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ReviewPharmaceutics2023

The Other Side of Plastics: Bioplastic-Based Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Systems in the Brain.

Erwin Pavel Lamparelli, Marianna Marino, Marta Anna Szychlinska, Natalia Della Rocca, Maria Camilla Ciardulli, Pasqualina Scala, Raffaella D'Auria, Antonino Testa, Andrea Viggiano, Francesco Cappello and 3 more

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 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

13 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Erwin Pavel LamparelliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Marianna MarinoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4041-7284
Marta Anna SzychlinskaFaculty of Medicine and Surgery, Kore University of Enna, Cittadella Universitaria, 94100 Enna, Italy.
Natalia Della RoccaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Maria Camilla CiardulliDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Pasqualina ScalaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Raffaella D'AuriaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7758-8592
Antonino TestaDepartment of Environmental, Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technologies, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 81100 Caserta, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3983-2448
Andrea ViggianoDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.
Francesco CappelloDepartment of Biomedicine, Neuroscience and Advanced Diagnostics, University of Palermo, 90127 Palermo, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9288-1148
Rosaria MeccarielloDepartment of Movement and Wellbeing Sciences, Parthenope University of Naples, 80133 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2174-1118
Giovanna Della PortaDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1426-0159
Antonietta SantoroDepartment of Medicine, Surgery and Dentistry, University of Salerno, 84081 Baronissi, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2549-5447
University of Salerno · ITIstituto Euro Mediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia · ITParthenope University of Naples · ITUniversità degli Studi di Enna Kore · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · IT

Funding

University of Salerno FARB2022 Della PortaUniversity of Salerno FARB2022 Santoro
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plastics have changed human lives, finding a broad range of applications from packaging to medical devices. However, plastics can degrade into microscopic forms known as micro- and nanoplastics, which have raised concerns about their accumulation in the environment but mainly about the potential risk to human health. Recently, biodegradable plastic materials have been introduced on the market. These polymers are biodegradable but also bioresorbable and, indeed, are fundamental tools for drug formulations, thanks to their transient ability to pass through biological barriers and concentrate in specific tissues. However, this "other side" of bioplastics raises concerns about their toxic potential, in the form of micro- and nanoparticles, due to easier and faster tissue accumulation, with unknown long-term biological effects. This review aims to provide an update on bioplastic-based particles by analyzing the advantages and drawbacks of their potential use as components of innovative formulations for brain diseases. However, a critical analysis of the literature indicates the need for further studies to assess the safety of bioplastic micro- and nanoparticles despite they appear as promising tools for several nanomedicine applications.

Indexed as

bioplasticsbraindrug delivery systemsnanoparticles

Identifiers

PMID38004530
PMCPMC10674524
OpenAlexW4388023921

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