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ReviewPharmaceutics2019

Gemcitabine Combination Nano Therapies for Pancreatic Cancer.

Kamalika Samanta, Saini Setua, Sonam Kumari, Meena Jaggi, Murali M Yallapu, Subhash C Chauhan

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Kamalika SamantaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Cancer Research, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. ksamanta@uthsc.edu.
Saini SetuaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Cancer Research, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. ssetua@uthsc.edu.
Sonam KumariDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Center for Cancer Research, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, USA. skumari@uthsc.edu.
Meena JaggiDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, McAllen, TX 78503, USA. meena.jaggi@utrgv.edu.
Murali M YallapuDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, McAllen, TX 78503, USA. murali.yallapu@utrgv.edu.
Subhash C ChauhanDepartment of Immunology and Microbiology, Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy, School of Medicine, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, McAllen, TX 78503, USA. subhash.chauhan@utrgv.edu.

Funding

MUC13 Mucin in Colorectal Cancer Health DisparityR01CA204552 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY · PI CHAUHAN, SUBHASH C. · 2016 to 2020
$1.7M
Development of Targeted Nanotechnology Platform for Pancreatic CancerR01CA206069 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY · PI CHAUHAN, SUBHASH C. · 2016 to 2021
$1.7M
Targeted Nanotherapy for Pancreatic CancerR01CA210192 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS RIO GRANDE VALLEY · PI CHAUHAN, SUBHASH C. · 2016 to 2021
$1.7M
Herb Kosten Foundation Pancreatic Cancer FundingNCI NIH HHS R01 CA204552NCI NIH HHS R01 CA206069NCI NIH HHS R01 CA210192
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest causes of cancer-related death in the United States, with a 5-year overall survival rate of 6 to 8%. These statistics suggest that immediate medical attention is needed. Gemcitabine (GEM) is the gold standard first-line single chemotherapy agent for pancreatic cancer but, after a few months, cells develop chemoresistance. Multiple clinical and experimental investigations have demonstrated that a combination or co-administration of other drugs as chemotherapies with GEM lead to superior therapeutic benefits. However, such combination therapies often induce severe systemic toxicities. Thus, developing strategies to deliver a combination of chemotherapeutic agents more securely to patients is needed. Nanoparticle-mediated delivery can offer to load a cocktail of drugs, increase stability and availability, on-demand and tumor-specific delivery while minimizing chemotherapy-associated adverse effects. This review discusses the available drugs being co-administered with GEM and the limitations associated during the process of co-administration. This review also helps in providing knowledge of the significant number of delivery platforms being used to overcome problems related to gemcitabine-based co-delivery of other chemotherapeutic drugs, thereby focusing on how nanocarriers have been fabricated, considering the modes of action, targeting receptors, pharmacology of chemo drugs incorporated with GEM, and the differences in the physiological environment where the targeting is to be done. This review also documents the focus on novel mucin-targeted nanotechnology which is under development for pancreatic cancer therapy.

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chemotherapycombination therapydrug resistanceGemcitabinenanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID31689930
PMCPMC6920852

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