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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2020

Gold Nanoparticles Mediated Drug-Gene Combinational Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment.

Binita Shrestha, Lijun Wang, Hao Zhang, Chiung Yu Hung, Liang Tang

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Binita ShresthaDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Lijun WangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Hao ZhangDepartment of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Chiung Yu HungDepartment of Biology, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1091-3420
Liang TangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, USA.
The University of Texas at San Antonio · US

Funding

Development of a multivalent vaccine against Coccidioides infectionR01AI135005 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI HUNG, CHIUNG-YU · 2018 to 2022
$1.9M
Apply an imaging flow cytometry method to screen chemical libraries for identifying and repurposing novel drugs against coccidioidomycosisR21AI149015 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SAN ANTONIO · PI HUNG, CHIUNG-YU · 2020 to 2021
$403k
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI135005NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI149015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCancer is a complex heterogeneous disease to which singular modes of treatment mostly fail to produce a desired therapeutic efficacy. Targeting different cellular pathways using combinational therapies has been gaining popularity in cancer treatment, with the added benefit of reducing dosage and side effects.

methodsA gold nanoparticle-mediated drug delivery nanoplatform was developed for co-delivery of doxorubicin and polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) siRNA. Gold nanoparticles were coated with polyethyleneimine to facilitate assembly of PLK1 on the surface. Doxorubicin was loaded on nanoparticles through a pH-sensitive linker with a thiol group at one terminal end for controlled release.

resultsThe therapeutic efficiency of this co-delivery system was evaluated in 2D and 3D cultured systems. The reduced IC

conclusionThis study may provide an adaptable, facile platform to investigate drug-siRNA combinations for cancer inhibition.

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Antineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsCell Cycle ProteinsCombined Modality TherapyDoxorubicinDrug CarriersGenetic TherapyGoldHumansHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationMetal NanoparticlesPolo-Like Kinase 1PolyethyleneimineProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsRNA, Small InterferingAntineoplastic AgentsCell Cycle ProteinsDoxorubicinDrug CarriersGoldPolo-Like Kinase 1PolyethyleneimineProtein Serine-Threonine KinasesProto-Oncogene ProteinsRNA, Small Interferingcancer therapyco-deliverynanomedicinepH-responsivePLK1

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PMID33116521
PMCPMC7585780
OpenAlexW3094278501

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