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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Chitosan Membranes Filled with Cyclosporine A as Possible Devices for Local Administration of Drugs in the Treatment of Breast Cancer.

Sonia Trombino, Federica Curcio, Teresa Poerio, Michele Pellegrino, Rossella Russo, Roberta Cassano

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
1.8field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sonia TrombinoDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.
Federica CurcioDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.
Teresa PoerioInstitute on Membrane Technology (CNR-ITM), University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8449-9344
Michele PellegrinoDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.
Rossella RussoDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8758-6523
Roberta CassanoDepartment of Pharmacy and Health and Nutrition Sciences, University of Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6980-6799
University of Calabria · ITInstitute on Membrane Technology · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this work is the design, preparation and characterization of membranes based on cyclosporine A (CsA) and chitosan carboxylate (CC) to be used as an implantable subcutaneous medical device for a prolonged therapeutic effect in the treatment of breast cancer. The choice to use CsA is due to literature data that have demonstrated its possible antitumor activity on different types of neoplastic cells. To this end, CsA was bound to CC through an amidation reaction to obtain a prodrug to be dispersed in a chitosan-based polymeric membrane. The reaction intermediates and the final product were characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and proton nuclear magnetic resonance (

Indexed as

CyclosporineAdministration, CutaneousAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsBreast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationChitosanDrug CarriersHumansMembranesSwineAntineoplastic AgentsChitosanCyclosporineDrug Carriersbreast cancercarboxylated chitosanchitosancyclosporine Amembrane

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PMID33810514
PMCPMC8036521
OpenAlexW3141926586

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