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ReviewFrontiers in plant science2020

Risk Assessment Considerations for Genetically Modified RNAi Plants: EFSA's Activities and Perspective.

Nikoletta Papadopoulou, Yann Devos, Fernando Álvarez-Alfageme, Anna Lanzoni, Elisabeth Waigmann

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Review in Frontiers in plant science, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Risk assessment considerations for RNAi-based genetically modified plants.EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2025
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  11. Silencing of ATP Synthase β Impairs Egg Development in the LeafhopperInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  16. Recent Progress in Enhancing Fungal Disease Resistance in Ornamental Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nikoletta PapadopoulouGenetically Modified Organisms Unit, Department of Scientific Evaluation of Regulated Products Development, European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy.
Yann DevosGenetically Modified Organisms Unit, Department of Scientific Evaluation of Regulated Products Development, European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy.
Fernando Álvarez-AlfagemeGenetically Modified Organisms Unit, Department of Scientific Evaluation of Regulated Products Development, European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy.
Anna LanzoniGenetically Modified Organisms Unit, Department of Scientific Evaluation of Regulated Products Development, European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy.
Elisabeth WaigmannGenetically Modified Organisms Unit, Department of Scientific Evaluation of Regulated Products Development, European Food Safety Authority, Parma, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Genetically modified plants (GMPs) intended for market release can be designed to induce "gene silencing" through RNA interference (RNAi). The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and other international risk assessment bodies/regulatory agencies have taken several actions to determine whether the existing risk assessment approaches for GMPs are appropriate for the risk assessment of RNAi-based GMPs or require complementary or alternative approaches. To our knowledge, at the international level, no dedicated guidelines have been developed for the risk assessment and regulation of RNAi-based GMPs, confirming that existing science-based risk assessment approaches for GMPs are generally considered suitable for RNAi-based GMPs. However, some specificities have been identified for the risk assessment of RNAi-based GMPs. Here, we report on some of these specificities as identified and addressed by the EFSA GMO Panel for the molecular characterisation, food/feed safety assessment and environmental risk assessment of RNAi-based GMPs, using the DvSnf7 dsRNA-expressing maize MON87411 as a case study.

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cropsdsRNADvSnf7gene silencinggenetically modified organismsoff-targetrisk assessmentRNAi

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PMID32373145
PMCPMC7186845

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