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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2024

A Comprehensive Study on Nanoparticle Drug Delivery to the Brain: Application of Machine Learning Techniques.

Amal Yousfan, Mhd Jawad Al Rahwanji, Abdulsamie Hanano, Hisham Al-Obaidi

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Amal YousfanThe School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AD, U.K.
Mhd Jawad Al RahwanjiDepartment of Computer Science, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8181-752X
Abdulsamie HananoDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Atomic Energy Commission of Syria (AECS), P.O. Box 6091, Damascus 00000, Syria.
Hisham Al-ObaidiThe School of Pharmacy, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AD, U.K.ORCID 0000-0001-9735-0303
Al Andalus University · SYAtomic Energy Commission of Syria · SYSaarland University · DEUniversity of Reading · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The delivery of drugs to specific target tissues and cells in the brain poses a significant challenge in brain therapeutics, primarily due to limited understanding of how nanoparticle (NP) properties influence drug biodistribution and off-target organ accumulation. This study addresses the limitations of previous research by using various predictive models based on collection of large data sets of 403 data points incorporating both numerical and categorical features. Machine learning techniques and comprehensive literature data analysis were used to develop models for predicting NP delivery to the brain. Furthermore, the physicochemical properties of loaded drugs and NPs were analyzed through a systematic analysis of pharmacodynamic parameters such as plasma area under the curve. The analysis employed various linear models, with a particular emphasis on linear mixed-effect models (LMEMs) that demonstrated exceptional accuracy. The model was validated via the preparation and administration of two distinct NP formulations via the intranasal and intravenous routes. Among the various modeling approaches, LMEMs exhibited superior performance in capturing underlying patterns. Factors such as the release rate and molecular weight had a negative impact on brain targeting. The model also suggests a slightly positive impact on brain targeting when the drug is a P-glycoprotein substrate.

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Drug Delivery SystemsNanoparticlesBrainDrug CompoundingTissue DistributionAUCbrainintranasal drug deliverylinear mixed-effectslinear regressionnanoparticlesprediction

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PMID38060692
PMCPMC10762658
OpenAlexW4389428623

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