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

Concepts and Approaches to Reduce or Avoid Protein Corona Formation on Nanoparticles: Challenges and Opportunities.

Matthias Barz, Wolfgang J Parak, Rudolf Zentel

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Review 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 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

30 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

3 authors.

Matthias BarzLeiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR), Leiden University, Leiden, NL-2333 CC, Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-1749-9034
Wolfgang J ParakInstitut für Nanostruktur- und Festkörperphysik, Universität Hamburg, Luruper Chaussee 149, D-22761, Hamburg, Germany.
Rudolf ZentelDepartment of Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Duesbergweg 10-14, D-55128, Mainz, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9206-6047

Funding

Coordinated Research Center 390 715 994Coordinated Research Center SFB 1066Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG Cluster of Excellence 'Advanced Imaging of Matter' - EXC 2056 (Germany)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review describes the formation of a protein corona (or its absence) on different classes of nanoparticles, its basic principles, and its consequences for nanomedicine. For this purpose, it describes general concepts to control (guide/minimize) the interaction between artificial nanoparticles and plasma proteins to reduce protein corona formation. Thereafter, methods for the qualitative or quantitative determination of protein corona formation are presented, as well as the properties of nanoparticle surfaces, which are relevant for protein corona prevention (or formation). Thereby especially the role of grafting density of hydrophilic polymers on the surface of the nanoparticle is discussed to prevent the formation of a protein corona. In this context also the potential of detergents (surfactants) for a temporary modification as well as grafting-to and grafting-from approaches for a permanent modification of the surface are discussed. The review concludes by highlighting several promising avenues. This includes (i) the use of nanoparticles without protein corona for active targeting, (ii) the use of synthetic nanoparticles without protein corona formation to address the immune system, (iii) the recollection of nanoparticles with a defined protein corona after in vivo application to sample the blood proteome and (iv) further concepts to reduce protein corona formation.

Indexed as

NanoparticlesProtein CoronaBlood ProteinsHumansNanomedicineBlood ProteinsProtein Coronananomedicinenano particlesprotein coronasurface modification

Identifiers

PMID38976560
PMCPMC11425909

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