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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Applications of Nanomaterials in Leishmaniasis: A Focus on Recent Advances and Challenges.

Kiran Saleem, Zainab Khursheed, Christophe Hano, Iram Anjum, Sumaira Anjum

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 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

5 authors.

Kiran SaleemDepartment of Biotechnology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Zainab KhursheedDepartment of Biotechnology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.
Christophe HanoLaboratoire de Biologie des Ligneux et des Grandes Cultures, INRA USC1328/Université d'Orléans, Chartres 28000, France.
Iram AnjumDepartment of Biotechnology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-9015-3179
Sumaira AnjumDepartment of Biotechnology, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0003-2276-8785

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Leishmaniasis is a widely distributed protozoan vector-born disease affecting almost 350 million people. Initially, chemotherapeutic drugs were employed for leishmania treatment but they had toxic side effects. Various nanotechnology-based techniques and products have emerged as anti-leishmanial drugs, including liposomes, lipid nano-capsules, metal and metallic oxide nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanovaccines, due to their unique properties, such as bioavailability, lowered toxicity, targeted drug delivery, and biodegradability. Many new studies have emerged with nanoparticles serving as promising therapeutic agent for anti-leishmanial disease treatment. Liposomal Amphotericin B (AmB) is one of the successful nano-based drugs with high efficacy and negligible toxicity. A new nanovaccine concept has been studied as a carrier for targeted delivery. This review discusses different nanotechnology-based techniques, materials, and their efficacies in leishmaniasis treatment and their futuristic improvements.

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Leishmania diseaseleishmaniasisliposomesnanotechnologynanovaccinepromastigote

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PMID31818029
PMCPMC6955954

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