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ReviewNanoscale horizons2021

Iron oxide nanoparticles for immune cell labeling and cancer immunotherapy.

Seokhwan Chung, Richard A Revia, Miqin Zhang

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In one paragraph

Review in Nanoscale horizons, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
2.8field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

32 citing papers in PubMed, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Metal-based smart nanosystems in cancer immunotherapy.Exploration (Beijing, China) · 2024
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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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Seokhwan ChungDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. mzhang@uw.edu.
Richard A Revia
Miqin Zhang
University of Washington · US

Funding

Iron oxide nanotheranostics for breast cancerR01EB026890 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI ZHANG, MIQIN · 2018 to 2021
$1.9M
Iron Oxide Nanoparticle-Mediated Radiation Delivery for Glioblastoma TreatmentF31CA232546 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI REVIA, RICHARD AARON · 2018 to 2019
$73k
NCI NIH HHS F31 CA232546NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB026890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer immunotherapy is a novel approach to cancer treatment that leverages components of the immune system as opposed to chemotherapeutics or radiation. Cell migration is an integral process in a therapeutic immune response, and the ability to track and image the migration of immune cells in vivo allows for better characterization of the disease and monitoring of the therapeutic outcomes. Iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) are promising candidates for use in immunotherapy as they are biocompatible, have flexible surface chemistry, and display magnetic properties that may be used in contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In this review, advances in application of IONPs in cell tracking and cancer immunotherapy are presented. Following a brief overview of the cancer immunity cycle, developments in labeling and tracking various immune cells using IONPs are highlighted. We also discuss factors that influence the effectiveness of IONPs as MRI contrast agents. Finally, we outline different approaches for cancer immunotherapy and highlight current efforts that utilize IONPs to stimulate immune cells to enhance their activity and response to cancer.

Indexed as

Magnetite NanoparticlesNeoplasmsCell TrackingContrast MediaImmunotherapyMagnetic Iron Oxide NanoparticlesContrast MediaMagnetite Nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID34286791
PMCPMC8496976
OpenAlexW3186269042

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Registered trials

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