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ReviewAdvances in genetics2014

Nonviral vectors: we have come a long way.

Tyler Goodwin, Leaf Huang

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Review in Advances in genetics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing 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

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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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  4. CRISPR/Cas9 Delivery Systems to Enhance Gene Editing Efficiency.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Liposomal Nanostructures for Drug Delivery in Gastrointestinal Cancers.The Journal of pharmacology and experimental therapeutics · 2019
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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

2 authors.

Tyler GoodwinDivision of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Leaf HuangDivision of Molecular Pharmaceutics and Center for Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

Funding

Translational Nanosystems for Improved Lung Cancer Treatment with Small MoleculesU54CA151652 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HAROON, ZISHAN A, TEPPER, JOEL E · 2010 to 2014
$12.1M
Hepatic Non-viral Gene TherapyR01DK100664 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HUANG, LEAF · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Novel nanoparticles for siRNA deliveryR01CA149363 · NCI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HUANG, LEAF · 2010 to 2014
$1.3M
NCI NIH HHS CA149363NCI NIH HHS CA151652NCI NIH HHS R01 CA149363NCI NIH HHS U54 CA151652NIDDK NIH HHS DK100664NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK100664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy, once thought to be the future of medicine, has reached the beginning stages of exponential growth. Many types of diseases are now being studied and treated in clinical trials through various gene delivery vectors. It appears that the future is here, and gene therapy is just beginning to revolutionize the way patients are treated. However, as promising as these ongoing treatments and clinical trials are, there are many more barriers and challenges that need to be addressed and understood in order to continue this positive growth. Our knowledge of these challenging factors such as gene uptake and expression should be expanded in order to improve existing delivery systems. This chapter will provide a brief overview on recent advances in the field of nonviral vectors for gene therapy as well as point out some novel vectors that have assisted in the extraordinary growth of nonviral gene therapy as we know it today.

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Genetic VectorsCationsElectroporationGenetic TherapyHumansLipidsLiposomesMagnetic PhenomenaNanoparticlesPolymersPressureUltrasonicsVirusesCationsLipidsLiposomesPolymersCationic lipidsCationic polymersElectroporationGenetic materialHydrodynamic injection

Identifiers

PMID25409601
PMCPMC5006058

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