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ReviewPharmaceutics2019

Plant/Bacterial Virus-Based Drug Discovery, Drug Delivery, and Therapeutics.

Esen Sokullu, Hoda Soleymani Abyaneh, Marc A Gauthier

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed
4.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Phage Display as a Promising Platform for Peptide Drug Discovery.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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  4. The Next Generation of Drug Delivery: Harnessing the Power of Bacteriophages.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  7. Potential Applications of Thermophilic Bacteriophages in One Health.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  9. Biomimetic Exosomes: A New Generation of Drug Delivery System.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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  16. Engineered Bacteriophage Therapeutics: Rationale, Challenges and Future.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2021
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  19. Application of Bacteriophages in Nanotechnology.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Esen SokulluInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), EMT Research Center, Varennes, QC J3X 1S2, Canada. sokullu@emt.inrs.ca.
Hoda Soleymani AbyanehInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), EMT Research Center, Varennes, QC J3X 1S2, Canada. hoda.soleymani@emt.inrs.ca.
Marc A GauthierInstitut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS), EMT Research Center, Varennes, QC J3X 1S2, Canada. gauthier@emt.inrs.ca.
Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique · CA

Funding

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2015-04254
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses have recently emerged as promising nanomaterials for biotechnological applications. One of the most important applications of viruses is phage display, which has already been employed to identify a broad range of potential therapeutic peptides and antibodies, as well as other biotechnologically relevant polypeptides (including protease inhibitors, minimizing proteins, and cell/organ targeting peptides). Additionally, their high stability, easily modifiable surface, and enormous diversity in shape and size, distinguish viruses from synthetic nanocarriers used for drug delivery. Indeed, several plant and bacterial viruses (e.g., phages) have been investigated and applied as drug carriers. The ability to remove the genetic material within the capsids of some plant viruses and phages produces empty viral-like particles that are replication-deficient and can be loaded with therapeutic agents. This review summarizes the current applications of plant viruses and phages in drug discovery and as drug delivery systems and includes a discussion of the present status of virus-based materials in clinical research, alongside the observed challenges and opportunities.

Indexed as

bacteriophagedrug deliverydrug discoveryencapsulationphage displayplantvirus

Identifiers

PMID31058814
PMCPMC6572107
OpenAlexW2943732850

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Registered trials

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