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ReviewPharmacology research & perspectives2021

Nanoparticle delivery system, highly active antiretroviral therapy, and testicular morphology: The role of stereology.

Edwin Coleridge S Naidu, Samuel Oluwaseun Olojede, Sodiq Kolawole Lawal, Carmen Olivia Rennie, Onyemaechi Okpara Azu

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Review in Pharmacology research & perspectives, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 24 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Edwin Coleridge S NaiduDiscipline of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-2691-4017
Samuel Oluwaseun OlojedeDiscipline of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-1000-7412
Sodiq Kolawole LawalDiscipline of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8598-4058
Carmen Olivia RennieDiscipline of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-2414-6293
Onyemaechi Okpara AzuDiscipline of Clinical Anatomy, School of Laboratory Medicine & Medical Sciences, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-5886-3701
University of KwaZulu-Natal · ZAUniversity of Namibia · NA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The conjugation of nanoparticles (NPs) with antiretroviral drugs is a drug delivery approach with great potential for managing HIV infections. Despite their promise, recent studies have highlighted the toxic effects of nanoparticles on testicular tissue and their impact on sperm morphology. This review explores the role of stereological techniques in assessing the testicular morphology in highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) when a nanoparticle drug delivery system is used. Also, NPs penetration and pharmacokinetics concerning the testicular tissue and blood-testis barrier form the vital part of this review. More so, various classes of NPs employed in biomedical and clinical research to deliver antiretroviral drugs were thoroughly discussed. In addition, considerations for minimizing nanoparticle-drugs toxicity, ensuring enhanced permeability of nanoparticles, maximizing drug efficacy, ensuring adequate bioavailability, and formulation of HAART-NPs fabrication are well discussed.

Indexed as

Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly ActiveNanoparticle Drug Delivery SystemAnimalsAnti-HIV AgentsBiological AvailabilityHIV InfectionsHumansMaleTestisAnti-HIV AgentsNanoparticle Drug Delivery Systemblood-testis barrierhighly active retroviral therapynanoparticlesspermatogenesisstereologytestis

Identifiers

PMID34107163
PMCPMC8189564
OpenAlexW3169990592

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