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ReviewCancers2020

Microcellular Environmental Regulation of Silver Nanoparticles in Cancer Therapy: A Critical Review.

Ganesan Raja, Yoon-Kwan Jang, Jung-Soo Suh, Heon-Su Kim, Sang Hyun Ahn, Tae-Jin Kim

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Review in Cancers, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
38citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 96 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ganesan RajaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University, Pusan 46241, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-3060-6217
Yoon-Kwan JangIntegrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Pusan 46241, Korea.
Jung-Soo SuhIntegrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Pusan 46241, Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-9085-9032
Heon-Su KimIntegrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Pusan 46241, Korea.ORCID 0000-0001-5703-7793
Sang Hyun AhnIntegrated Biological Science, Pusan National University, Pusan 46241, Korea.
Tae-Jin KimDepartment of Biological Sciences, Pusan National University, Pusan 46241, Korea.
Pusan National University · KR

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2017R1D1A1B03035622
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) play significant roles in various cancer cells such as functional heterogeneity, microenvironmental differences, and reversible changes in cell properties (e.g., chemotherapy). There is a lack of targets for processes involved in tumor cellular heterogeneity, such as metabolic clampdown, cytotoxicity, and genotoxicity, which hinders microenvironmental biology. Proteogenomics and chemical metabolomics are important tools that can be used to study proteins/genes and metabolites in cells, respectively. Chemical metabolomics have many advantages over genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics in anticancer therapy. However, recent studies with AgNPs have revealed considerable genomic and proteomic changes, particularly in genes involved in tumor suppression, apoptosis, and oxidative stress. Metabolites interact biochemically with energy storage, neurotransmitters, and antioxidant defense systems. Mechanobiological studies of AgNPs in cancer metabolomics suggest that AgNPs may be promising tools that can be exploited to develop more robust and effective adaptive anticancer therapies. Herein, we present a proof-of-concept review for AgNPs-based proteogenomics and chemical metabolomics from various tumor cells with the help of several technologies, suggesting their promising use as drug carriers for cancer therapy.

Indexed as

cancer therapygenotoxicitymetabolomicsproteogenomicssilver nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID32178476
PMCPMC7140117
OpenAlexW3011668600

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