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ArticleMicromachines2021

Transforming Tea Catechins into Potent Anticancer Compound: Analysis of Three Boronated-PEG Delivery System.

Mingyan Guo, Lukas Marek, Yixia Liang, Phei Er Saw

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Article in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
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4 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mingyan GuoGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1353-1487
Lukas MarekFaculty of Engineering, Nanotechnology Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada.
Yixia LiangGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.
Phei Er SawGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Malignant Tumor Epigenetics and Gene Regulation, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510120, China.ORCID 0000-0003-2489-0987
Sun Yat-sen University · CNUniversity of Waterloo · CA

Funding

111 project No. B20062Guangdong Province Outstanding Youth Award 2021B1515020066Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau 201704020131Hundred Talents Program for Young Scholars of Sun Yat-sen University 1320318003National Natural Science Foundation of China 82050410363National Natural Science Foundation of China 82072930
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chemotherapy has led to many undesirable side effects, as these are toxic drugs that are unable to differentiate between cancer and normal cells. Polyphenols (tea catechins) are an ideal option as alternative chemotherapeutics owing to their inherent anticancer properties, antioxidant properties and being naturally occurring compounds, are deemed safe for consumption. However, without proper administration, the bioavailability of these compounds is low and inefficient. Therefore, proper delivery of these phenolic compounds is vital for cancer therapy. Herein, we analyzed three potential solutions to creating nanoparticle drugs using naturally occurring phenolic compounds (piceatannol (PIC), epigallocatechin gallate hydrophilic (EGCG) and l-epicatechin (EPI)). By using a simple pi-pi stacking mechanism, we utilized boronated PEG (PEG-Br) as an anchor to efficiently load EPI, PIC and EGCG, respectively, to produce three effective phenolic compound-based nanoparticles, which could be delivered safely in systemic circulation, yet detach from its cargo intracellularly to exert its anticancer effect for effective cancer therapy.

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boronated-PEGepigallocatechin gallate hydrophilicl-epicatechinpiceatannoltea catechin

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PMID35056210
PMCPMC8780676
OpenAlexW4200309148

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