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ReviewAdvanced drug delivery reviews2022

Critical review of nucleic acid nanotechnology to identify gaps and inform a strategy for accelerated clinical translation.

Kirill A Afonin, Marina A Dobrovolskaia, Weina Ke, Piotr Grodzinski, Mark Bathe

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Review in Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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48citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

48 citing papers in PubMed, 63 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 4 institutions in 1 country.

Kirill A AfoninNanoscale Science Program, Department of Chemistry, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC 28223, USA. Electronic address: kafonin@uncc.edu.
Marina A DobrovolskaiaNanotechnology Characterization Lab, Cancer Research Technology Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Weina KeBiomedical Informatics and Data Science Program, Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research sponsored by the National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA.
Piotr GrodzinskiNanodelivery Systems and Devices Branch, Cancer Imaging Program, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Mark BatheDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. Electronic address: mark.bathe@mit.edu.
Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research · USMassachusetts Institute of Technology · USNational Institutes of Health · USUniversity of North Carolina at Charlotte · US

Funding

WORK ORDER 126643 B539 EXPAND IC SUITE75N91019D00024 · NIAID · LEIDOS BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH, INC. · PI BRISCOE, LYNN · 2019 to 2025
$3932.6M
Simultaneous profiling of neuronal synapse activities, proteins, and messenger RNAs at the single-cell levelR01MH112694 · NIMH · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Mark Bathe · 2017 to 2026
$2.8M
SMART NANPs: new molecular platform for communication with human immune system and modulation of therapeutic responsesR35GM139587 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI AFONIN, KIRILL A · 2021 to 2025
$1.8M
Characterization of various multifunctional nucleic acid nanoparticles and understanding their immunotoxicityR01GM120487 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI AFONIN, KIRILL A · 2017 to 2020
$1.5M
Structured DNA Nanoparticles Therapeutic mRNA and CRISPR/Cas9 DeliveryR21EB026008 · NIBIB · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI BATHE, MARK · 2018 to 2021
$796k
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

With numerous recent advances, the field of therapeutic nucleic acid nanotechnology is now poised for clinical translation supported by several examples of FDA-approved nucleic acid nanoformulations including two recent mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccines. Within this rapidly growing field, a new subclass of nucleic acid therapeutics called nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) has emerged in recent years, which offers several unique properties distinguishing it from traditional therapeutic nucleic acids. Key unique aspects of NANPs include their well-defined 3D structure, their tunable multivalent architectures, and their ability to incorporate conditional activations of therapeutic targeting and release functions that enable diagnosis and therapy of cancer, regulation of blood coagulation disorders, as well as the development of novel vaccines, immunotherapies, and gene therapies. However, non-consolidated research developments of this highly interdisciplinary field create crucial barriers that must be overcome in order to impact a broader range of clinical indications. Forming a consortium framework for nucleic acid nanotechnology would prioritize and consolidate translational efforts, offer several unifying solutions to expedite their transition from bench-to-bedside, and potentially decrease the socio-economic burden on patients for a range of conditions. Herein, we review the unique properties of NANPs in the context of therapeutic applications and discuss their associated translational challenges.

Indexed as

AnimalsCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentCOVID-19 VaccinesDrug Delivery SystemsHumansImmunotherapyNanoparticlesNanotechnologyNucleic AcidsSARS-CoV-2COVID-19 VaccinesNucleic AcidsDna origamiNon-viral vectorNucleic acid nanotechnologyTherapeutic nucleic acidsVaccine

Identifiers

PMID34915069
PMCPMC8886801
OpenAlexW4200033639

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