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ArticleScience advances2020

Treatment of psoriasis with NFKBIZ siRNA using topical ionic liquid formulations.

Abhirup Mandal, Ninad Kumbhojkar, Charles Reilly, Vimisha Dharamdasani, Anvay Ukidve, Donald E Ingber, Samir Mitragotri

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers.

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43citing papers in PubMed
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

43 citing papers in PubMed, 106 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

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Abhirup MandalJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2543-4994
Ninad KumbhojkarJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0097-2593
Charles ReillyWyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0541-0741
Vimisha DharamdasaniJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Anvay UkidveJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6757-7942
Donald E IngberJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4319-6520
Samir MitragotriJohn A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2459-8305
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic antibodies targeting tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and interleukin-17A (IL-17A) are effective in plaque psoriasis. Despite their popularity, safety concerns pose a challenge for systemic biologics. While anti-TNF-α and anti-IL-17A antibodies effectively inhibit respective proteins, we hypothesize that an approach based on local silencing of an upstream target such as NFKBIZ can be advantageous for treating psoriasis. However, effective delivery of small interfering RNA (siRNA) into the skin is a substantial hurdle due to skin's barrier function and poor stability of siRNA. Using ionic liquids as an enabling technology, we report on the effective delivery of NFKBIZ siRNA into the skin and its therapeutic efficacy in a psoriasis model. Treatment with IL-siRNA suppressed aberrant gene expression and resulted in down-regulation of psoriasis-related signals including TNF-α and IL-17A. These results provide a framework for a topical delivery platform for siRNA.

Indexed as

Ionic LiquidsPsoriasisAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingHumansInterleukin-17RNA, Small InterferingTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor InhibitorsAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingInterleukin-17Ionic LiquidsNFKBIZ protein, humanRNA, Small InterferingTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors

Identifiers

PMID32832675
PMCPMC7439648
OpenAlexW3043944266

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