Evidence map›Paper›PMID 17607305›Full record

ReviewNature reviews. Genetics2007

Engineering targeted viral vectors for gene therapy.

Reinhard Waehler, Stephen J Russell, David T Curiel

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Nature reviews. Genetics, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 324 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
324citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
–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

324 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Review
  7. Review
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Review
  12. Male germ cell technologies in large animals.The Journal of reproduction and development · 2026
    Review
  13. Review
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. CRISPR/Cas9 Delivery Systems to Enhance Gene Editing Efficiency.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  20. Review

264 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

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

3 authors.

Reinhard WaehlerDivision of Human Gene Therapy, 502 Biomedical Research Building II, 901 19th Street, South Birmingham, Alabama 35294-2172, USA.
Stephen J Russell
David T Curiel

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To achieve therapeutic success, transfer vehicles for gene therapy must be capable of transducing target cells while avoiding impact on non-target cells. Despite the high transduction efficiency of viral vectors, their tropism frequently does not match the therapeutic need. In the past, this lack of appropriate targeting allowed only partial exploitation of the great potential of gene therapy. Substantial progress in modifying viral vectors using diverse techniques now allows targeting to many cell types in vitro. Although important challenges remain for in vivo applications, the first clinical trials with targeted vectors have already begun to take place.

Indexed as

Genetic VectorsAnimalsGenetic EngineeringGenetic TherapyHumansIn Vitro TechniquesLigandsModels, GeneticTransduction, GeneticVirusesLigands

Identifiers

PMID17607305
PMCPMC7097627

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
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.