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ArticleNature materials2025

Inhalable nanocatalytic therapeutics for viral pneumonia.

Wenchang Peng, Wanbo Tai, Bowen Li, Hua Wang, Tao Wang, Shuyue Guo, Xu Zhang, Pengyuan Dong, Chongyu Tian, Shengyong Feng and 3 more

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Article in Nature materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

30 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Wenchang Peng *Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0009-4798-3212
Wanbo Tai *New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9864-8993
Bowen Li *Academy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-2712-1812
Hua WangAcademy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.
Tao WangSchool of Life Sciences, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1490-7407
Shuyue GuoRosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Xu ZhangRosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Pengyuan DongNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Chongyu TianNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3398-5208
Shengyong FengNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
Long YangSchool of Integrative Medicine, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Tianjin, China. long.yang@tjutcm.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-3671-4091
Gong ChengNew Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Tsinghua University-Peking University Joint Center for Life Sciences, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. gongcheng@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7447-5488
Bin ZhengAcademy of Medical Engineering and Translational Medicine, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China. binzheng@tju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0369-5560

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 31825001National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32000999National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32100755National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32188101National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 32271400National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81730063National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82271872National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82341046
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumonia is a ubiquitous disease caused by viral and bacterial infections, characterized by high levels of reactive oxygen species in inflamed areas. Therapeutic strategies targeting reactive oxygen species levels in pneumonia have limited success due to the intricate nature of lung tissues and lung inflammatory responses. Here we describe an inhalable, non-invasive therapeutic platform composed of engineered cerium-based tannic acid nanozymes bound to a self-assembling peptide. In vitro and in vivo studies show that the nanozyme is internalized mostly by activated macrophages and epithelial cells in the inflamed sites. In the oxidative environments of a mouse model of viral pneumonia, nanozyme aggregates into catalytically active structures that reduce reactive oxygen species levels and inflammatory cytokine production and promote macrophage polarization to the prohealing (M2) phenotype. Moreover, the nanozyme attenuates bacterial inflammation and reduces tissue damage in a mouse viral pneumonia model with secondary bacterial infection. Overall, this nanozyme platform is a promising strategy for treating pneumonia and its associated conditions.

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NanoparticlesPneumonia, ViralAdministration, InhalationAnimalsCeriumDisease Models, AnimalHumansLungMacrophagesMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReactive Oxygen SpeciesTanninsCeriumReactive Oxygen SpeciesTannins

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