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ArticleAntioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Polyester-Based Dendrimer Nanoparticles Combined with Etoposide Have an Improved Cytotoxic and Pro-Oxidant Effect on Human Neuroblastoma Cells.

Silvana Alfei, Barbara Marengo, Cinzia Domenicotti

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Article in Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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32citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Silvana AlfeiDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Genoa, Viale Cembrano, 16148 Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4630-4371
Barbara MarengoDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genova, Via Alberti L.B., 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Cinzia DomenicottiDepartment of Experimental Medicine (DIMES), University of Genova, Via Alberti L.B., 16132 Genoa, Italy.
University of Genoa · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Etoposide (ETO) is a cytotoxic drug that exerts its effect by increasing reactive oxygen species (ROS) production. Although ETO is widely used, fast metabolism, poor solubility, systemic toxicity, and multi-drug resistance induction all limit its administration dosage and its therapeutic efficiency. In order to address these issues, a biodegradable dendrimer was prepared for entrapping and protecting ETO and for enhancing its solubility and effectiveness. The achieved dendrimer complex with ETO (CPX

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etoposideimproved solubilitylab-made biodegradable dendrimernanoparticle formulationneuroblastoma cellsprotracted releasesynergistic action

Identifiers

PMID31935872
PMCPMC7022520
OpenAlexW2997227193

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