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ReviewFrontiers in pharmacology2021

Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery to Solid Tumors.

Agnese Gagliardi, Elena Giuliano, Eeda Venkateswararao, Massimo Fresta, Stefania Bulotta, Vibhudutta Awasthi, Donato Cosco

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Review in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 192 papers.

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192citing papers in PubMed
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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

192 citing papers in PubMed.

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132 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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.

Agnese GagliardiDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Elena GiulianoDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Eeda VenkateswararaoDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States.
Massimo FrestaDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Stefania BulottaDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.
Vibhudutta AwasthiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, United States.
Donato CoscoDepartment of Health Sciences, University "Magna Græcia" of Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Advances in nanotechnology have favored the development of novel colloidal formulations able to modulate the pharmacological and biopharmaceutical properties of drugs. The peculiar physico-chemical and technological properties of nanomaterial-based therapeutics have allowed for several successful applications in the treatment of cancer. The size, shape, charge and patterning of nanoscale therapeutic molecules are parameters that need to be investigated and modulated in order to promote and optimize cell and tissue interaction. In this review, the use of polymeric nanoparticles as drug delivery systems of anticancer compounds, their physico-chemical properties and their ability to be efficiently localized in specific tumor tissues have been described. The nanoencapsulation of antitumor active compounds in polymeric systems is a promising approach to improve the efficacy of various tumor treatments.

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cancerpassive targetingPEGpolymeric nanoparticlessurfactants

Identifiers

PMID33613290
PMCPMC7887387

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