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ReviewCells2024

The Translation of Nanomedicines in the Contexts of Spinal Cord Injury and Repair.

Wenqian Wang, Joel Yong, Paul Marciano, Ryan O'Hare Doig, Guangzhao Mao, Jillian Clark

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Review in Cells, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing 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

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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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Nanocarrier-mediated drug delivery systems for spinal cord injury treatment.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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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

6 authors.

Wenqian WangSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
Joel YongSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
Paul MarcianoAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2748-8299
Ryan O'Hare DoigAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-7084-7755
Guangzhao MaoSchool of Chemical Engineering, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, NSW 2052, Australia.
Jillian ClarkAdelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

Funding

FUNCTIONAL PLASTICITY IN THE MAMMALIAN SPINAL CORDR01HD031550 · NICHD · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI GOSHGARIAN, HARRY G · 1993 to 2015
$2.4M
Targeted Drug Delivery for Spinal Cord Injury Using Retrograde Transport of a NanoconjugateR61NS112443 · NINDS · WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY · PI MAO, GUANGZHAO, SANKARI, ABDULGHANI · 2019 to 2020
$684k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD031550NINDS NIH HHS R61 NS112443
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of this reviewManipulating or re-engineering the damaged human spinal cord to achieve neuro-recovery is one of the foremost challenges of modern science. Addressing the restricted permission of neural cells and topographically organised neural tissue for self-renewal and spontaneous regeneration, respectively, is not straightforward, as exemplified by rare instances of translational success. This review assembles an understanding of advances in nanomedicine for spinal cord injury (SCI) and related clinical indications of relevance to attempts to design, engineer, and target nanotechnologies to multiple molecular networks. RECENT

findingsRecent research provides a new understanding of the health benefits and regulatory landscape of nanomedicines based on a background of advances in mRNA-based nanocarrier vaccines and quantum dot-based optical imaging. In relation to spinal cord pathology, the extant literature details promising advances in nanoneuropharmacology and regenerative medicine that inform the present understanding of the nanoparticle (NP) biocompatibility-neurotoxicity relationship. In this review, the conceptual bases of nanotechnology and nanomaterial chemistry covering organic and inorganic particles of sizes generally less than 100 nm in diameter will be addressed. Regarding the centrally active nanotechnologies selected for this review, attention is paid to NP physico-chemistry, functionalisation, delivery, biocompatibility, biodistribution, toxicology, and key molecular targets and biological effects intrinsic to and beyond the spinal cord parenchyma. SUMMARY: The advance of nanotechnologies for the treatment of refractory spinal cord pathologies requires an in-depth understanding of neurobiological and topographical principles and a consideration of additional complexities involving the research's translational and regulatory landscapes.

Indexed as

NanomedicineSpinal Cord InjuriesHumansRegenerative MedicineTissue Distributionevidence translationimmunomodulationnanocarrier drug delivery systemsnanomaterialnanomedicinenanoparticle physico-chemistryneuroprotectionneuro-regenerationspinal cord injurytissue engineering

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PMID38607008
PMCPMC11011097

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