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ReviewJournal of drug delivery science and technology2021

Recent updates in COVID-19 with emphasis on inhalation therapeutics: Nanostructured and targeting systems.

Ahmed A H Abdellatif, Hesham M Tawfeek, Ahmed Abdelfattah, Gaber El-Saber Batiha, Helal F Hetta

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Review in Journal of drug delivery science and technology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Ahmed A H AbdellatifDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Qassim University, Buraydah, 51452, Saudi Arabia.
Hesham M TawfeekDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.
Ahmed AbdelfattahDepartment of Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.
Gaber El-Saber BatihaDepartment of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Damanhour University, Damanhour, 22511, AlBeheira, Egypt.
Helal F HettaDepartment of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, 71526, Egypt.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The current world health threat posed by the novel coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) calls for the urgent development of effective therapeutic options. COVID-19 needs daunting routes such as nano-antivirals. Hence, the role of nanotechnology is very critical in combating this nano-enemy "virus." Although substantial resources are under ongoing attention for prevention and care, we would like to start sharing with readers our vision of the role of inhaled nanomaterials and targeting systems that can play an important role in the fight against the COVID-19. In this review, we underline the genomic structure of COVID-19, recent modes of virus transmission with measures to control the infection, pathogenesis, clinical presentation of SARS-CoV-2, and how much the virus affects the lung. Additionally, the recent therapeutic approaches for managing COVID-19 with emphasis on the value of nanomaterial-based technical approaches are discussed in this review. This review also focuses on the safe and efficient delivery of useable targeted therapies using designed nanocarriers. Moreover, the effectiveness and availability of active targeting of certain specific receptors expressed on the coronavirus surfaces via tailored ligand nanoparticles are manipulated. It was also highlighted in this review the role of inhaled medicines including antivirals and repurposed drugs for fighting the associated lung disorders and efficiency of developed vaccines. Moreover, the inhalation delivery safety techniques were also highlighted.

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COVID-19Inhalation therapeuticsNanostructure materialsReceptor targetingSARS-CoV-2

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PMID33643448
PMCPMC7894098

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