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ReviewNature communications2024

Artificial cells for in vivo biomedical applications through red blood cell biomimicry.

Jorik Waeterschoot, Willemien Gosselé, Špela Lemež, Xavier Casadevall I Solvas

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Review in Nature communications, 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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19citing papers in PubMed
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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

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

4 authors.

Jorik WaeterschootDepartment of Biosystems - MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium. jorik.waeterschoot@kuleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3875-329X
Willemien GosseléDepartment of Biosystems - MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7677-9255
Špela LemežDepartment of Biosystems - MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0387-1421
Xavier Casadevall I SolvasDepartment of Biosystems - MeBioS, KU Leuven, Willem de Croylaan 42, 3001, Leuven, Belgium. xevi.casadevall@kuleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3015-7178

Funding

Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (Research Foundation Flanders) 1S43521N
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent research in artificial cell production holds promise for the development of delivery agents with therapeutic effects akin to real cells. To succeed in these applications, these systems need to survive the circulatory conditions. In this review we present strategies that, inspired by the endurance of red blood cells, have enhanced the viability of large, cell-like vehicles for in vivo therapeutic use, particularly focusing on giant unilamellar vesicles. Insights from red blood cells can guide modifications that could transform these platforms into advanced drug delivery vehicles, showcasing biomimicry's potential in shaping the future of therapeutic applications.

Indexed as

Artificial CellsDrug Delivery SystemsErythrocytesUnilamellar LiposomesUnilamellar Liposomes

Identifiers

PMID38509073
PMCPMC10954685

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