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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2012

Multicomponent nanoparticles as nonviral vectors for the treatment of Fabry disease by gene therapy.

Aritz Pérez Ruiz de Garibay, Diego Delgado, Ana Del Pozo-Rodríguez, María Ángeles Solinís, Alicia Rodríguez Gascón

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aritz Pérez Ruiz de GaribayPharmacokinetics, Nanotechnology and Gene Therapy Group, Pharmacy Faculty, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain.
Diego Delgado
Ana Del Pozo-Rodríguez
María Ángeles Solinís
Alicia Rodríguez Gascón
University of the Basque Country · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeGene-mediated enzyme replacement is a reasonable and highly promising approach for the treatment of Fabry disease (FD). The objective of the present study was to demonstrate the potential applications of solid lipid nanoparticle (SLN)-based nonviral vectors for the treatment of FD.

methodsSLNs containing the pR-M10-αGal A plasmid that encodes the α-Galactosidase A (α-Gal A) enzyme were prepared and their in vitro transfection efficacy was studied in Hep G2 cells. We also studied the cellular uptake of the vectors and the intracellular disposition of the plasmid.

resultsThe enzymatic activity of the cells treated with the vectors increased significantly relative to the untreated cells, regardless of the formulation assayed. When the SLNs were prepared with protamine or dextran and protamine, the activity of the α-Gal A enzyme by the transfected Hep G2 cells increased up to 12-fold compared to that of untreated cells.

conclusionWith this work we have revealed in Hep G2 cells the ability of a multicomponent system based on SLNs to act as efficient nonviral vectors to potentially correct low α-Gal A activity levels in FD with gene therapy.

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Genetic Therapyalpha-GalactosidaseFabry DiseaseGenetic VectorsHep G2 CellsHumansLipidsNanoparticlesParticle Sizealpha-GalactosidaseLipidsFabry diseasegene therapynonviral vectorssolid lipid nanoparticles

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PMID23118528
PMCPMC3484727
OpenAlexW1997109298

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