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ArticleJournal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society2021

Complement opsonization of nanoparticles: Differences between humans and preclinical species.

Yue Li, Guankui Wang, Lynn Griffin, Nirmal K Banda, Laura M Saba, Ernest V Groman, Robert Scheinman, S Moein Moghimi, Dmitri Simberg

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Article in Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers.

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34citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 51 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

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yue LiTranslational Bio-Nanosciences Laboratory, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Guankui WangTranslational Bio-Nanosciences Laboratory, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Colorado Center for Nanomedicine and Nanosafety, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Lynn GriffinDepartment of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
Nirmal K BandaDivision of Rheumatology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, 1775 Aurora Court, Aurora, CO, USA.
Laura M SabaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Ernest V GromanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Colorado Center for Nanomedicine and Nanosafety, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
Robert ScheinmanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Colorado Center for Nanomedicine and Nanosafety, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA.
S Moein MoghimiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Colorado Center for Nanomedicine and Nanosafety, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; School of Pharmacy, King George VI Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK; Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Framlington Place, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE2 4HH, UK.
Dmitri SimbergTranslational Bio-Nanosciences Laboratory, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA; Colorado Center for Nanomedicine and Nanosafety, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. Electronic address: dmitri.simberg@cuanschutz.edu.
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USColorado State University · US

Funding

The Heritable Transcriptome and AlcoholismR24AA013162 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI HOFFMAN, PAULA, SABA, LAURA MAREN · 2001 to 2021
$14.2M
Complement in the Pathogenesis of Autoimmune ArthritisR01AR051749 · NIAMS · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Vernon Michael Holers · 2004 to 2026
$6.7M
Gene Array Technology Center for Alcohol ResearchR01AA013162 · NIAAA · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI TABAKOFF, BORIS · 2002 to 2005
$5.8M
The Alternative Complement Pathway and Hemocompatibility of NanosurfacesR01AI154959 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI Dmitri Simberg · 2020 to 2026
$3.5M
The alternative complement pathway and hemocompatibility of nanosurfacesR01EB022040 · NIBIB · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI SIMBERG, DMITRI · 2016 to 2019
$1.4M
NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA013162NIAAA NIH HHS R24 AA013162NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI154959NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR051749NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB022040
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The complement system plays a key role in opsonization and immune clearance of engineered nanoparticles. Understanding the efficiency, inter-subject, and inter-strain differences of complement opsonization in preclinical species can help with translational nanomedicine development and improve our ability to model complement response in humans. Dextran-coated superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) nanoparticles and a wide range of non-magnetic iron oxide nanoparticle formulations are widely used in magnetic resonance imaging and as clinically approved iron supplements. Previously we found that opsonization of SPIO nanoworms (NW) with the third complement protein (C3) proceeds mostly via the alternative pathway in humans, and via the lectin pathway in mice. Here, we studied the pathway and efficiency of opsonization of 106 nm SPIO NW with C3 in different preclinical species and commonly used laboratory strains. In sera of healthy human donors (n = 6), C3 opsonization proceeded exclusively through the alternative pathway. On the other hand, the C3 opsonization in dogs (6 breeds), rats (4 strains) and mice (5 strains) sera was either partially or completely dependent on the complement Ca

Indexed as

Complement ActivationComplement C3AnimalsDogsHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, Inbred C57BLRatsRats, Long-EvansComplement C3ComplementDogsiron oxideMiceNanomedicineRatsSerumSpeciesStrains

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PMID34481928
PMCPMC8552414
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