Evidence map›Paper›PMID 30961058›Full record

ReviewPolymers2018

Hyaluronic Acid-Based Nanomaterials for Cancer Therapy.

Jin Hong Kim, Myeong Ju Moon, Dong Yi Kim, Suk Hee Heo, Yong Yeon Jeong

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In one paragraph

Review in Polymers, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
67citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

67 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Hyaluronic acid-based drug nanocarriers as a novel drug delivery system for cancer chemotherapy: A systematic review.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2021
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7 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jin Hong KimDepartment of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea. abyss1015@naver.com.ORCID 0000-0003-1871-8400
Myeong Ju MoonDepartment of Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 58128, Korea. mjmoon2398@gmail.com.
Dong Yi KimDepartment of Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 61469, Korea. dockim@jnu.ac.kr.
Suk Hee HeoDepartment of Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 58128, Korea. hsh133@hanmail.net.
Yong Yeon JeongDepartment of Radiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun 58128, Korea. yjeong@jnu.ac.kr.
Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital · KRChonnam National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hyaluronic acid (HA) is a nonsulfated glycosaminoglycan and a major component of the extracellular matrix. HA is overexpressed by numerous tumor cells, especially tumor-initiating cells. HA-based nanomaterials play in importance role in drug delivery systems. HA is used in various types of nanomaterials including micelle, polymersome, hydrogel, and inorganic nanoparticle formulations. Many experiments show that HA-based nanomaterials can serve as a platform for targeted chemotherapy, gene therapy, immunotherapy, and combination therapy with good potential for future biomedical applications in cancer treatment.

Indexed as

cancerchemotherapycombination cancer therapygene deliverhyaluronic acid (HA)immunotherapynanoparticles (NPs)target therapy

Identifiers

PMID30961058
PMCPMC6403826
OpenAlexW2897979644

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