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ReviewPharmaceutics2020

Engineering Smart Targeting Nanovesicles and Their Combination with Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Delivery.

Kamil Elkhoury, Polen Koçak, Alex Kang, Elmira Arab-Tehrany, Jennifer Ellis Ward, Su Ryon Shin

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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 57 papers.

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57citing papers in PubMed
6.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

57 citing papers in PubMed, 122 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Kamil ElkhouryDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8160-9333
Polen KoçakDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Alex KangDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Elmira Arab-TehranyLIBio, University of Lorraine, F-54000 Nancy, France.
Jennifer Ellis WardDivision of Genetics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0158-9091
Su Ryon ShinDivision of Engineering in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
Brigham and Women's Hospital · USLaboratoire d'Ingénierie des BiomoléculesYeditepe University · TR

Funding

Oxygen generating bioinks for 3D printed bone implantsR01AR074234 · NIAMS · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHIN, SU RYON · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Programmable multimaterial bioprinting of 3D vascularized tissue constructsR21EB026824 · NIBIB · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI SHIN, SU RYON · 2018 to 2020
$685k
AHA Innovative Project Award ‎19IPLOI34660079‎LUE travel grant‎ N/AMinistry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation‎ N/ANIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR074234NIBIB NIH HHS R21 EB026824NIH HHS R01AR074234NIH HHS R21EB026824the Brigham Research Institute Stepping Strong Innovator Award N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Smart engineered and naturally derived nanovesicles, capable of targeting specific tissues and cells and delivering bioactive molecules and drugs into them, are becoming important drug delivery systems. Liposomes stand out among different types of self-assembled nanovesicles, because of their amphiphilicity and non-toxic nature. By modifying their surfaces, liposomes can become stimulus-responsive, releasing their cargo on demand. Recently, the recognized role of exosomes in cell-cell communication and their ability to diffuse through tissues to find target cells have led to an increase in their usage as smart delivery systems. Moreover, engineering "smarter" delivery systems can be done by creating hybrid exosome-liposome nanocarriers via membrane fusion. These systems can be loaded in naturally derived hydrogels to achieve sustained and controlled drug delivery. Here, the focus is on evaluating the smart behavior of liposomes and exosomes, the fabrication of hybrid exosome-liposome nanovesicles, and the controlled delivery and routes of administration of a hydrogel matrix for drug delivery systems.

Indexed as

controlled drug deliveryexosomeshydrogelliposomestargeting nanovesicles

Identifiers

PMID32906833
PMCPMC7559099
OpenAlexW3083256994

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