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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

High Preventive Effect of G2-S16 Anionic Carbosilane Dendrimer against Sexually Transmitted HSV-2 Infection.

Ignacio Rodriguez-Izquierdo, Samanta Gasco, Maria Angeles Muñoz-Fernández

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 32% 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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Prevention ofPharmaceutics · 2022
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  7. Nanosystems Applied to HIV Infection: Prevention and Treatments.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
    Review
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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ignacio Rodriguez-IzquierdoImmunology Section, Laboratorio InmunoBiología Molecular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Spanish HIV HGM BioBank, C/Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
Samanta GascoImmunology Section, Laboratorio InmunoBiología Molecular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Spanish HIV HGM BioBank, C/Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
Maria Angeles Muñoz-FernándezImmunology Section, Laboratorio InmunoBiología Molecular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón (HGUGM), Instituto Investigación Sanitaria Gregorio Marañón (IiSGM), Spanish HIV HGM BioBank, C/Dr. Esquerdo 46, 28007 Madrid, Spain.
Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón · ESBiomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine · ES

Funding

European Cooperation in Science and Technology COST Action CA 17140 "Cancer Nanomedicine from the Bench to the Bedside"Instituto de Salud Carlos III RD16/0025/0019; PI16/01863; PI19/01638; PT17/0015/0042; CIBER-BBNPENTA FOUNDATION EPIICAL projectUniwersytet Łódzki NAWA International Academic Partnership Programme
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Anionic carbosilane dendrimers such as G2-S16 are very effective in preventing HSV-2 infection both in vitro and in vivo. We present the main achievements obtained for the G2-S16 dendrimer in vivo, especially related to its efficacy against HSV-2 infection. Moreover, we discuss the mechanisms by which the G2-S16 dendrimer applied vaginally as a topical microbicide has been demonstrated to be safe and harmless for the vaginal microbiome balance, as both conditions present an essential step that has to be overcome during microbicide development. This review points to the marked protective effect of the G2-S16 dendrimer against sexually transmitted HSV-2 infection, supporting its role as a possible microbicide against HSV-2 infection.

Indexed as

Administration, TopicalAlkanesulfonatesAnimalsClinical Trials as TopicDendrimersHerpes GenitalisHerpesvirus 2, HumanHumansOrganosilicon CompoundsTreatment OutcomeAlkanesulfonatesDendrimersG2-S16 compoundOrganosilicon CompoundsG2-S16 dendrimerHSV-2in vitro and in vivo studiesmicrobicide

Identifiers

PMID32605185
PMCPMC7412300
OpenAlexW3037846045

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