korea University · KRShanghai University · CNThe University of Texas at Austin · US

Funding

Biomedical Applications of Expanded Porphyrins: Development of Gold-Texaphyrin ConjugatesR01CA068682 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN · PI Esther Y. Maier, Emily L Que · 1995 to 2026
$7.4M
Dual Targeting Redox‐active Gold(I) TherapeuticsR15CA232765 · NCI · WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY · PI ARUMUGAM, KUPPUSWAMY · 2018 to 2018
$462k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA068682NCI NIH HHS R15 CA232765
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hypoxia is a state of low oxygen tension found in numerous solid tumours. It is typically associated with abnormal vasculature, which results in a reduced supply of oxygen and nutrients, as well as impaired delivery of drugs. The hypoxic nature of tumours often leads to the development of localized heterogeneous environments characterized by variable oxygen concentrations, relatively low pH, and increased levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The hypoxic heterogeneity promotes tumour invasiveness, metastasis, angiogenesis, and an increase in multidrug-resistant proteins. These factors decrease the therapeutic efficacy of anticancer drugs and can provide a barrier to advancing drug leads beyond the early stages of preclinical development. This review highlights various hypoxia-targeted and activated design strategies for the formulation of drugs or prodrugs and their mechanism of action for tumour diagnosis and treatment.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell HypoxiaDrug Delivery SystemsDrug DesignDrug LiberationDrug Resistance, MultipleDrug Resistance, NeoplasmHumansNeoplasmsProdrugsTumor MicroenvironmentAntineoplastic AgentsProdrugs

Identifiers

PMID30575832
PMCPMC6361706
OpenAlexW2906405458

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