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ReviewGels (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Utilisation of High Molecular Weight and Ultra-High Molecular Weight Hyaluronan in Management of Glioblastoma.

Alex-Adrian Salagean, Cezara-Anca-Denisa Moldovan, Mark Slevin

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Review in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Alex-Adrian SalageanDepartment of Histology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Cezara-Anca-Denisa MoldovanSchool of Medicine, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Mark SlevinCenter for Advanced Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Târgu Mureș, 540142 Târgu Mureș, Romania.ORCID 0000-0003-3767-4861

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

HA (hyaluronan) has been considered in recent years as a naturally occurring modifiable gel-like scaffold that has the capability to absorb and release drugs over an extended period of time making it suitable as a potential chemotherapeutic delivery agent. Considering the limited treatment options available in the treatment of glioblastoma, in this review, we discuss the novel utilisation of ultra-high molecular weight HA-originally identified as a mechanism for maintaining longevity in the naked mole-rat-as both a protective and extracellular matrix-optimizing colloidal scaffold, and a means to deliver therapy in resected brain tumours. The unique properties of this unique form of HA cross-linked gel indicate potential future use in the prevention and treatment of both proliferative-based and inflammation-driven disease.

Indexed as

glioblastomahyaluronannaked mole-rattargeted drug delivery

Identifiers

PMID39852021
PMCPMC11764969

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