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ArticleCancer letters2023

Advances in lipid-based carriers for cancer therapeutics: Liposomes, exosomes and hybrid exosomes.

Disha N Moholkar, Raghuram Kandimalla, Ramesh C Gupta, Farrukh Aqil

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Article in Cancer letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers.

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40citing papers in PubMed
8.3field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 55 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Disha N MoholkarDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
Raghuram KandimallaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA; Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA.
Ramesh C GuptaDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA; Brown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA. Electronic address: rcgupta@louisville.edu.
Farrukh AqilBrown Cancer Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA; Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 40202, USA. Electronic address: farrukh.aqil@louisville.edu.
University of Louisville · US

Funding

Exosomal Drug DeliveryR44CA221487 · NCI · 3P BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. · PI GUPTA, RAMESH C, SPENCER, WENDY A · 2017 to 2018
$1.7M
Breast Cancer Chemoprevention StrategiesR01CA118114 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI GUPTA, RAMESH C · 2007 to 2010
$1.5M
Breast Cancer Chemoprevention Potential of Common SpicesR01CA125152 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE · PI GUPTA, RAMESH C · 2007 to 2011
$1.4M
Exosomal drug formulationsR41CA189517 · NCI · 3P BIOTECHNOLOGIES, INC. · PI GUPTA, RAMESH C · 2014 to 2014
$225k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA118114NCI NIH HHS R01 CA125152NCI NIH HHS R41 CA189517NCI NIH HHS R44 CA221487
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer has recently surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of deaths worldwide for the age group 45-65 and has been the primary focus for biomedical researchers. Presently, the drugs involved in the first-line cancer therapy are raising concerns due to high toxicity and lack of selectivity to cancer cells. There has been a significant increase in research with innovative nano formulations to entrap the therapeutic payload to enhance efficacy and eliminate or minimize toxic effects. Lipid-based carriers stand out due to their unique structural properties and biocompatible nature. The two main leaders of lipid-based drug carriers: long known liposomes and comparatively new exosomes have been well-researched. The similarity between the two lipid-based carriers is the vesicular structure with the core's capability to carry the payload. While liposomes utilize chemically derived and altered phospholipid components, the exosomes are naturally occurring vesicles with inherent lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids. More recently, researchers have focused on developing hybrid exosomes by fusing liposomes and exosomes. Combining these two types of vesicles may offer some advantages such as high drug loading, targeted cellular uptake, biocompatibility, controlled release, stability in harsh conditions and low immunogenicity.

Indexed as

ExosomesNeoplasmsDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsHumansLiposomesPhospholipidsDrug CarriersLiposomesPhospholipidsCancer therapeuticsExosomesFusionHybrid exosomesLipid-based vesiclesLiposomes

Identifiers

PMID37209944
PMCPMC10325927
OpenAlexW4377100904

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