Evidence map›Paper›PMID 29746209›Full record

ReviewNucleic acid therapeutics2018

Improving siRNA Delivery In Vivo Through Lipid Conjugation.

Maire F Osborn, Anastasia Khvorova

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Review in Nucleic acid therapeutics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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86citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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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

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

86 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  6. The Versatile Applications of Antisense Oligonucleotides in Modern Medicine.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  17. Artificial Internalizing Receptors for Targeted Degradation of Extracellular Proteins.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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26 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

2 authors.

Maire F Osborn1 RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, Massachusetts.
Anastasia Khvorova1 RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School , Worcester, Massachusetts.

Funding

NIH HHS F32 NS095508-03NIH HHS GM108803
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA interference (RNAi)-based therapeutics are approaching clinical approval for genetically defined diseases. Current clinical success is a result of significant innovations in the development of chemical architectures that support sustained, multi-month efficacy in vivo following a single administration. Conjugate-mediated delivery has established itself as the most promising platform for safe and targeted small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery. Lipophilic conjugates represent a major class of modifications that improve siRNA pharmacokinetics and enable efficacy in a broad range of tissues. Here, we review current literature and define key features and limitations of this approach for in vivo modulation of gene expression.

Indexed as

Gene Transfer TechniquesAnimalsBiological TransportHumansLipidsMolecular Targeted TherapyNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasmsOligonucleotides, AntisenseOrgan SpecificityRNA, Small InterferingXenograft Model Antitumor AssaysLipidsNeoplasm ProteinsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, Small Interferingdeliverylipid conjugationsiRNA

Identifiers

PMID29746209
PMCPMC5994667

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