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ArticleDrug delivery2021

Potential of mucoadhesive chitosan glutamate microparticles as microbicide carriers - antiherpes activity and penetration behavior across the human vaginal epithelium.

Emilia Szymańska, Małgorzata Krzyżowska, Krzysztof Cal, Barbara Mikolaszek, Jakub Tomaszewski, Sławomir Wołczyński, Katarzyna Winnicka

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Article in Drug delivery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Emilia SzymańskaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Bialystok, Poland.
Małgorzata KrzyżowskaDepartment of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Krzysztof CalDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
Barbara MikolaszekDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland.
Jakub TomaszewskiPrivate Obstetric and Gynecological Clinic, Tomaszewski Medical Centre, Białystok, Poland.
Sławomir WołczyńskiDepartment of Reproduction and Gynecological Endocrinology, Medical University of Białystok, Bialystok, Poland.
Katarzyna WinnickaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Technology, Medical University of Białystok, Bialystok, Poland.
Medical University of Białystok · PLGdańsk Medical University · PLWojskowy Instytut Higieny i Epidemiologii · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chitosan glutamate (gCS) spray-dried microparticles appear promising carriers to overcome challenges associated with vaginal microbicide delivery. This study aimed at elucidating the penetration and mucoadhesive behavior of developed gCS multiunit carriers with zidovudine (ZVD) as a model antiretroviral agent in contact with excised human vaginal epithelium followed with an examination of

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Antiviral AgentsChitosanDrug CarriersFemaleGlutamic AcidHerpes LabialisHumansKeratinocytesNanoparticlesTechnology, PharmaceuticalVaginaZidovudineAntiviral AgentsChitosanDrug CarriersGlutamic AcidZidovudineantiviral activityChitosan glutamateex vivo penetration studiesHSV-2human vaginal epitheliummicrobicide vaginal carriermicroparticlesmucoretention

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PMID34668816
PMCPMC8530489
OpenAlexW3207844910

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