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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2020

Effect of Physico-Chemical Properties of Nanoparticles on Their Intracellular Uptake.

Parinaz Sabourian, Ghazaleh Yazdani, Seyed Sajad Ashraf, Masoud Frounchi, Shohreh Mashayekhan, Sahar Kiani, Ashok Kakkar

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
8.1field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

108 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 294 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Parinaz SabourianDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran 11155-9465, Iran.
Ghazaleh YazdaniDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran 11155-9465, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-0192-4999
Seyed Sajad AshrafDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran 11155-9465, Iran.ORCID 0000-0003-1694-5749
Masoud FrounchiDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran 11155-9465, Iran.
Shohreh MashayekhanDepartment of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Azadi Ave., Tehran 11155-9465, Iran.
Sahar KianiDepartment of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Cell Science Research Center, ROYAN Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran 16635-148, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-7779-9998
Ashok KakkarDepartment of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke St. West, Montréal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
Sharif University of Technology · IRMcGill University · CARoyan Institute · IR

Funding

Iran National Science Foundation 96004422
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cellular internalization of inorganic, lipidic and polymeric nanoparticles is of great significance in the quest to develop effective formulations for the treatment of high morbidity rate diseases. Understanding nanoparticle-cell interactions plays a key role in therapeutic interventions, and it continues to be a topic of great interest to both chemists and biologists. The mechanistic evaluation of cellular uptake is quite complex and is continuously being aided by the design of nanocarriers with desired physico-chemical properties. The progress in biomedicine, including enhancing the rate of uptake by the cells, is being made through the development of structure-property relationships in nanoparticles. We summarize here investigations related to transport pathways through active and passive mechanisms, and the role played by physico-chemical properties of nanoparticles, including size, geometry or shape, core-corona structure, surface chemistry, ligand binding and mechanical effects, in influencing intracellular delivery. It is becoming clear that designing nanoparticles with specific surface composition, and engineered physical and mechanical characteristics, can facilitate their internalization more efficiently into the targeted cells, as well as enhance the rate of cellular uptake.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TransportChemical PhenomenaDrug CarriersHumansIntracellular SpaceNanoparticlesPolymersSurface PropertiesDrug CarriersPolymersactive/passive transportcellular uptakeintracellular deliverynanoparticlesphysico-chemical properties

Identifiers

PMID33126533
PMCPMC7662525
OpenAlexW3095351985

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