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ReviewGene therapy2017

Engineering liposomal nanoparticles for targeted gene therapy.

C Zylberberg, K Gaskill, S Pasley, S Matosevic

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Review in Gene therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 82 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
82citing papers in PubMed
6.9field-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

82 citing papers in PubMed, 205 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Sterilization Effects on Liposomes with Varying Lipid Chains.Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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  7. Sonogenetics in the Treatment of Chronic Diseases: A New Method for Cell Regulation.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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  10. Biotechnology reports (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024
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  12. Emerging strategies for nanomedicine in autoimmunity.Advanced drug delivery reviews · 2024
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22 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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

C ZylberbergAkron Biotech, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
K GaskillAkron Biotech, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
S PasleyAkron Biotech, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
S MatosevicAkron Biotech, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
Cook Biotech (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent mechanistic studies have attempted to deepen our understanding of the process by which liposome-mediated delivery of genetic material occurs. Understanding the interactions between lipid nanoparticles and cells is still largely elusive. Liposome-mediated delivery of genetic material faces systemic obstacles alongside entry into the cell, endosomal escape, lysosomal degradation and nuclear uptake. Rational design approaches for targeted delivery have been developed to reduce off-target effects and enhance transfection. These strategies, which have included the modification of lipid nanoparticles with target-specific ligands to enhance intracellular uptake, have shown significant promise at the proof-of-concept stage. Control of physical and chemical specifications of liposome composition, which includes lipid-to-DNA charge, size, presence of ester bonds, chain length and nature of ligand complexation, is integral to the performance of targeted liposomes as genetic delivery agents. Clinical advances are expected to rely on such systems in the therapeutic application of liposome nanoparticle-based gene therapy. Here, we discuss the latest breakthroughs in the development of targeted liposome-based agents for the delivery of genetic material, paying particular attention to new ligand and cationic lipid design as well as recent in vivo advances.

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AnimalsGenetic TherapyHumansLiposomesNanoparticlesPhospholipidsLiposomesPhospholipids

Identifiers

PMID28504657
OpenAlexW2614154488

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