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ReviewDrug discovery today2008

Maintaining the silence: reflections on long-term RNAi.

Koen Raemdonck, Roosmarijn E Vandenbroucke, Joseph Demeester, Niek N Sanders, Stefaan C De Smedt

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Review in Drug discovery today, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
44citing papers in PubMed
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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

44 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Koen RaemdonckLaboratory of General Biochemistry and Physical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Harelbekestraat 72, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Roosmarijn E Vandenbroucke
Joseph Demeester
Niek N Sanders
Stefaan C De Smedt

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since the demonstration of RNA interference (RNAi) in mammalian cells, considerable research and financial effort has gone towards implementing RNAi as a viable therapeutic platform. RNAi is, without doubt, the most promising strategy for the treatment of human genetic disorders. Because many of the targets proposed for RNAi therapy require chronic treatment, researchers agree that the emphasis must now be placed on the safe and long-term application of RNAi drugs to reap the benefits at last.

Indexed as

Gene SilencingAnimalsHumansKineticsModels, StatisticalRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID18620073
PMCPMC7108305

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Registered trials

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