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ReviewBMB reports2024

Research progress on hydrogel-based drug therapy in melanoma immunotherapy.

Wei He, Yanqin Zhang, Yi Qu, Mengmeng Liu, Guodong Li, Luxiang Pan, Xinyao Xu, Gege Shi, Qiang Hao, Fen Liu and 1 more

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Review in BMB reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% 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, 11 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

11 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Wei HeCollege of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069; State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Yanqin ZhangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Air Force Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Yi QuDepartment of Xi'an Shunmei Medical Cosmetology Outpatient, Xi'an 710075, China.
Mengmeng LiuCollege of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069; State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Guodong LiCollege of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069; State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Luxiang PanState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Xinyao XuCollege of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069; State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Gege ShiCollege of Life Science, Northwest University, Xi'an 710069; State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Qiang HaoState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Fen LiuDepartment of Periodontology, Shenzhen Stomatological Hospital (Pingshan), Southern Medical University, Shenzhen 510515, China.
Yuan GaoState Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology, Biotechnology Center, School of Pharmacy, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China.
Air Force Medical University · CNNorthwest University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Melanoma is one of the most aggressive skin tumors, and conventional treatment modalities are not effective in treating advanced melanoma. Although immunotherapy is an effective treatment for melanoma, it has disadvantages, such as a poor response rate and serious systemic immune-related toxic side effects. The main solution to this problem is the use of biological materials such as hydrogels to reduce these side effects and amplify the immune killing effect against tumor cells. Hydrogels have great advantages as local slow-release drug carriers, including the ability to deliver antitumor drugs directly to the tumor site, enhance the local drug concentration in tumor tissue, reduce systemic drug distribution and exhibit good degradability. Despite these advantages, there has been limited research on the application of hydrogels in melanoma treatment. Therefore, this article provides a comprehensive review of the potential application of hydrogels in melanoma immunotherapy. Hydrogels can serve as carriers for sustained drug delivery, enabling the targeted and localized delivery of drugs with minimal systemic side effects. This approach has the potential to improve the efficacy of immunotherapy for melanoma. Thus, the use of hydrogels as drug delivery vehicles for melanoma immunotherapy has great potential and warrants further exploration. [BMB Reports 2024; 57(2): 71-78].

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Antineoplastic AgentsMelanomaDrug Delivery SystemsHumansHydrogelsImmunotherapyAntineoplastic AgentsHydrogels

Identifiers

PMID38053295
PMCPMC10910090
OpenAlexW4390541577

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