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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2019

A comparative study: the prospective influence of nanovectors in leveraging the chemopreventive potential of COX-2 inhibitors against skin cancer.

Noha Khalifa Abo Aasy, Doaa Ragab, Marwa Ahmed Sallam, Doaa A Abdelmonsif, Rania G Aly, Kadria A Elkhodairy

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Noha Khalifa Abo AasyDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt.ORCID 0000-0003-4348-0318
Doaa RagabDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt.
Marwa Ahmed SallamDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt.
Doaa A AbdelmonsifDepartment of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Rania G AlyDepartment of Surgical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
Kadria A ElkhodairyDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Alexandria University, Alexandria 21521, Egypt.
Alexandria University · EGHarvard University · USWestern University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThis study was conducted to elucidate the chemopreventive potential, cytotoxic, and suppression of cellular metastatic activity of etodolac (ETD)-loaded nanocarriers.

methodsTo esteem the effect of charge and composition of the nanovectors on their performance, four types of vectors namely, negative lipid nanovesicles; phosalosomes (N-Phsoms), positive phosalosomes (P-Phsoms), nanostructured lipid carriers (NLCs) and polymeric alginate polymer (AlgNPs) were prepared and compared. ETD was used as a model cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitor to evaluate the potency of these nanovectors to increase ETD permeation and retention through human skin and cytotoxicity against squamous cell carcinoma cell line (SCC). Moreover, the chemopreventive activity of ETD nanovector on mice skin cancer model was evaluated.

resultsAmong the utilized nanovectors, ETD-loaded N-Phsoms depicted spherical vesicles with the smallest particle size (202.96±2.37 nm) and a high zeta potential of -24.8±4.16 mV. N-Phsoms exhibited 1.5, and 3.6 folds increase in the ETD amount deposited in stratum corneum, epidermis and dermis. Moreover, cytotoxicity studies revealed a significant cytotoxic potential of such nanovector with IC

conclusionEncapsulation of ETD in nanovector enhances its in-vitro and in-vivo anti-tumor activity and opens the door for encapsulation of more relevant drugs.

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ChemopreventionAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCyclooxygenase 2Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsDrug CarriersDrug LiberationEtodolacFemaleHumansInhibitory Concentration 50LipidsMiceNanostructuresAntineoplastic AgentsCyclooxygenase 2Cyclooxygenase 2 InhibitorsDrug CarriersEtodolacLipidschemopreventionconfocal laser microscopyCOX-2cytotoxicitymetastasisskin cancer

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