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ReviewThe AAPS journal2024

State of the Art of Silica Nanoparticles: An Overview on Biodistribution and Preclinical Toxicity Studies.

Joshua Yu, Nirnoy Dan, Seyyed Majid Eslami, Xiuling Lu

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Review in The AAPS journal, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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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

12 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.

Joshua YuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Nirnoy DanDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Seyyed Majid EslamiDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA.
Xiuling LuDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, USA. xiuling.lu@uconn.edu.

Funding

Nanoparticle-based Intraperitoneal Delivery of Combined Chemo-radiotherapy for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer MetastasesR44CA239989 · NCI · NAMI THERAPEUTICS CORP. · PI JAY, MICHAEL · 2022 to 2023
$2.0M
Nanoparticle-based Intraperitoneal Delivery of Combined Chemo-brachytherapy for Treatment of Ovarian Cancer MetastasesR41CA239989 · NCI · NAMI THERAPEUTICS CORP. · PI LU, XIULING · 2019 to 2019
$225k
NCI NIH HHS R41 CA239989NCI NIH HHS R44 CA239989
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past few years, nanoparticles have drawn particular attention in designing and developing drug delivery systems due to their distinctive advantages like improved pharmacokinetics, reduced toxicity, and specificity. Along with other successful nanosystems, silica nanoparticles (SNPs) have shown promising effects for therapeutic and diagnostic purposes. These nanoparticles are of great significance owing to their modifiable surface with various ligands, tunable particle size, and large surface area. The rate and extent of degradation and clearance of SNPs depend on factors such as size, shape, porosity, and surface modification, which directly lead to varying toxic mechanisms. Despite SNPs' enormous potential for clinical and pharmaceutical applications, safety concerns have hindered their translation into the clinic. This review discusses the biodistribution, toxicity, and clearance of SNPs and the formulation-related factors that ultimately influence clinical efficacy and safety for treatment. A holistic view of SNP safety will be beneficial for developing an enabling SNP-based drug product.

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NanoparticlesSilicon DioxideDrug CarriersDrug Delivery SystemsTissue DistributionTreatment OutcomeDrug CarriersSilicon Dioxidedrug deliverymesoporous silica nanoparticlessilica nanoparticlestoxicity

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PMID38514482
PMCPMC12742185

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