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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2024

Multifunctional Fluoropolymer-Engineered Magnetic Nanoparticles to Facilitate Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration and Effective Gene Silencing in Medulloblastoma.

Helen Forgham, Jiayuan Zhu, Xumin Huang, Cheng Zhang, Heather Biggs, Liwei Liu, Yi Cheng Wang, Nicholas Fletcher, James Humphries, Gary Cowin and 5 more

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11citing papers in PubMed
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Helen ForghamAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6871-3213
Jiayuan ZhuAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3641-4489
Xumin HuangAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0139-3873
Cheng ZhangAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2722-7497
Heather BiggsAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0009-0009-1570-4645
Liwei LiuAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2883-3656
Yi Cheng WangAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.
Nicholas FletcherAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2993-833X
James HumphriesAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-2603-6947
Gary CowinAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3400-3109
Karine MardonAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-0889-9052
Maria KavallarisChildren's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Sydney, Kensington, New South Wales, 2052, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2309-898X
Kristofer ThurechtAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4100-3131
Thomas P DavisAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-2581-4986
Ruirui QiaoAustralian Institute of Bioengineering & Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-8351-7093
The University of Queensland · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

Advance Queensland Women's Research Assistance ProgramNational Health and Medical Research Council APP1196850National Health and Medical Research Council APP1197373National Health and Medical Research Council APP2016464National Health and Medical Research Council APP2019056UQ Amplify Women's Academic Research Equity
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with brain cancers including medulloblastoma lack treatments that are effective long-term and without side effects. In this study, a multifunctional fluoropolymer-engineered iron oxide nanoparticle gene-therapeutic platform is presented to overcome these challenges. The fluoropolymers are designed and synthesized to incorporate various properties including robust anchoring moieties for efficient surface coating, cationic components to facilitate short interference RNA (siRNA) binding, and a fluorinated tail to ensure stability in serum. The blood-brain barrier (BBB) tailored system demonstrates enhanced BBB penetration, facilitates delivery of functionally active siRNA to medulloblastoma cells, and delivers a significant, almost complete block in protein expression within an in vitro extracellular acidic environment (pH 6.7) - as favored by most cancer cells. In vivo, it effectively crosses an intact BBB, provides contrast for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and delivers siRNA capable of slowing tumor growth without causing signs of toxicity - meaning it possesses a safe theranostic function. The pioneering methodology applied shows significant promise in the advancement of brain and tumor microenvironment-focused MRI-siRNA theranostics for the better treatment and diagnosis of medulloblastoma.

Indexed as

Blood-Brain BarrierGene SilencingMedulloblastomaRNA, Small InterferingAnimalsCell Line, TumorCerebellar NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingMagnetite NanoparticlesMicePolymersMagnetite NanoparticlesPolymersRNA, Small Interferingblood‐brain barriermedulloblastomananoparticlessiRNAtheranostics

Identifiers

PMID38647396
PMCPMC11220643
OpenAlexW4395011413

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