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ArticleActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2021

Photothermal/matrix metalloproteinase-2 dual-responsive gelatin nanoparticles for breast cancer treatment.

Xiaojie Chen, Jiafeng Zou, Ke Zhang, Jingjing Zhu, Yue Zhang, Zhihong Zhu, Hongyue Zheng, Fanzhu Li, Ji-Gang Piao

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Article in Acta pharmaceutica Sinica. B, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

34 citing papers in PubMed, 76 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

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xiaojie ChenCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Jiafeng ZouCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Ke ZhangCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Jingjing ZhuCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Yue ZhangCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Zhihong ZhuCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Hongyue ZhengLibraries of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Fanzhu LiCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Ji-Gang PiaoCollege of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou 310053, China.
Zhejiang Chinese Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The chemotherapy combined with photothermal therapy has been a favorable approach for the treatment of breast cancer. In present study, nanoparticles with the characteristics of photothermal/matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) dual-responsive, tumor targeting, and size-variability were designed for enhancing the antitumor efficacy and achieving "on-demand" drug release markedly. Based on the thermal sensitivity of gelatin, we designed a size-variable gelatin nanoparticle (GNP) to encapsulate indocyanine green (ICG) and doxorubicin (DOX). Under an 808 nm laser irradiation, GNP-DOX/ICG responded photothermally and swelled in size from 71.58 ± 4.28 to 160.80 ± 9.51 nm, which was beneficial for particle retention in the tumor sites and release of the loaded therapeutics. Additionally, GNP-DOX/ICG showed a size reduction of the particles to 33.24 ± 4.11 nm and further improved drug release with the degradation of overexpressed MMP-2 in tumor. In the subsequently performed

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Breast cancerChemo–photothermal therapyDoxorubicinGelatinIndocyanine greenMMP-2NanoparticleSize-variable

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PMID33532192
PMCPMC7838055
OpenAlexW3080608799

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