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ReviewIndian journal of microbiology2022

Nano-Therapeutics to Treat Acne Vulgaris.

Nayanika Chakraborty, Varsha Narayanan, Hemant K Gautam

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Review in Indian journal of microbiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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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

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

3 authors.

Nayanika ChakrabortyDepartment of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, 110007 India.
Varsha NarayananDr. Varsha's Health Solutions, Andheri West, Mumbai, 400053 India.
Hemant K GautamCSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Sukhdev Vihar, Mathura Road, Delhi, 110025 India.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanotechnology is a novel approach to dermatologic treatment. Nanomaterials are materials typically defined as less than 100 nm in size. As this size approaches molecular dimensions, the chemical and physical properties vastly change due to a relative increase in surface area to volume  ratio. Unique and altered properties ensue, such as carbon becoming an electrical conductant in the nano form, and glass becoming a liquid. The interaction of nanoparticles with biota likewise changes. Novel therapeutics may be possible with the use of nanomaterials. Advantages of nanoparticles include the ability to overcome microbial resistance and potentially induce immunomodulatory effects. Engineered nanomaterials or the development of nano-therapeutics with photo-induced antibacterial propensity and immunomodulatory activities has the potential to open new prospects for the treatment of ubiquitous cutaneous diseases, such as acne vulgaris.

Indexed as

Acne vulgarisNanodermatologyNanotechnologyPhototherapyPropionibacterium acnes

Identifiers

PMID35462720
PMCPMC8980181

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