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ArticleFASEB bioAdvances2019

Silver nanoparticles selectively treat triple-negative breast cancer cells without affecting non-malignant breast epithelial cells in vitro and in vivo.

Jessica Swanner, Cale D Fahrenholtz, Iliana Tenvooren, Brian W Bernish, James J Sears, Allison Hooker, Cristina M Furdui, Elizabeth Alli, Wencheng Li, George L Donati and 3 more

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Article in FASEB bioAdvances, 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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44citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 99 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

13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Jessica SwannerDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
Cale D FahrenholtzDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
Iliana TenvoorenDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
Brian W BernishDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
James J SearsDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
Allison HookerSalem College Winston Salem NC USA.
Cristina M FurduiDepartment of Internal Medicine Section on Molecular Medicine Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem NC USA.
Elizabeth AlliDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
Wencheng LiDepartment of Pathology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem NC USA.
George L DonatiDepartment of Chemistry Wake Forest University Winston-Salem NC USA.
Katherine L CookDepartment of Surgery Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston-Salem NC USA.
Pierre-Alexandre VidiDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
Ravi SinghDepartment of Cancer Biology Wake Forest School of Medicine Winston Salem NC USA.
Wake Forest University · USAtrium Health Wake Forest Baptist · USSalem College · US

Funding

Tumor Tissue CoreP30CA012197 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Ruben A. Mesa · 1985 to 2026
$55.4M
Training Program in Cancer BiologyT32CA079448 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI KRIDEL, STEVEN J. · 2000 to 2014
$6.5M
Development of a novel therapeutic agent that exploits specific vulnerabilities in claudin low breast cancerR01CA207222 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI SINGH, RAVI N · 2017 to 2021
$1.7M
Interplay Between Tissue Architecture and Nuclear Organization in the DNA DamageR00CA163957 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI VIDI, PIERRE-ALEXANDRE · 2015 to 2017
$747k
Targeting defective DNA repair for the prevention of BRCA1-associated cancersK22CA181550 · NCI · WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI ALLI, ELIZABETH · 2015 to 2017
$486k
NCI NIH HHS K22 CA181550NCI NIH HHS P30 CA012197NCI NIH HHS R00 CA163957NCI NIH HHS R01 CA207222NCI NIH HHS T32 CA079448
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) show promise for treatment of aggressive cancers including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) in preclinical cancer models. For clinical development of AgNP-based therapeutics, it will be necessary to clearly define the specific physicochemical features of the nanoparticles that will be used, and to tie these properties to biological outcomes. To fill this knowledge gap, we performed thorough structure/function, mechanistic, safety, and efficacy studies to assess the potential for AgNPs to treat TNBC. We establish that AgNPs, regardless of size, shape, or stabilizing agent, are highly cytotoxic to TNBC cells at doses that are not cytotoxic to non-malignant breast epithelial cells. In contrast, TNBC cells and non-malignant breast epithelial cells are similarly sensitive to exposure to silver cation (Ag

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PMID32123812
PMCPMC6996381
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