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Injection/infusion reactions to nanopharmaceuticals (and particulate drug carriers) are idiosyncratic and well documented” Moghimi (2017).

Abstract:

Injection/infusion reactions to nanopharmaceuticals (and particulate drug carriers) are idiosyncratic and well documented. The molecular basis of nanoparticle-mediated injection reactions is debatable, with two hypotheses as front-runners.

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The first is complement-activation-related ‘pseudoallergy’, where a causal role for nanoparticle-mediated complement activation in injection/infusion reactions is considered. However, the second hypothesis (the rapid phagocytic response hypothesis) states a transitional link from robust clearance of nanoparticles (NPs) from the blood by strategically placed responsive macrophages to adverse hemodynamic and cardiopulmonary reactions, regardless of complement activation. Here, I critically examine and discuss these hypotheses. Current experimentally derived evidence appears to be more in support of the rapid phagocytic response hypothesis than of the pseudoallergy hypothesis.

Abstract:

Moghimi, S.M. (2017) Nanomedicine safety in preclinical and clinical development: focus on idiosyncratic injection/infusion reactions. Drug Discovery Today. November 13th. [epub ahead of print].

doi: 10.1016/j.drudis.2017.11.006.

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