Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32382832›Full record

ReviewTopics in current chemistry (Cham)2020

Magnetic Nanoparticles as MRI Contrast Agents.

Ashish Avasthi, Carlos Caro, Esther Pozo-Torres, Manuel Pernia Leal, María Luisa García-Martín

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Review in Topics in current chemistry (Cham), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 81 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
10.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 245 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ashish AvasthiBIONAND - Centro Andaluz de Nanomedicina y Biotecnología, Junta de Andalucía-Universidad de Málaga, C/Severo Ochoa, 35, 29590, Málaga, Spain.
Carlos CaroBIONAND - Centro Andaluz de Nanomedicina y Biotecnología, Junta de Andalucía-Universidad de Málaga, C/Severo Ochoa, 35, 29590, Málaga, Spain.
Esther Pozo-TorresDepartamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Seville, Spain.
Manuel Pernia LealDepartamento de Química Orgánica y Farmacéutica, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad de Sevilla, 41012, Seville, Spain. mpernia@us.es.
María Luisa García-MartínBIONAND - Centro Andaluz de Nanomedicina y Biotecnología, Junta de Andalucía-Universidad de Málaga, C/Severo Ochoa, 35, 29590, Málaga, Spain. mlgarcia@bionand.es.
Universidad de Málaga · ESUniversidad de Sevilla · ESBiomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine · ES

Funding

Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades CTQ2017-86655-R
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional contrast agents (CAs) for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). They have been extensively investigated as CAs due to their high biocompatibility and excellent magnetic properties. Furthermore, the ease of functionalization of their surfaces with different types of ligands (antibodies, peptides, sugars, etc.) opens up the possibility of carrying out molecular MRI. Thus, IONPs functionalized with epithelial growth factor receptor antibodies, short peptides, like RGD, or aptamers, among others, have been proposed for the diagnosis of various types of cancer, including breast, stomach, colon, kidney, liver or brain cancer. In addition to cancer diagnosis, different types of IONPs have been developed for other applications, such as the detection of brain inflammation or the early diagnosis of thrombosis. This review addresses key aspects in the development of IONPs for MRI applications, namely, synthesis of the inorganic core, functionalization processes to make IONPs biocompatible and also to target them to specific tissues or cells, and finally in vivo studies in animal models, with special emphasis on tumor models.

Indexed as

Magnetic Resonance ImagingAnimalsContrast MediaHumansMagnetite NanoparticlesContrast MediaMagnetite NanoparticlesCancerDiagnosisIron oxide nanoparticlesMagnetic nanoparticlesMagnetic resonance imaging

Identifiers

PMID32382832
PMCPMC8203530
OpenAlexW3023796310

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