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ReviewJournal of functional biomaterials2019

Biocompatible Polymer Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications in Cancer and Neurodegenerative Disorder Therapies.

Eleonora Calzoni, Alessio Cesaretti, Alice Polchi, Alessandro Di Michele, Brunella Tancini, Carla Emiliani

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Review in Journal of functional biomaterials, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 137 papers.

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137citing papers in PubMed
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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

137 citing papers in PubMed.

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  9. Nanomedicine in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease: bypassing the blood-brain barrier with cutting-edge nanotechnology.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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77 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

6 authors.

Eleonora CalzoniDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06123 Perugia, Italy. eleonoracalzoni@gmail.com.
Alessio CesarettiDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06123 Perugia, Italy. alex.cesaretti14@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5814-8524
Alice PolchiDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06123 Perugia, Italy. alicepolchi@virgilio.it.
Alessandro Di MicheleDepartment of Physics and Geology, University of Perugia, via Pascoli, 06123 Perugia, Italy. alessandro.dimichele@unipg.it.ORCID 0000-0002-0357-2608
Brunella TanciniDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06123 Perugia, Italy. brunella.tancini@unipg.it.
Carla EmilianiDepartment of Chemistry, Biology and Biotechnology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Section, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06123 Perugia, Italy. carla.emiliani@unipg.it.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymer nanoparticles (NPs) represent one of the most innovative non-invasive approaches for drug delivery applications. NPs main objective is to convey the therapeutic molecule be they drugs, proteins, or nucleic acids directly into the target organ or tissue. Many polymers are used for the synthesis of NPs and among the currently most employed materials several biocompatible synthetic polymers, namely polylactic acid (PLA), poly lactic-

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cancer therapydrug deliverynanoparticlesneurodegenerative disease therapypolymers

Identifiers

PMID30626094
PMCPMC6463038

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