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ArticlePharmaceutics2023

Development of Nanofibers with Embedded Liposomes Containing an Immunomodulatory Drug Using Green Electrospinning.

Luca Casula, Anže Zidar, Julijana Kristl, Matjaž Jeras, Slavko Kralj, Anna Maria Fadda, Špela Zupančič

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Article in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Luca CasulaUnit of Drug Sciences, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Ospedale 72, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9508-7222
Anže ZidarFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-4970-0935
Julijana KristlFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-9136-6507
Matjaž JerasFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-0992-7975
Slavko KraljFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-0771-3818
Anna Maria FaddaUnit of Drug Sciences, Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Cagliari, Via Ospedale 72, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9848-0556
Špela ZupančičFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Ljubljana, Aškerčeva Cesta 7, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-6532-5891
University of Ljubljana · SIUniversity of Cagliari · IT

Funding

Slovenian Research Agency J1-9194Slovenian Research Agency J2-3043Slovenian Research Agency J7-4418Slovenian Research Agency P1-0189Slovenian Research Agency P2-0089
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Conventional treatments for chronic wounds are often ineffective, thus new therapeutic approaches are needed, such as the delivery of immunomodulatory drugs that can reduce inflammation, restore immune cell function, and facilitate tissue regeneration. A potential drug for such an approach is simvastatin, which has major drawbacks including poor solubility and chemical instability. With the aim of developing a dressing for wound healing, simvastatin and an antioxidant were incorporated into alginate/poly(ethylene oxide) nanofibers by green electrospinning without the use of organic solvents, thanks to their prior encapsulation into liposomes. The composite liposome-nanofiber formulations exhibited fibrillar morphology (160-312 nm) and unprecedentedly high phospholipid and drug content (76%). Transmission electron microscopy revealed dried liposomes as bright ellipsoidal spots homogeneously distributed over the nanofibers. After nanofiber hydration, the liposomes reconstituted in two size populations (~140 and ~435 nm), as revealed by cutting-edge MADLS

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alginategreen electrospinningimmunomodulationin vitro safetyliposomes in nanofibersMADLS analysissimvastatinTEMwound dressing

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PMID37111731
PMCPMC10143873
OpenAlexW4365509626

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