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ArticlePharmaceutical research2023

Topical Cream Carrying Drug-Loaded Nanogels for Melanoma Treatment.

Sadia Rahman, Tasmima N Haque, Vrashabh V Sugandhi, Aishwarya L Saraswat, Xiaoban Xin, Hyunah Cho

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Article in Pharmaceutical research, 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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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 30% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Role of pyroptosis in melanoma: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic potentials.Apoptosis : an international journal on programmed cell death · 2026
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  4. Polymeric Nanohydrogel in Topical Drug Delivery System.International journal of nanomedicine · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sadia RahmanCollege of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY, 11439, USA.
Tasmima N HaqueCollege of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY, 11439, USA.
Vrashabh V SugandhiCollege of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY, 11439, USA.
Aishwarya L SaraswatCollege of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY, 11439, USA.
Xiaoban XinOncoGone, Inc., 4539 Metropolitan Ct, Frederick, MD, 21704, USA.
Hyunah ChoCollege of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, St. John's University, 8000 Utopia Parkway, Queens, NY, 11439, USA. choh@stjohns.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7150-4191
St. John's University · US

Funding

Maryland Technology Development Corporation RUBRIC program
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this study, nanogel creams carrying paclitaxel (PTX) and temozolomide (TMZ) were prepared for the topical treatment of melanoma. PTX and TMZ were first loaded in poly-(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide)-block-poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly-(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) (PLAG-b-PEG-b-PLGA) thermosensitive nanogels, which made a transition from a free-flowing sol (formation of micellar network) at 25°C with the z-average particle size of c.a. 96 nm to a gel (aggregation of micelles) at 33°C with the z-average particle size of c.a. 427 nm. An anhydrous absorption ointment base, aquaphor, was then added to drug-loaded nanogels to form nanogel creams carrying PTX and TMZ. Nanogel creams permitted controlled release of the payloads and improved the penetration of the payloads through the rodent skin compared to drug(s)-loaded nanogels. PTX and TMZ in a combination were synergistically effective in inhibiting SK-MEL28, A375, and B16-F10 melanoma cancer cells in vitro. Topically applied nanogel creams carrying TMZ/PTX (4 mg/1.5 mg/dose) showed a trend of tumor volume inhibition on B16-F10-bearing xenograft mice in vivo.

Indexed as

Drug CarriersMelanomaAnimalsCell Line, TumorHumansMiceMicellesNanogelsPaclitaxelPolyestersPolyethylene GlycolsPolyethyleneimineDrug CarriersMicellesNanogelsPaclitaxelPolyesterspolyethylene glycol polyethyleneimine nanogelpolyethylene glycol-poly(lactide-co-glycolide)Polyethylene GlycolsPolyethyleneiminemelanomananogel creampaclitaxeltemozolomide

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PMID37012533
OpenAlexW4362522237

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