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

Macrophage-Mimicking Cellular Nanoparticles Scavenge Proinflammatory Cytokines in Specimens of Patients with Inflammatory Disorders.

Zhidong Zhou, Nilesh Mukundan, Jiayuan Alex Zhang, You-Ting Wu, Qiangzhe Zhang, Dan Wang, Ronnie H Fang, Weiwei Gao, Liangfang Zhang

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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 20 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Zhidong ZhouDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Nilesh MukundanDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Jiayuan Alex ZhangDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
You-Ting WuDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Qiangzhe ZhangDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Dan WangDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Ronnie H FangDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Weiwei GaoDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.
Liangfang ZhangDepartment of Nanoengineering and Chemical Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0637-0654

Funding

Defense Threat Reduction Agency HDTRA1-21-1-0010
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Effectively neutralizing inflammatory cytokines is crucial for managing a variety of inflammatory disorders. Current techniques that target only a subset of cytokines often fall short due to the intricate nature of redundant and compensatory cytokine networks. A promising solution to this challenge is using cell membrane-coated nanoparticles (CNPs). These nanoparticles replicate the complex interactions between cells and cytokines observed in disease pathology, providing a potential avenue for multiplex cytokine scavenging. While the development of CNPs using experimental animal models has shown great promise, their effectiveness in scavenging multiple cytokines in human diseases has yet to be demonstrated. To bridge this gap, this study selected macrophage membrane-coated CNPs (MФ-CNPs) and assessed their ability to scavenge inflammatory cytokines in serum samples from patients with COVID-19, sepsis, acute pancreatitis, or type-1 diabetes, along with synovial fluid samples from patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The results show that MФ-CNPs effectively scavenge critical inflammatory cytokines, including interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, interferon (IFN)-γ, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, in a dose-dependent manner. Overall, this study demonstrates MФ-CNPs as a multiplex cytokine scavenging formulation with promising applications in clinical settings to treat a range of inflammatory disorders.

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COVID-19CytokinesMacrophagesNanoparticlesArthritis, RheumatoidDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1FemaleHumansInflammationMaleMiddle AgedPancreatitisSARS-CoV-2SepsisCytokinescell membrane coatingcellular nanoparticlecytokineinflammatory disorderneutralization

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PMID38884169
PMCPMC11336921

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