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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology2022

Management of osteoarthritis: From drug molecules to nano/micromedicines.

Martina Di Francesco, Agnese Fragassi, Martina Pannuzzo, Miguel Ferreira, Sayanti Brahmachari, Paolo Decuzzi

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In one paragraph

Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
27citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
7.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

27 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Martina Di FrancescoLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Agnese FragassiLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Martina PannuzzoLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Miguel FerreiraLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Sayanti BrahmachariLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.
Paolo DecuzziLaboratory of Nanotechnology for Precision Medicine, Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Genoa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6050-4188
Italian Institute of Technology · IT

Funding

Marie Curie 872648
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With the change in lifestyle and aging of the population, osteoarthritis (OA) is emerging as a major medical burden globally. OA is a chronic inflammatory and degenerative disease initially manifesting with joint pain and eventually leading to permanent disability. To date, there are no drugs available for the definitive treatment of osteoarthritis and most therapies have been palliative in nature by alleviating symptoms rather than curing the disease. This coupled with the vague understanding of the early symptoms and methods of diagnosis so that the disease continues as a global problem and calls for concerted research efforts. A cascade of events regulates the onset and progression of osteoarthritis starting with the production of proinflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-1β, IL-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α; catabolic enzymes, such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs)-1, -3, and -13, culminating into cartilage breakdown, loss of lubrication, pain, and inability to load the joint. Although intra-articular injections of small and macromolecules are often prescribed to alleviate symptoms, low residence times within the synovial cavity severely impair their efficacy. This review will briefly describe the factors dictating the onset and progression of the disease, present the current clinically approved methods for its treatment and diagnosis, and finally elaborate on the main challenges and opportunities for the application of nano/micromedicines in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Thus, future treatment regimens will benefit from simultaneous consideration of the mechanobiological, the inflammatory, and tissue degradation aspects of the disease. This article is categorized under: Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology Implantable Materials and Surgical Technologies > Nanotechnology in Tissue Repair and Replacement.

Indexed as

OsteoarthritisCytokinesHumansInflammationCytokinescartilage protectioninflammationintra-articular deliveryjoint healthmicroparticle

Identifiers

PMID35253405
PMCPMC9285805
OpenAlexW4220685470

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