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ArticlePharmaceutics2019

Macrophage Targeting pH Responsive Polymersomes for Glucocorticoid Therapy.

Virgínia M Gouveia, Loris Rizzello, Claudia Nunes, Alessandro Poma, Lorena Ruiz-Perez, António Oliveira, Salette Reis, Giuseppe Battaglia

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 17% 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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Nanoparticulate RNA delivery systems in cancer.Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Virgínia M GouveiaLAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-1643-7744
Loris RizzelloDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.
Claudia NunesLAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Alessandro PomaDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2913-0389
Lorena Ruiz-PerezDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.
António OliveiraAbel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute, University of Porto, Portugal, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Salette ReisLAQV/REQUIMTE, Department of Chemical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.
Giuseppe BattagliaDepartment of Chemistry, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AJ, UK.
Universidade do Porto · PTEastman Dental Hospital · GBEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council · GBInstitució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats · ESInstitute for Bioengineering of Catalonia · ES

Funding

National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research NC/L002175/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucocorticoid (GC) drugs are the cornerstone therapy used in the treatment of inflammatory diseases. Here, we report pH responsive poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine)-poly(2-(diisopropylamino)ethyl methacrylate) (PMPC-PDPA) polymersomes as a suitable nanoscopic carrier to precisely and controllably deliver GCs within inflamed target cells. The in vitro cellular studies revealed that polymersomes ensure the stability, selectivity and bioavailability of the loaded drug within macrophages. At molecular level, we tested key inflammation-related markers, such as the nuclear factor-κB, tumour necrosis factor-α, interleukin-1β, and interleukin-6. With this, we demonstrated that pH responsive polymersomes are able to enhance the anti-inflammatory effect of loaded GC drug. Overall, we prove the potential of PMPC-PDPA polymersomes to efficiently promote the inflammation shutdown, while reducing the well-known therapeutic limitations in GC-based therapy.

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glucocorticoidinflammationmacrophagespolymersomes

Identifiers

PMID31731713
PMCPMC6920840
OpenAlexW2986747789

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