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ReviewBrain sciences2023

Current and Future Nano-Carrier-Based Approaches in the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.

Astik Kumar, Sachithra Thazhathuveedu Sudevan, Aathira Sujathan Nair, Ashutosh Kumar Singh, Sunil Kumar, Jobin Jose, Tapan Behl, Sabitha Mangalathillam, Bijo Mathew, Hoon Kim

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Review in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 18 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

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Astik KumarDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.ORCID 0000-0003-3926-7960
Sachithra Thazhathuveedu SudevanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Aathira Sujathan NairDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Ashutosh Kumar SinghDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Sunil KumarDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Jobin JoseDepartment of Pharmaceutics, NGSM Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, NITTE Deemed to be University, Mangalore 575018, India.ORCID 0000-0002-2815-5384
Tapan BehlSchool of Health Science and Technology, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun 248007, India.
Sabitha MangalathillamDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Bijo MathewDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Amrita School of Pharmacy, AIMS Health Sciences Campus, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi 682041, India.
Hoon KimDepartment of Pharmacy, and Research Institute of Life Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sunchon National University, Suncheon 57922, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-7203-3712
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham · INNitte University · INSunchon National University · KRUniversity of Petroleum and Energy Studies · IN

Funding

Research Promotion Program of SCNU
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is a very alarming situation for the globe because 55 million humans are estimated to be affected by Alzheimer's disease (AD) worldwide, and still it is increasing at the rapid speed of 10 million cases per year worldwide. This is an urgent reminder for better research and treatment due to the unavailability of a permanent medication for neurodegenerative disorders like AD. The lack of drugs for neurodegenerative disorder treatment is due to the complexity of the structure of the brain, mainly due to blood-brain barrier, because blood-brain drug molecules must enter the brain compartment. There are several novel and conventional formulation approaches that can be employed for the transportation of drug molecules to the target site in the brain, such as oral, intravenous, gene delivery, surgically implanted intraventricular catheter, nasal and liposomal hydrogels, and repurposing old drugs. A drug's lipophilicity influences metabolic activity in addition to membrane permeability because lipophilic substances have a higher affinity for metabolic enzymes. As a result, the higher a drug's lipophilicity is, the higher its permeability and metabolic clearance. AD is currently incurable, and the medicines available merely cure the symptoms or slow the illness's progression. In the next 20 years, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that neurodegenerative illnesses affecting motor function will become the second-leading cause of mortality. The current article provides a brief overview of recent advances in brain drug delivery for AD therapy.

Indexed as

Alzheimer’s diseaseamyloid betablood–brain barriercubosomesliposomenanosomesneurodegenerative disordersParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID36831756
PMCPMC9953820
OpenAlexW4318476807

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