Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39734473›Full record

ArticleJournal of vascular anomalies2024

Size-dependent Nanoparticle Accumulation In Venous Malformations.

Kathleen Cullion, Claire A Ostertag-Hill, Weimin Tang, Michelle Pan, Daniel S Kohane

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of vascular anomalies, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Treating venous malformations with nanomedicines.Nanomedicine (London, England) · 2025
    Review
  3. Article
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

5 authors.

Kathleen CullionLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Claire A Ostertag-HillLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Weimin TangLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Michelle PanLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Daniel S KohaneLaboratory for Biomaterials and Drug Delivery, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Funding

Prolonged duration and triggered local anesthesiaR35GM131728 · NIGMS · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Daniel S Kohane · 2019 to 2026
$5.4M
Supplement: Developing Nanoparticle Drug Delivery Systems for Venous MalformationsK08HL153782 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Kathleen Cullion · 2022 to 2026
$915k
NHLBI NIH HHS K08 HL153782NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131728
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: The current treatment of venous malformations (VMs) consists of medications with systemic toxicity and procedural interventions with high technical difficulty and risk of hemorrhage. Using nanoparticles (NPs) to enhance drug delivery to VMs could enhance efficacy and decrease systemic toxicity. NPs can accumulate in tissues with abnormal vasculature, a concept known as the enhanced permeation and retention (EPR) effect. EPR has been documented in tumors, bioengineered vessels, and VMs. However, in VMs, it is unknown if NP size affects EPR and if so, which particle size improves NP accumulation. Methods: In this study, we used a murine model of subcutaneous VMs using human umbilical vein endothelial cells that express the most frequent VM-causing tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin and EGF homology domains mutation, tyrosine kinase with immunoglobulin and EGF homology domains-L914F. Hollow silica NPs coated in polyethylene glycol (PEG) and conjugated to a fluorophore were administered systemically via tail vein injection. We studied the accumulation of a range of NP sizes within the VM and organs using confocal microscopy and an in vivo imaging system. Results: The 20, 50, 80, and 180 nm PEGylated, fluorophore-tagged hollow silica NPs were spherical and had hydrodynamic diameters of 31.6 ± 0.9, 58.5 ± 0.1, 87.1 ± 2.4, and 232 ± 1.26 nm, respectively. Following systemic NP administration, 20 nm NPs had 2 times more fluorescence accumulation within VMs compared with 50 nm, and 6 times more fluorescence accumulation compared with larger (greater than 80 nm) NPs ( Conclusion: This study helps to determine the optimal NP size for passive accumulation within VMs and lays the foundation for engineering NPs for the treatment of VMs.

Indexed as

drug deliveryenhanced permeation and retentionnanoparticlesvenous malformations

Identifiers

PMID39734473
PMCPMC11670902

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.