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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2022

Minicircle Delivery to the Neural Retina as a Gene Therapy Approach.

Federica Staurenghi, Michelle E McClements, Ahmed Salman, Robert E MacLaren

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed
1.0field-weighted citation impact, top 27% 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.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Federica StaurenghiNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
Michelle E McClementsNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-2941-4464
Ahmed SalmanNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4300-2033
Robert E MacLarenNuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK.
University of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_18059
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-viral gene therapy has the potential to overcome several shortcomings in viral vector-based therapeutics. Methods of in vivo plasmid delivery have developed over recent years to increase the efficiency of non-viral gene transfer, yet further improvements still need to be made to improve their translational capacity. Gene therapy advances for inherited retinal disease have been particularly prominent over the recent decade but overcoming physical and physiological barriers present in the eye remains a key obstacle in the field of non-viral ocular drug delivery. Minicircles are circular double-stranded DNA vectors that contain expression cassettes devoid of bacterial DNA, thereby limiting the risks of innate immune responses induced by such elements. To date, they have not been extensively used in pre-clinical studies yet remain a viable vector option for the treatment of inherited retinal disease. Here, we explore the potential of minicircle DNA delivery to the neural retina as a gene therapy approach. We consider the advantages of minicircles as gene therapy vectors as well as review the challenges involved in optimising their delivery to the neural retina.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyRetinal DiseasesDNADNA, BacterialGenetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesHumansRetinaDNADNA, Bacterialgene therapyminicirclenon-viralretina

Identifiers

PMID36232975
PMCPMC9569440
OpenAlexW4303699301

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