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ArticleMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2019

Improved Efficacy in a Fabry Disease Model Using a Systemic mRNA Liver Depot System as Compared to Enzyme Replacement Therapy.

Frank DeRosa, Lianne Smith, Yinghua Shen, Yan Huang, Jing Pan, Hongsheng Xie, Barak Yahalom, Michael W Heartlein

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Article in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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67citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.7field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 104 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Immunology of RNA-based vaccines: The critical interplay between inflammation and expression.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  12. Progress and Challenges in the Treatment of Fabry Disease.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2025
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  14. A Lyme disease mRNA vaccine targetingMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025
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  17. Cellular functions and biomedical applications of circular RNAs.Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frank DeRosaTranslate Bio, Lexington, MA 02141, USA.
Lianne SmithTranslate Bio, Lexington, MA 02141, USA.
Yinghua ShenShire Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA 02141, USA.
Yan HuangShire Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA 02141, USA.
Jing PanShire Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA 02141, USA.
Hongsheng XieShire Pharmaceuticals, Lexington, MA 02141, USA.
Barak YahalomBiomere, Worcester, MA 01608, USA.
Michael W HeartleinTranslate Bio, Lexington, MA 02141, USA. Electronic address: mheartlein@translate.bio.
Takeda (United States) · USTranslate Bio (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fabry disease is a lysosomal storage disorder caused by the deficiency of α-galactosidase A. Enzyme deficiency results in a progressive decline in renal and cardiac function, leading to cardiomyopathy and end-stage renal disease. Current treatments available, including enzyme replacement therapies, have provided significant benefit to patients; however, unmet medical needs remain. mRNA therapy, with drug-like properties, has the unique ability to produce therapeutic proteins endogenously. Here we describe the sustained delivery of therapeutic human α-galactosidase protein in vivo via nanoparticle-formulated mRNA in mouse and non-human primate, with a demonstration of efficacy through clinically relevant biomarker reduction in a mouse Fabry disease model. Multi-component nanoparticles formulated with lipids and lipid-like materials were developed for the delivery of mRNA encoding human α-galactosidase protein. Upon delivery of human GLA mRNA to mice, serum GLA protein levels reached as high as ∼1,330-fold over normal physiological values.

Indexed as

alpha-GalactosidaseAnimalsCallithrixDisease Models, AnimalDrug CompoundingDrug Delivery SystemsEnzyme Replacement TherapyFabry DiseaseFemaleGene Knockout TechniquesHumansKidneyLipidsLiverMaleMicealpha-GalactosidaseGLA protein, humanLipidsRNA, Messengerdeliveryenzyme replacement therapyFabrylipid nanoparticlemRNA

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PMID30879951
PMCPMC6453518
OpenAlexW2922121037

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