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ArticleScience advances2019

A self-illuminating nanoparticle for inflammation imaging and cancer therapy.

Xiaoqiu Xu, Huijie An, Dinglin Zhang, Hui Tao, Yin Dou, Xiaohui Li, Jun Huang, Jianxiang Zhang

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Article in Science advances, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers.

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54citing papers in PubMed
11.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

54 citing papers in PubMed, 223 citations in OpenAlex.

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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 at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaoqiu XuDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0151-5295
Huijie AnDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3241-9661
Dinglin ZhangDepartment of Chemistry, College of Basic Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0003-4400-919X
Hui TaoDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.
Yin DouDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0151-5295
Xiaohui LiDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0001-9653-9227
Jun HuangInstitute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0271-4384
Jianxiang ZhangDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0984-2947
Army Medical University · CNUniversity of Chicago · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoparticles have been extensively used for inflammation imaging and photodynamic therapy of cancer. However, the major translational barriers to most nanoparticle-based imaging and therapy applications are the limited depth of tissue penetration, inevitable requirement of external irradiation, and poor biocompatibility of the nanoparticles. To overcome these critical limitations, we synthesized a sensitive, specific, biodegradable luminescent nanoparticle that is self-assembled from an amphiphilic polymeric conjugate with a luminescent donor (luminol) and a fluorescent acceptor [chlorin e6 (Ce6)] for in vivo luminescence imaging and photodynamic therapy in deep tissues. Mechanistically, reactive oxygen species (ROS) and myeloperoxidase generated in inflammatory sites or the tumor microenvironment trigger bioluminescence resonance energy transfer and the production of singlet oxygen (

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A549 CellsAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsChlorophyllidesHumansInflammationLuminescenceLuminescent AgentsLuminolMaleMCF-7 CellsMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLMice, NudeNanoparticlesAntineoplastic AgentsChlorophyllidesLuminescent AgentsLuminolphytochlorinPolymersPorphyrinsReactive Oxygen Species

Identifiers

PMID30662940
PMCPMC6326751
OpenAlexW2910793628

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