Evidence map›Paper›PMID 18528432›Full record

ReviewGene therapy2008

Gene therapy progress and prospects: synthetic polymer-based systems.

D Schaffert, E Wagner

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Review in Gene therapy, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 70 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
70citing papers in PubMed
12.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

70 citing papers in PubMed, 276 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Recent Update on siRNA Therapeutics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  3. Highly branched poly β-amino ester/CpG-depletedMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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  5. Engineering poly- and micelleplexes for nucleic acid delivery - A reflection on their endosomal escape.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2023
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  12. Delivery of transcription factors as modulators of cell differentiation.Drug delivery and translational research · 2021
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  19. Molecular Mechanisms and Biological Functions of siRNA.International journal of biomedical science : IJBS · 2017
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10 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

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

D SchaffertPharmaceutical Biotechnology, Center for Drug Research and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Nanosystems Initiative Munich (NIM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Butenandtstrasse 5-13, Munich, Germany.
E Wagner
Center for NanoScience · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Low efficiency, significant toxicity, polymer polydispersity and poorly understood delivery mechanisms have initially plagued the field of polymer-based gene therapy. Numerous strategies have helped to improve polyplexes, including the development of biodegradable polymers with reduced toxicity, incorporation of cell targeting, surface shielding and additional transport domains for effective and specific delivery, or improved chemistry for syntheses of polymers with uniform size and topology. Combined biooptical imaging and bioinformatics, providing insights into transfer bottlenecks, have helped to design improved polyplexes. Bioresponsive multifunctional polymers adapt in a dynamic manner to delivery barriers for efficient transfer of pDNA or siRNA to the target site.

Indexed as

PolymersAnimalsComputational BiologyDrug Delivery SystemsGene TargetingGenetic TherapyGene Transfer TechniquesHumansRNA, Small InterferingPolymersRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID18528432
OpenAlexW2088654227

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Registered trials

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