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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

The Role of Cryoprotective Agents in Liposome Stabilization and Preservation.

George Frimpong Boafo, Kosheli Thapa Magar, Marlene Davis Ekpo, Wang Qian, Songwen Tan, Chuanpin Chen

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
6.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 89 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

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

George Frimpong BoafoXiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
Kosheli Thapa MagarDepartment of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing 211198, China.
Marlene Davis EkpoXiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.ORCID 0000-0002-3330-0769
Wang QianXiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
Songwen TanXiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0698-4410
Chuanpin ChenXiangya School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Central South University, Changsha 410013, China.
Central South University · CNChina Pharmaceutical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To improve liposomes' usage as drug delivery vehicles, cryoprotectants can be utilized to prevent constituent leakage and liposome instability. Cryoprotective agents (CPAs) or cryoprotectants can protect liposomes from the mechanical stress of ice by vitrifying at a specific temperature, which forms a glassy matrix. The majority of studies on cryoprotectants demonstrate that as the concentration of the cryoprotectant is increased, the liposomal stability improves, resulting in decreased aggregation. The effectiveness of CPAs in maintaining liposome stability in the aqueous state essentially depends on a complex interaction between protectants and bilayer composition. Furthermore, different types of CPAs have distinct effective mechanisms of action; therefore, the combination of several cryoprotectants may be beneficial and novel attributed to the synergistic actions of the CPAs. In this review, we discuss the use of liposomes as drug delivery vehicles, phospholipid-CPA interactions, their thermotropic behavior during freezing, types of CPA and their mechanism for preventing leakage of drugs from liposomes.

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Cryoprotective AgentsLiposomesExcipientsFreezingIcePhospholipidsCryoprotective AgentsExcipientsIceLiposomesPhospholipidscryoprotectantsdrug deliveryfreeze dryingfreeze-thawliposome(s)phospholipid–CPA interactions

Identifiers

PMID36293340
PMCPMC9603853
OpenAlexW4306765465

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