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ArticleOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2022

Dose-Dependent Efficacy of Umbelliferone and Gelatin-Coated ZnO/ZnS Core-Shell Nanoparticles: A Novel Arthritis Agent for Severe Knee Arthritis.

Yongzhi Zheng, Sivalingam Lakshmanan

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Article in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2022. 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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2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Yongzhi ZhengDepartment of Osteoarthropathy, Henan Province Hospital of TCM (The Second Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Chinese Medicine, Zhengzhou 450000, China.
Sivalingam LakshmananBharath Institute of Higher Education and Research, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6686-1992
Bharath University · INFirst Affiliated Hospital of Henan University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a well-known autoimmune disorder that affects 1% of the global population. Zinc (Zn) is crucial for bone homeostasis, when compared with normal human bone, Zn level found to be decreased in RA patients and collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) rats. Notably, Zn-based medicinal products play a prominent role in reducing disease symptoms and acute side effects of patients with bone-related diseases. In this study, we report the clinical efficiency of gelatin- (Gel-) coated ZnO-ZnS core-shell nanoparticles (CSNPs) with umbelliferon (Uf) drug (Uf-Gel-ZnO-ZnS CSNPs) on the normal and CIA-induced Wistar rats. The formed ZnO-ZnS CSNPs are spherical in shape, with an average particle diameter of 150 ± 7 nm. It showed strong cytocompatibility when tested on L929 and foreskin fibroblasts (BJ) cells by MTT assay. While comparing with free Uf, various doses (2.5 and 5 mg) of Uf-Gel-ZnO-ZnS CSNPs showed strong inhibition of CIA by attenuated proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin-1

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Arthritis, ExperimentalArthritis, RheumatoidNanoparticlesZinc OxideAnimalsGelatinHumansRatsRats, WistarSulfidesUmbelliferonesZincZinc Compounds7-hydroxycoumarinGelatinSulfidesUmbelliferonesZincZinc CompoundsZinc Oxidezinc sulfide

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PMCPMC9007693
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