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ReviewPharmaceutics2021

Polymeric Lipid Hybrid Nanoparticles (PLNs) as Emerging Drug Delivery Platform-A Comprehensive Review of Their Properties, Preparation Methods, and Therapeutic Applications.

Durgaramani Sivadasan, Muhammad Hadi Sultan, Osama Madkhali, Yosif Almoshari, Neelaveni Thangavel

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 93 papers.

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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

93 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Durgaramani SivadasanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 114, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9174-8406
Muhammad Hadi SultanDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 114, Saudi Arabia.
Osama MadkhaliDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 114, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-5139-8408
Yosif AlmoshariDepartment of Pharmaceutics, College of Pharmacy, Jazan University, Jazan 114, Saudi Arabia.
Neelaveni ThangavelDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Jazan University, Jazan 114, Saudi Arabia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polymeric lipid hybrid nanoparticles (PLNs) are core-shell nanoparticles made up of a polymeric kernel and lipid/lipid-PEG shells that have the physical stability and biocompatibility of both polymeric nanoparticles and liposomes. PLNs have emerged as a highly potent and promising nanocarrier for a variety of biomedical uses, including drug delivery and biomedical imaging, owing to recent developments in nanomedicine. In contrast with other forms of drug delivery systems, PLNs have been regarded as seamless and stable because they are simple to prepare and exhibit excellent stability. Natural, semi-synthetic, and synthetic polymers have been used to make these nanocarriers. Due to their small scale, PLNs can be used in a number of applications, including anticancer therapy, gene delivery, vaccine delivery, and bioimaging. These nanoparticles are also self-assembled in a reproducible and predictable manner using a single or two-step nanoprecipitation process, making them significantly scalable. All of these positive attributes therefore make PLNs an attractive nanocarrier to study. This review delves into the fundamentals and applications of PLNs as well as their formulation parameters, several drug delivery strategies, and recent advancements in clinical trials, giving a comprehensive insight into the pharmacokinetic and biopharmaceutical aspects of these hybrid nanoparticles.

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drug delivery mechanismshigh-pressure homogenizationnanomedicinepolymeric lipid nanoparticlesquality by design approach

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PMID34452251
PMCPMC8399620

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