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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

Micro-Fragmented Adipose Tissue as a Natural Scaffold for Targeted Drug Delivery in Brain Cancer.

Alex Salagean, Adela Nechifor-Boila, Nosherwan Bajwa, Ylenia Pastorello, Mark Slevin

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 19% 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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Alex SalageanFaculty of Medicine, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Târgu Mures, Romania.
Adela Nechifor-BoilaDepartment of Histology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Târgu Mures, Romania.
Nosherwan BajwaDepartment of Neurosurgery, DIAKO Hospital, 24939 Flensburg, Germany.
Ylenia PastorelloDepartment of Anatomy and Embryology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Târgu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0009-0004-3833-0184
Mark SlevinCenter for Advanced Medical and Pharmaceutical Research (CCAMF), George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology, 540142 Târgu Mures, Romania.
Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș · RODIAKO · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Major limitations in the effective treatment of neurological cancer include systemic cytotoxicity of chemotherapy, inaccessibility, and inoperability. The capability to successfully target a drug to the tumor site(s) without incurring serious side effects-especially in the case of aggressive tumors, such as glioblastoma and neuroblastoma-would represent a significant breakthrough in therapy. Orthotopic systems, capable of storing and releasing proteins over a prolonged period at the site of a tumor, that utilize nanoparticles, liposomes, and hydrogels have been proposed. One candidate for drug delivery is Micro-Fragmented Adipose Tissue (MFAT). Easily obtained from the patient by abdominal subcutaneous liposuction (autologous), and with a high content of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs), mechanically derived nanofat is a natural tissue graft with a structural scaffold organization. It has a well-preserved stromal vascular fraction and a prolonged capacity to secrete anti-tumorigenic concentrations of pre-absorbed chemotherapeutics within extracellular vesicles. This review discusses current evidence supporting the potential of drug-modified MFAT for the treatment of neurological cancer with respect to recent preclinical and in vitro studies. Possible limitations and future perspectives are considered.

Indexed as

Brain NeoplasmsLipectomyMesenchymal Stem CellsAdipose TissueDrug Delivery SystemsHumansbiomaterialsMFATMSCneurological cancer

Identifiers

PMID37511289
PMCPMC10380718
OpenAlexW4384557712

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