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ArticleJournal of nanobiotechnology2025

Responsive nanoparticles synergize with Curcumin to break the "reactive oxygen Species-Neuroinflammation" vicious cycle, enhancing traumatic brain injury outcomes.

Xianhua Fu, Yongkang Zhang, Guojie Chen, Guangyao Mao, Jiajia Tang, Jin Xu, Yuhan Han, Honglin Chen, Lianshu Ding

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Article in Journal of nanobiotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors.

Xianhua Fu *Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Huaian NO.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China.
Yongkang Zhang *Department of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China.
Guojie Chen *Clinical Laboratory, Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China.
Guangyao MaoClinical Laboratory, Affiliated Taizhou People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Taizhou, Jiangsu, China.
Jiajia TangDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Suqian First People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian, China.
Jin XuDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Suqian First People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian, China.
Yuhan HanBrain Injury Center, Department of Neurosurgery, Ren Ji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China. hanyuhan1994@163.com.
Honglin ChenDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Suqian First People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Suqian, China. jsshychl@163.com.
Lianshu DingDepartment of Neurosurgery, The Affiliated Huaian NO.1 People's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Huaian, Jiangsu, China. dlshu@njmu.edu.cn.

Funding

PhD Student Innovation Cultivation Fund of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine 24KCPYYB009Suqian Sci & Tech Program No. S202207
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) disrupts oxygen homeostasis in the brain, leading to excessive reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and dysregulated antioxidant mechanisms, which fail to clear excess ROS. This ROS overload promotes the expression of pro-inflammatory genes, releasing cytokines and chemokines and creating a vicious "ROS-neuroinflammation" cycle, making it essential to break this cycle for effective TBI treatment. In this study, we developed cysteine-alanine-glutamine-lysine (CAQK) peptide-modified antioxidant nanoparticles (C-PPS/C) for co-delivery of curcumin (Cur) to modulate oxidative and neuroinflammatory disturbances after TBI. In TBI mice, C-PPS/C nanoparticles accumulated in injured brain regions, where poly (propylene sulfide)

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Brain Injuries, TraumaticCurcuminNanoparticlesNeuroinflammatory DiseasesReactive Oxygen SpeciesAnimalsAntioxidantsBlood-Brain BarrierInflammationMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNF-kappa BOxidative StressAntioxidantsCurcuminNF-kappa BReactive Oxygen SpeciesCurcuminNeuroinflammationNF-κBReactive oxygen speciesTraumatic brain injury

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PMID40045354
PMCPMC11881390

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