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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2012

Pulmonary delivery of therapeutic siRNA.

Jenny Ka-Wing Lam, Wanling Liang, Hak-Kim Chan

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 81 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
81citing papers in PubMed
7.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

81 citing papers in PubMed, 210 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. Polymer-siRNA nanovectors for treating lung inflammation.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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  15. Co-delivery of PD-L1- and EGFR-targeting siRNAs by synthetic PEGEuropean journal of pharmaceutics and biopharmaceutics : official journal of Arbeitsgemeinschaft fur Pharmazeutische Verfahrenstechnik e.V · 2024
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21 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 at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jenny Ka-Wing LamDepartment of Pharmacology & Pharmacy, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong. jkwlam@hku.hk
Wanling Liang
Hak-Kim Chan
University of Hong Kong · HKUniversity of Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has a huge potential for the treatment or prevention of various lung diseases. Once the RNA molecules have successfully entered the target cells, they could inhibit the expression of specific gene sequence through RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism and generate therapeutic effects. The biggest obstacle to translating siRNA therapy from the laboratories into the clinics is delivery. An ideal delivery agent should protect the siRNA from enzymatic degradation, facilitate cellular uptake and promote endosomal escape inside the cells, with negligible toxicity. Lung targeting could be achieved by systemic delivery or pulmonary delivery. The latter route of administration could potentially enhance siRNA retention in the lungs and reduce systemic toxic effects. However the presence of mucus, the mucociliary clearance actions and the high degree branching of the airways present major barriers to targeted pulmonary delivery. The delivery systems need to be designed carefully in order to maximize the siRNA deposition to the diseased area of the airways. In most of the pulmonary siRNA therapy studies in vivo, siRNA was delivered either intratracheally or intranasally. Very limited work was done on the formulation of siRNA for inhalation which is believed to be the direction for future development. This review focuses on the latest development of pulmonary delivery of siRNA for the treatment of various lung diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsHumansLungLung DiseasesRNA InterferenceRNA, Small InterferingRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID21356260
PMCPMC7103329
OpenAlexW2065176007

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