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Transdermal Delivery of Adipocyte Phospholipase A2 siRNA using Microneedles to Treat Thyroid Associated Ophthalmopathy-Related Proptosis.

Guiqin Liu, Yan Deng, Yi Song, Yi Sui, Juan Cen, Ziyu Shao, Hu Li, Tao Tang

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Article in Cell transplantation. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 31% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Guiqin LiuShenzhen Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Shenzhen Eye Hospital, Affiliated Shenzhen Eye Hospital of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, China.
Yan DengDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, 26451The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Yi SongDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, 26451The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.
Yi SuiDepartment of Nutrition, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Juan CenKey Laboratory of Natural Medicine and Immune Engineering, 12411Henan University, Kaifeng, China.
Ziyu ShaoDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Hu LiDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Panyu Central Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Tao TangDepartment of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, 26451The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-0653-7987
Chinese University of Hong Kong · HKPanyu District Central Hospital · CNHenan University · CNShenzhen University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thyroid associated ophthalmopathy (TAO) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease occurring in patients with thyroid disease. Patients with TAO-related proptosis is largely due to excessive orbital adipose tissue Adipocyte phospholipase A2 (AdPLA) is one of the most important regulatory factors in adipocyte lipolysis, which may be associated with TAO-related proptosis. Thus, silencing AdPLA by RNA interference may be beneficial for the treatment of TAO. In this study, we sought to evaluate the efficiency of two types of microneedles to deliver siRNAs for silencing AdPLA. Our results showed that AdPLA mRNA was up-regulated in the orbit adipose tissues from TAO patients. Silence of AdPLA by siRNA can reduce lipid accumulation in both human and mouse adipocyte cell lines. Moreover, silence effects of silicon microneedle array patch-based and injectable microneedle device-based siRNA administration were examined at the belly site of the mice, and injectable microneedle device showed higher knockdown efficiency than silicon microneedle array patch. This study sets the stage not only for future treatment of TAO-related proptosis using AdPLA siRNA, but also provides the foundation for targeted siRNA delivery by using microneedles.

Indexed as

AdipocytesAdministration, CutaneousAdultExophthalmosFemaleGraves OphthalmopathyHumansMalePhospholipases A2RNA, Small InterferingThyroid DiseasesTransfectionPhospholipases A2RNA, Small InterferingadipocytesAdPLAmicroneedlesRNA interferenceTAO

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PMID33880967
PMCPMC8072820
OpenAlexW3155320562

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