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ReviewPharmaceutics2020

Neutrophils and Macrophages as Targets for Development of Nanotherapeutics in Inflammatory Diseases.

Yujie Su, Jin Gao, Puneet Kaur, Zhenjia Wang

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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 53 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
53citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
4.1field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

53 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 107 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yujie SuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9036-3347
Jin GaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1437-229X
Puneet KaurCollege of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA.
Zhenjia WangDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Washington State University, Spokane, WA 99202, USA.
Washington State University Spokane · US

Funding

Neutrophil-mediated Drug DeliveryR01GM116823 · NIGMS · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, ZHENJIA · 2016 to 2020
$1.8M
Active Drug Loading to Nanovesicles for Targeted Drug DeliveryR01EB027078 · NIBIB · WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY · PI WANG, ZHENJIA · 2019 to 2023
$1.4M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB027078NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM116823NIH HHS RO1GM116823 and RO1EB027078
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutrophils and macrophages are major components of innate systems, playing central roles in inflammation responses to infections and tissue injury. If they are out of control, inflammation responses can cause the pathogenesis of a wide range of diseases, such as inflammatory disorders and autoimmune diseases. Precisely regulating the functions of neutrophils and macrophages in vivo is a potential strategy to develop immunotherapies to treat inflammatory diseases. Advances in nanotechnology have enabled us to design nanoparticles capable of targeting neutrophils or macrophages in vivo. This review discusses the current status of how nanoparticles specifically target neutrophils or macrophages and how they manipulate leukocyte functions to inhibit their activation for inflammation resolution or to restore their defense ability for pathogen clearance. Finally, we present a novel concept of hijacking leukocytes to deliver nanotherapeutics across the blood vessel barrier. This review highlights the challenges and opportunities in developing nanotherapeutics to target leukocytes for improved treatment of inflammatory diseases.

Indexed as

cell targetinginflammatory diseasesinteractions of nanoparticles and cellsmacrophagesnanomedicineneutrophils

Identifiers

PMID33348630
PMCPMC7766591
OpenAlexW3112489274

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