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ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017

Lipophilic siRNA targets albumin in situ and promotes bioavailability, tumor penetration, and carrier-free gene silencing.

Samantha M Sarett, Thomas A Werfel, Linus Lee, Meredith A Jackson, Kameron V Kilchrist, Dana Brantley-Sieders, Craig L Duvall

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Article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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63citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

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

63 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 127 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Therapeutic delivery of albumin-binding siRNA targeting IRS2 to diverse cell types reduces mammary tumor growth.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Samantha M SarettDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.
Thomas A WerfelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.
Linus LeeDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.
Meredith A JacksonDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.
Kameron V KilchristDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235.
Dana Brantley-SiedersDepartment of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232.
Craig L DuvallDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37235; craig.duvall@vanderbilt.edu.
Vanderbilt University · USVanderbilt University Medical Center · US

Funding

Substrate Mediated siRNA Delivery from Scaffolds to Promote Wound RepairR01EB019409 · NIBIB · VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · PI Craig Lewis Duvall · 2014 to 2026
$4.0M
NIBIB NIH HHS R01 EB019409
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clinical translation of therapies based on small interfering RNA (siRNA) is hampered by siRNA's comprehensively poor pharmacokinetic properties, which necessitate molecule modifications and complex delivery strategies. We sought an alternative approach to commonly used nanoparticle carriers by leveraging the long-lived endogenous serum protein albumin as an siRNA carrier. We synthesized siRNA conjugated to a diacyl lipid moiety (siRNA-L

Indexed as

Gene SilencingNeoplasmsRNA, Small InterferingSerum Albumin, HumanCell Line, TumorHumansRNA, Small InterferingSerum Albumin, Humanalbumin bindingpharmacokineticsRNAisiRNA deliverytumor delivery

Identifiers

PMID28739942
PMCPMC5558996
OpenAlexW2738523285

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