ArticleNaunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology2024
Comparing the toxicity effects of copper oxide nanoparticles conjugated with Lapatinib on breast (MDA-MB-231) and lung (A549) cancer cell lines.
Article in Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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.
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.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Plant-assisted green fabrication of CuO-based nanocomposites fromRSC advances · 2026Article
- A Comprehensive Review on Copper Oxide Nanoparticles: Physicochemical Parameters, Pharmacological Potential and Pathophysiological Effects.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
In recent years, the increase in cancer morbidity and mortality has presented scientists with a major challenge in developing new therapeutic agents against cancer cells. This study aims to characterize the anticancer effects of copper oxide nanoparticles (NPs) conjugated with Lapatinib (CuO@Lapatinib) on breast and lung cancer cell lines. The physicochemical properties of the NPs were characterized by fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning and transmission electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and zeta potential analyses. The antiproliferative potential of the NPs in the breast (MDA-MB-231) and lung (A549) cancer cell lines and a normal cell line (MRC5) was investigated by MTT (3-(4,5-Dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-Diphenyltetrazolium Bromide) assay. Flow cytometry and Hoechst staining were used to evaluate cell apoptosis and cell cycle analysis. The reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in the treated and control cells were also determined. The NPs were spherical, with a size range of 20-59nm, a DLS size of 338nm, and a zeta potential of -42.9 mV. The half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.