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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2022

Emerging applications of nanotechnology in context to immunology: A comprehensive review.

Hifsa Mobeen, Muhammad Safdar, Asma Fatima, Samia Afzal, Hassan Zaman, Zuhair Mehdi

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
13citing papers in PubMed
2.7field-weighted citation impact, top 9% 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

13 citing papers in PubMed, 38 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 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hifsa MobeenDepartment of Allied Health Sciences, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Muhammad SafdarCentre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Asma FatimaPakistan Institute of Quality Control, Superior University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Samia AfzalCentre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Hassan ZamanCentre of Excellence in Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Zuhair MehdiCentre for Applied Molecular Biology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.
Centre of Excellence in Molecular Biology · PKSuperior University · PKUniversity of the Punjab · PK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Numerous benefits of nanotechnology are available in many scientific domains. In this sense, nanoparticles serve as the fundamental foundation of nanotechnology. Recent developments in nanotechnology have demonstrated that nanoparticles have enormous promise for use in almost every field of life sciences. Nanoscience and nanotechnology use the distinctive characteristics of tiny nanoparticles (NPs) for various purposes in electronics, fabrics, cosmetics, biopharmaceutical industries, and medicines. The exclusive physical, chemical, and biological characteristics of nanoparticles prompt different immune responses in the body. Nanoparticles are believed to have strong potential for the development of advanced adjuvants, cytokines, vaccines, drugs, immunotherapies, and theranostic applications for the treatment of targeted bacterial, fungal, viral, and allergic diseases and removal of the tumor with minimal toxicity as compared to macro and microstructures. This review highlights the medical and non-medical applications with a detailed discussion on enhanced and targeted natural and acquired immunity against pathogens provoked by nanoparticles. The immunological aspects of the nanotechnology field are beyond the scope of this Review. However, we provide updated data that will explore novel theragnostic immunological applications of nanotechnology for better and immediate treatment.

Indexed as

innate and adaptive immunitynanomaterials nanoimmunostimulantsnano medicinesnanosciencetherapeutic nanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID36619389
PMCPMC9815620
OpenAlexW4309011960

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