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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2016

Episomal Nonviral Gene Therapy Vectors Slow Progression of Atherosclerosis in a Model of Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

Alastair G Kerr, Lawrence Cs Tam, Ashley B Hale, Milena Cioroch, Gillian Douglas, Keith M Channon, Richard Wade-Martins

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 25% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The promising novel therapies for familial hypercholesterolemia.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alastair G KerrDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Lawrence Cs TamDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Ashley B HaleDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Milena CiorochDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Gillian DouglasDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Keith M ChannonDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
Richard Wade-MartinsDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
University of Oxford · GBBritish Heart Foundation · GBJohn Radcliffe Hospital · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/15/35/31403British Heart Foundation RG/12/5/29576Medical Research Council G0400144
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) is a life-threatening genetic disorder characterized by elevated levels of plasma low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-cholesterol). Current attempts at gene therapy for FH have been limited by the use of strong heterologous promoters which lack genomic DNA elements essential for regulated expression. Here, we have combined a mini-gene vector expressing the human LDLR cDNA from a 10 kb native human LDLR locus genomic DNA promoter element, with an efficient miRNA targeting 3-hydroxy-3-methylgutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (Hmgcr), to further enhance LDLR expression. We show that the combined vector suppresses endogenous Hmgcr transcripts in vivo, leading to an increase in LDLR transgene expression. In a diet-induced Ldlr

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