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ReviewLipids in health and disease2022

RNA-based therapy in the management of lipid disorders: a review.

Dirk Jacobus Blom, Adrian David Marais, Rajen Moodley, Nico van der Merwe, Alet van Tonder, Frederick Johan Raal

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Review in Lipids in health and disease, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
16citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

16 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Biologics for cardiovascular diseases: from bench to bedside.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2026
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  7. RNA Therapies in Cardio-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: Advancing Disease Management.Journal of cardiovascular translational research · 2025
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  9. RNA therapeutics in cardiovascular medicine.Current opinion in cardiology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dirk Jacobus BlomDepartment of Medicine, Division of Lipidology and Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. dirk.blom@uct.ac.za.
Adrian David MaraisDivision of Chemical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Rajen MoodleyNetcare Umhlanga Medical Center, Umhlanga, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa.
Nico van der MerweNetcare Greenacres Hospital, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Alet van TonderMedical Affairs, Novartis, Waterfall City, South Africa.
Frederick Johan RaalCarbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
University of Cape Town · ZAElizabeth Donkin Hospital · ZAUniversity of the Witwatersrand · ZA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review focuses on antisense oligonucleotides and small interfering ribonucleic acid therapies approved or under development for the management of lipid disorders. Recent advances in RNA-based therapeutics allow tissue-specific targeting improving safety. Multiple potential target proteins have been identified and RNA-based therapeutics have the potential to significantly improve outcomes for patients with or at risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. The advantages of RNA-based lipid modifying therapies include the ability to reduce the concentration of almost any target protein highly selectively, allowing for more precise control of metabolic pathways than can often be achieved with small molecule-based drugs. RNA-based lipid modifying therapies also make it possible to reduce the expression of target proteins for which there are no small molecule inhibitors. RNA-based therapies can also reduce pill burden as their administration schedule typically varies from weekly to twice yearly injections. The safety profile of most current RNA-based lipid therapies is acceptable but adverse events associated with various therapies targeting lipid pathways have included injection site reactions, inflammatory reactions, hepatic steatosis and thrombocytopenia. While the body of evidence for these therapies is expanding, clinical experience with these therapies is currently limited in duration and the results of long-term studies are eagerly awaited.

Indexed as

AtherosclerosisLipid Metabolism DisordersHumansLipidsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNALipidsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNAAntisense oligonucleotidesLDL-CLipid disordersLipid-loweringRNA-based therapiesSmall interfering RNA

Identifiers

PMID35459248
PMCPMC9034497
OpenAlexW4224293593

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