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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2022

Chemical optimization of siRNA for safe and efficient silencing of placental sFLT1.

Sarah M Davis, Vignesh N Hariharan, Agnes Lo, Anton A Turanov, Dimas Echeverria, Jacquelyn Sousa, Nicholas McHugh, Annabelle Biscans, Julia F Alterman, S Ananth Karumanchi and 2 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.6field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Transforming Preeclampsia Care: Molecular Diagnostics and Therapeutic Innovations.Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN · 2026
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  15. Optimized chemical structure extends silencing duration of therapeutic siRNAs in dividing cancer and immune cells.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

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah M DavisRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Vignesh N HariharanRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Agnes LoCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Anton A TuranovRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Dimas EcheverriaRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Jacquelyn SousaRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Nicholas McHughRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Annabelle BiscansRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Julia F AltermanRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
S Ananth KarumanchiCenter for Vascular Biology Research, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Melissa J MooreRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
Anastasia KhvorovaRNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School, AS4-1049, 368 Plantation Street, Worcester, MA 01605, USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · US

Funding

Development of RNAi based sFLT1-targeting therapeutics for treatment of PreeclampsiaR01HD086111 · NICHD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KHVOROVA, ANASTASIA · 2016 to 2020
$3.4M
Chemical engineering of therapeutic RNAs for extrahepatic deliveryR35GM131839 · NIGMS · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI ANASTASIA KHVOROVA · 2019 to 2026
$3.1M
Mid-Scale RNA Synthesis, Purification and Quality Control SystemS10OD020012 · OD · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI KHVOROVA, ANASTASIA · 2015 to 2015
$563k
NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD086111NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM131839NIH HHS S10 OD020012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Preeclampsia (PE) is a rising, potentially lethal complication of pregnancy. PE is driven primarily by the overexpression of placental soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase 1 (sFLT1), a validated diagnostic and prognostic marker of the disease when normalized to placental growth factor (PlGF) levels. Injecting cholesterol-conjugated, fully modified, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) targeting

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angiogenic disordersextrahepatic deliverymethyl rich siRNAoligonucleotide drug designoligonucleotidespre-clinical developmentpreeclampsiasiRNA optimizationsiRNA therapeutics

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PMID35847173
PMCPMC9263991
OpenAlexW4283268917

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