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ArticleNano letters2023

Ablation of Venous Malformations by Photothermal Therapy with Intravenous Gold Nanoshells.

Kathleen Cullion, Claire A Ostertag-Hill, Michelle Pan, Brian Timko, Elisa Boscolo, Daniel S Kohane

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Article in Nano letters, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
5.1field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kathleen CullionLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Claire A Ostertag-HillLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-1407-6896
Michelle PanLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.
Brian TimkoDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02155, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7958-8980
Elisa BoscoloDivision of Experiment Hematology and Cancer Biology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio 45229, United States.
Daniel S KohaneLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-5369-5932
Boston Children's Hospital · USCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · USTufts University · US

Funding

Prolonged duration and triggered local anesthesiaR35GM131728 · NIGMS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Daniel S Kohane · 2019 to 2026
$5.4M
Venous Malformations (VM): A Murine Model to Identify Therapies to Target AberranR01HL117952 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI BOSCOLO, ELISA · 2013 to 2025
$4.9M
Pathogenesis of Vascular Anomalies with GNAQ mutationsR01HL167700 · NHLBI · CINCINNATI CHILDRENS HOSP MED CTR · PI ELISA BOSCOLO · 2024 to 2026
$1.8M
Supplement: Developing Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems for Venous MalformationsK08HL153782 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Kathleen Cullion · 2022 to 2026
$915k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL153782NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL117952NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL167700NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Venous malformations (VMs) consist of hugely enlarged and dysmorphic veins. These lesions cause significant disfigurement, pain, and complications such as bleeding and coagulopathy. Pharmacotherapy for the treatment of VMs has limited efficacy and potentially limiting toxicity. Current treatment for patients with VMs entails life-long pharmacotherapy or surgical procedures. Here we explored whether intravenously administered agents can be used to destroy VMs by photothermal therapy (PTT), using gold nanoshells (AuNSs) that generated heat following irradiation with near-infrared (NIR) light. In a murine model of VMs, intravenous AuNSs accumulated within the VMs. Irradiation of the VMs induced marked regression and even elimination. Nanoparticle-based photothermal therapy can provide effective therapy for VMs, which are otherwise relatively refractory to treatment.

Indexed as

Hyperthermia, InducedNanoshellsAnimalsGoldHumansMicePhototherapyPhotothermal TherapyGoldenhanced permeation retentiongold nanoshellsphotothermal therapyvascular anomaliesvenous malformations

Identifiers

PMID37498114
PMCPMC10773554
OpenAlexW4385294531

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