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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Detection of Beta-Glucan Contamination in Nanotechnology-Based Formulations.

Barry W Neun, Edward Cedrone, Timothy M Potter, Rachael M Crist, Marina A Dobrovolskaia

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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 17 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

17 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Detection of Beta-Glucan Contamination in Nanoparticle Formulations.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
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  10. Solid-StateMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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  12. An immunoregulator nanomedicine approach for the treatment of tuberculosis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Barry W NeunNanotechnology Characterization Lab, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Edward CedroneNanotechnology Characterization Lab, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Timothy M PotterNanotechnology Characterization Lab, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Rachael M CristNanotechnology Characterization Lab, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Marina A DobrovolskaiaNanotechnology Characterization Lab, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research Sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · US

Funding

WORK ORDER 126643 B539 EXPAND IC SUITE75N91019D00024 · NIAID · LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC. · PI BRISCOE, LYNN · 2019 to 2025
$3932.6M
NCI NIH HHS 75N91019D00024NCI NIH HHS HHSN261200800001E
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Understanding the potential contamination of pharmaceutical products with innate immunity modulating impurities (IIMIs) is essential for establishing their safety profiles. IIMIs are a large family of molecules with diverse compositions and structures that contribute to the immune-mediated adverse effects (IMAE) of drug products. Pyrogenicity (the ability to induce fever) and activation of innate immune responses underlying both acute toxicities (e.g., anaphylactoid reactions or pseudoallergy, cytokine storm) and long-term effects (e.g., immunogenicity) are among the IMAE commonly related to IIMI contamination. Endotoxins of gram-negative bacteria are the best-studied IIMIs in that both methodologies for and pitfalls in their detection and quantification are well established. Additionally, regulatory guidance documents and research papers from laboratories worldwide are available on endotoxins. However, less information is currently known about other IIMIs. Herein, we focus on one such IIMI, namely, beta-glucans, and review literature and discuss the experience of the Nanotechnology Characterization Lab (NCL) with the detection of beta-glucans in nanotechnology-based drug products.

Indexed as

beta-GlucansDrug CompoundingDrug ContaminationNanotechnologyPharmaceutical Preparationsbeta-GlucansPharmaceutical Preparationsbeta-glucanscontaminationdrug safetyendotoxinfactor-C-depleted Limulus amoebocyte lysate assayfungitellglucatellimmunologynanoparticlessterility

Identifiers

PMID32722261
PMCPMC7436117
OpenAlexW3045326714

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