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ReviewSmall (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)2025

Liposome-Based Interventions in Knee Osteoarthritis.

Evgenia Mitsou, Jacob Klein

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Review in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

2 authors.

Evgenia MitsouDepartment of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Hertzl Street 234, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-1137-2446
Jacob KleinDepartment of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Hertzl Street 234, Rehovot, 7610001, Israel.

Funding

Azrieli FoundationEuropean Research Council 743 016Israel Science Foundation 1229/20McCutchen Foundation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative disease of the joints, causing significant disability and socio-economic burden in the aging population. Simultaneously, however, it is a common occurrence in younger individuals, initiated by joint injuries or obesity alongside other factors. Intravenous and oral pharmaceutical OA management have both been associated with systemic adverse effects, thereby resulting in a growing interest in intra-articular (IA) treatment. IA-administered drugs circumvent the requirement for high dosage, offering immediate access to the site of interest while minimizing any unfavorable effects. Nonetheless, IA-injected drugs, administered in their free form, present low retention time in the knee joint raising the need for multiple injection dosage regimens, while their capability to target the cartilage or specific cell populations is limited. Liposomes, due to their unique characteristics and tunable nature, have proven to be excellent candidates for the management of knee OA. This review explores the last decade's research on the efficacy of various IA liposomal formulations, investigating their multifaceted properties as pharmaceutical carriers, lubricating agents, and a basis for combinatorial approaches paving the way to novel treatment solutions for OA.

Indexed as

LiposomesOsteoarthritis, KneeAnimalsHumansInjections, Intra-ArticularLiposomesdrug deliveryintra‐articular administrationknee osteoarthritisliposomeslubrication

Identifiers

PMID40143645
PMCPMC12036560

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