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ReviewChemical Society reviews2023

Polymersome-based protein drug delivery - quo vadis?

Micael G Gouveia, Justus P Wesseler, Jobbe Ramaekers, Christoph Weder, Philip B V Scholten, Nico Bruns

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In one paragraph

Review in Chemical Society reviews, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
7.1field-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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 98 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 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Micael G GouveiaDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3645-2394
Justus P WesselerDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2494-771X
Jobbe RamaekersDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK.
Christoph WederAdolphe Merkle Institute, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. philipscholten@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-1790
Philip B V ScholtenAdolphe Merkle Institute, Chemin des Verdiers 4, 1700 Fribourg, Switzerland. philipscholten@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5187-7003
Nico BrunsDepartment of Pure and Applied Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, Thomas Graham Building, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6199-9995
University of Strathclyde · GBAdolphe Merkle Institute · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Protein-based therapeutics are an attractive alternative to established therapeutic approaches and represent one of the fastest growing families of drugs. While many of these proteins can be delivered using established formulations, the intrinsic sensitivity of proteins to denaturation sometimes calls for a protective carrier to allow administration. Historically, lipid-based self-assembled structures, notably liposomes, have performed this function. After the discovery of polymersome-based targeted drug-delivery systems, which offer manifold advantages over lipid-based structures, the scientific community expected that such systems would take the therapeutic world by storm. However, no polymersome formulations have been commercialised. In this review article, we discuss key obstacles for the sluggish translation of polymersome-based protein nanocarriers into approved pharmaceuticals, which include limitations imparted by the use of non-degradable polymers, the intricacies of polymersome production methods, and the complexity of the

Indexed as

Drug Delivery SystemsLiposomesDrug CarriersLipidsProteinsDrug CarriersLipidsLiposomesProteins

Identifiers

PMID36537575
PMCPMC9890519
OpenAlexW4312018403

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