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ArticleMolecular pharmaceutics2023

Enhanced Delivery of 5-Aminolevulinic Acid by Lecithin Invasomes in 3D Melanoma Cancer Model.

Antonio Gaballo, Andrea Ragusa, Concetta Nobile, Nunzia Gallo, Luca Salvatore, Clara Piccirillo, Alessia Nito, Annalisa Caputo, Gabriella Guida, Alfredo Zito and 2 more

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Article in Molecular pharmaceutics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
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

9 citing papers in PubMed, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Antonio GaballoConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Nanotechnology, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Andrea RagusaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences and Technologies, University of Salento, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2198-6185
Concetta NobileConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Nanotechnology, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Nunzia GalloDepartment of Engineering for Innovation, University of Salento, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1810-7917
Luca SalvatoreTypeone Biomaterials Srl, Muro Leccese, Lecce, 73036, Italy.
Clara PiccirilloConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Nanotechnology, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Alessia NitoConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Nanotechnology, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Annalisa CaputoConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Nanotechnology, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.
Gabriella GuidaDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences Neurosciences and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, 70124, Italy.
Alfredo ZitoPathology Department, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Bari, 70124, Italy.
Raffaele FiloticoDermato-Oncology Unit, IRCCS Istituto Tumori "Giovanni Paolo II", Bari, 70124, Italy.
Alessandra QuartaConsiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Institute of Nanotechnology, via Monteroni, Lecce, 73100, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1911-9864
Istituto di Nanotecnologia · ITIstituto Tumori Bari · ITUniversity of Salento · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) is a noninvasive therapeutic approach for the treatment of skin cancer and diseases. 5-Aminolevulinic acid is a prodrug clinically approved for PDT. Once internalized by cancer cells, it is rapidly metabolized to the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX, which under the proper light irradiation, stimulates the deleterious reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and leads to cell death. The high hydrophilicity of 5-aminolevulinic acid limits its capability to cross the epidermis. Lipophilic derivatives of 5-aminolevulinic acid only partly improved skin penetration, thus making its incorporation into nanocarriers necessary. Here we have developed and characterized 5-aminolevulinic acid loaded invasomes made of egg lecithin, either 1,2-dilauroyl-

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MelanomaPhotochemotherapyAminolevulinic AcidCutaneous Malignant MelanomaHumansLecithinsLimonenePhotosensitizing AgentsReactive Oxygen SpeciesAminolevulinic AcidLecithinsLimonenePhotosensitizing AgentsReactive Oxygen Species3D melanoma spheroids5-aminolevulinic acidinvasomephotodynamic therapyROStransdermal delivery

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PMID37755323
PMCPMC10630953
OpenAlexW4387077758

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