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ReviewNano today2021

Endocytosis of abiotic nanomaterials and nanobiovectors: Inhibition of membrane trafficking.

Pooyan Makvandi, Meiling Chen, Rossella Sartorius, Ali Zarrabi, Milad Ashrafizadeh, Farnaz Dabbagh Moghaddam, Jingzhi Ma, Virgilio Mattoli, Franklin R Tay

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Review in Nano today, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

9 authors.

Pooyan MakvandiIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Centre for Materials Interfaces, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, Italy.
Meiling ChenDepartment of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Rossella SartoriusInstitute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (IBBC), National Research Council (CNR), Naples 80131, Italy.
Ali ZarrabiSabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Turkey.
Milad AshrafizadehSabanci University Nanotechnology Research and Application Center (SUNUM), Tuzla, Istanbul 34956, Turkey.
Farnaz Dabbagh MoghaddamDepartment of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran 1477893855, Iran.
Jingzhi MaDepartment of Stomatology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
Virgilio MattoliIstituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Centre for Materials Interfaces, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, 56025 Pontedera, Pisa, Italy.
Franklin R TayThe Graduate School, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Humans are exposed to nanoscopical nanobiovectors (e.g. coronavirus SARS-CoV-2) as well as abiotic metal/carbon-based nanomaterials that enter cells serendipitously or intentionally. Understanding the interactions of cell membranes with these abiotic and biotic nanostructures will facilitate scientists to design better functional nanomaterials for biomedical applications. Such knowledge will also provide important clues for the control of viral infections and the treatment of virus-induced infectious diseases. In the present review, the mechanisms of endocytosis are reviewed in the context of how nanomaterials are uptaken into cells. This is followed by a detailed discussion of the attributes of man-made nanomaterials (e.g. size, shape, surface functional groups and elasticity) that affect endocytosis, as well as the different human cell types that participate in the endocytosis of nanomaterials. Readers are then introduced to the concept of viruses as nature-derived nanoparticles. The mechanisms in which different classes of viruses interact with various cell types to gain entry into the human body are reviewed with examples published over the last five years. These basic tenets will enable the avid reader to design advanced drug delivery and gene transfer nanoplatforms that harness the knowledge acquired from endocytosis to improve their biomedical efficacy. The review winds up with a discussion on the hurdles to be addressed in mimicking the natural mechanisms of endocytosis in nanomaterials design.

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Cell internalization mechanismsCOVID-19Metal-based nanomaterialsNanoparticlesSARS-CoV-2Viruses

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PMID34518771
PMCPMC8425779

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