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ReviewNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles-Based Systems for RNAi Delivery: Applications in Bone Tissue Regeneration.

Tanya J Levingstone, Simona Herbaj, John Redmond, Helen O McCarthy, Nicholas J Dunne

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Review in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Tanya J LevingstoneSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, 9 Dublin, Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-9751-2314
Simona HerbajSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, 9 Dublin, Ireland.
John RedmondSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, 9 Dublin, Ireland.
Helen O McCarthySchool of Pharmacy, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK.
Nicholas J DunneSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, Dublin City University, 9 Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin City University · IEQueen's University Belfast · GBTrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

Irish Research Council GOIPG/2016/1526
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Bone-related injury and disease constitute a significant global burden both socially and economically. Current treatments have many limitations and thus the development of new approaches for bone-related conditions is imperative. Gene therapy is an emerging approach for effective bone repair and regeneration, with notable interest in the use of RNA interference (RNAi) systems to regulate gene expression in the bone microenvironment. Calcium phosphate nanoparticles represent promising materials for use as non-viral vectors for gene therapy in bone tissue engineering applications due to their many favorable properties, including biocompatibility, osteoinductivity, osteoconductivity, and strong affinity for binding to nucleic acids. However, low transfection rates present a significant barrier to their clinical use. This article reviews the benefits of calcium phosphate nanoparticles for RNAi delivery and highlights the role of surface functionalization in increasing calcium phosphate nanoparticles stability, improving cellular uptake and increasing transfection efficiency. Currently, the underlying mechanistic principles relating to these systems and their interplay during in vivo bone formation is not wholly understood. Furthermore, the optimal microRNA targets for particular bone tissue regeneration applications are still unclear. Therefore, further research is required in order to achieve the optimal calcium phosphate nanoparticles-based systems for RNAi delivery for bone tissue regeneration.

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bone tissue engineeringcalcium phosphatesgene therapynanoparticlesnon-viral vectorsRNA interferencesurface functionalization

Identifiers

PMID31947548
PMCPMC7023416
OpenAlexW2998986650

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