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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

Lipid and Polymer-Based Nanoparticle siRNA Delivery Systems for Cancer Therapy.

Francesco Mainini, Michael R Eccles

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
108citing papers in PubMed
8.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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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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

108 citing papers in PubMed, 212 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exosome-mediated siRNA delivery in cancer: Loading strategies, targeting approaches, and therapeutic outcomes.Daru : journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences · 2026
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  17. Using aptamers for targeted delivery of RNA therapies.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Francesco MaininiDepartment of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-7743-952X
Michael R EcclesDepartment of Pathology, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin 9054, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0002-6824-8761
University of Otago · NZ

Funding

Cancer Society of New Zealand N/AMaurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery N/ANew Zealand Institute for Cancer Research Trust N/AOtago Medical Research Foundation AG303
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

RNA interference (RNAi) uses small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) to mediate gene-silencing in cells and represents an emerging strategy for cancer therapy. Successful RNAi-mediated gene silencing requires overcoming multiple physiological barriers to achieve efficient delivery of siRNAs into cells in vivo, including into tumor and/or host cells in the tumor micro-environment (TME). Consequently, lipid and polymer-based nanoparticle siRNA delivery systems have been developed to surmount these physiological barriers. In this article, we review the strategies that have been developed to facilitate siRNA survival in the circulatory system, siRNA movement from the blood into tissues and the TME, targeted siRNA delivery to the tumor or specific cell types, cellular uptake, and escape from endosomal degradation. We also discuss the use of various types of lipid and polymer-based carriers for cancer therapy, including a section on anti-tumor nanovaccines enhanced by siRNAs. Finally, we review current and recent clinical trials using NPs loaded with siRNAs for cancer therapy. The siRNA cancer therapeutics field is rapidly evolving, and it is conceivable that precision cancer therapy could, in the relatively near future, benefit from the combined use of cancer therapies, for example immune checkpoint blockade together with gene-targeting siRNAs, personalized for enhancing and fine-tuning a patient's therapeutic response.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyAnimalsDrug Delivery SystemsGene TargetingHumansLipidsNanoparticlesNeoplasmsPolymersRNA, Small InterferingTumor MicroenvironmentLipidsPolymersRNA, Small Interferingcancer therapyintracellular deliverynanoparticlesiRNA

Identifiers

PMID32532030
PMCPMC7321291
OpenAlexW3035711571

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