Evidence map›Paper›PMID 41608020›Full record

ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2025

PTX-loaded, polysorbate 80-functionalized brain-targeting pullulan nanoparticles for drug delivery.

Huabing Yuan, Lu Han, Hao Deng, Yue Tan, Yi Yang, Yi Liu, Jiaxin Ying, Mengqi Fang, Hui Wei, Zhihe Tao

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing 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

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

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

10 authors.

Huabing Yuan *The First People's Hospital of Tianmen in Hubei Province, Tianmen, China.
Lu Han *The First People's Hospital of Tianmen in Hubei Province, Tianmen, China.
Hao DengHunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha, China.
Yue TanHunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha, China.
Yi YangHunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha, China.
Yi LiuHunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha, China.
Jiaxin YingHunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha, China.
Mengqi FangHunan Normal University School of Medicine, Changsha, China.
Hui WeiThe First People's Hospital of Tianmen in Hubei Province, Tianmen, China.
Zhihe TaoThe First People's Hospital of Tianmen in Hubei Province, Tianmen, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Brain-targeted drug delivery remains a major challenge in pharmaceutical research. In this study, four types of polysorbate 80 and cholesterol-modified pullulan polymers (CHPP) were synthesized and self-assembled into nanoparticles (CHPP NPs) for brain drug delivery. The properties of these NPs, including brain targeting efficiency, were systematically evaluated to investigate the influence of polymer modification on their performance. The hydrophobicity of the polymers increased with the degree of cholesterol substitution, which in turn led to a reduction in nanoparticle size. Furthermore, higher hydrophobicity contributed to an increased drug loading capacity for paclitaxel (PTX) and a more sustained drug release profile.

Indexed as

brain targetingdrug deliverypolysorbate 80pullulanself-assembly

Identifiers

PMID41608020
PMCPMC12835311

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.