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MRI-detectable polymeric micelles incorporating platinum anticancer drugs enhance survival in an advanced hepatocellular carcinoma model

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Nanomedicine, June 2015
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Title
MRI-detectable polymeric micelles incorporating platinum anticancer drugs enhance survival in an advanced hepatocellular carcinoma model
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International Journal of Nanomedicine, June 2015
DOI 10.2147/ijn.s81339
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Nguyen Quoc Vinh, Shigeyuki Naka, Horacio Cabral, Hiroyuki Murayama, Sachiko Kaida, Kazunori Kataoka, Shigehiro Morikawa, Tohru Tani

Abstract

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most intractable and lethal cancers; most cases are diagnosed at advanced stages with underlying liver dysfunction and are frequently resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The development of tumor-targeting systems may improve treatment outcomes. Nanomedicine platforms are of particular interest for enhancing chemotherapeutic efficiency, and they include polymeric micelles, which enable targeting of multiple drugs to solid tumors, including imaging and therapeutic agents. This allows concurrent diagnosis, targeting strategy validation, and efficacy assessment. We used polymeric micelles containing the T1-weighted magnetic resonance imaging contrast agent gadolinium-diethylenetriaminpentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) and the parent complex of the anticancer drug oxaliplatin [(1,2-diaminocyclohexane)platinum(II) (DACHPt)] for simultaneous imaging and therapy in an orthotopic rat model of HCC. The Gd-DTPA/DACHPt-loaded micelles were injected into the hepatic artery, and magnetic resonance imaging performance and antitumor activity against HCC, as well as adverse drug reactions were assessed. After a single administration, the micelles achieved strong and specific tumor contrast enhancement, induced high levels of tumor apoptosis, and significantly suppressed tumor size and growth. Moreover, the micelles did not induce severe adverse reactions and significantly improved survival outcomes in comparison to oxaliplatin or saline controls. Our results suggest that Gd-DTPA/DACHPt-loaded micelles are a promising approach for effective diagnosis and treatment of advanced HCC.

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 29%
Researcher 5 14%
Student > Bachelor 4 11%
Professor > Associate Professor 4 11%
Student > Master 3 9%
Other 6 17%
Unknown 3 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 20%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 6 17%
Materials Science 4 11%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 2 6%
Engineering 2 6%
Other 7 20%
Unknown 7 20%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 April 2016.
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#15,740,505
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#1,774
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#144,538
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Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Nanomedicine
#34
of 109 outputs
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