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ReviewPharmaceutics2020

Current Trends in ATRA Delivery for Cancer Therapy.

Maria Valeria Giuli, Patrizia Nadia Hanieh, Eugenia Giuliani, Federica Rinaldi, Carlotta Marianecci, Isabella Screpanti, Saula Checquolo, Maria Carafa

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
48citing papers in PubMed
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 89 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

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria Valeria GiuliDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2132-9369
Patrizia Nadia HaniehDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3278-8376
Eugenia GiulianiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Federica RinaldiDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Carlotta MarianecciDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2505-1766
Isabella ScrepantiDepartment of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8071-9098
Saula ChecquoloDepartment of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnology, Sapienza University of Rome, 04100 Latina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5109-8392
Maria CarafaDepartment of Drug Chemistry and Technology, Sapienza University of Rome, 00185 Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3968-3385
Sapienza University of Rome · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

All-Trans Retinoic Acid (ATRA) is the most active metabolite of vitamin A. It is critically involved in the regulation of multiple processes, such as cell differentiation and apoptosis, by activating specific genomic pathways or by influencing key signaling proteins. Furthermore, mounting evidence highlights the anti-tumor activity of this compound. Notably, oral administration of ATRA is the first choice treatment in Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia (APL) in adults and NeuroBlastoma (NB) in children. Regrettably, the promising results obtained for these diseases have not been translated yet into the clinics for solid tumors. This is mainly due to ATRA-resistance developed by cancer cells and to ineffective delivery and targeting. This up-to-date review deals with recent studies on different ATRA-loaded Drug Delivery Systems (DDSs) development and application on several tumor models. Moreover, patents, pre-clinical, and clinical studies are also reviewed. To sum up, the main aim of this in-depth review is to provide a detailed overview of the several attempts which have been made in the recent years to ameliorate ATRA delivery and targeting in cancer.

Indexed as

ATRAcancerDDSsdeliverytargeting

Identifiers

PMID32731612
PMCPMC7465813
OpenAlexW3045888409

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