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ReviewVaccines2023

Recent Advances in the Lipid Nanoparticle-Mediated Delivery of mRNA Vaccines.

K Swetha, Niranjan G Kotla, Lakshmi Tunki, Arya Jayaraj, Suresh K Bhargava, Haitao Hu, Srinivasa Reddy Bonam, Rajendra Kurapati

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In one paragraph

Review in Vaccines, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 100 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
100citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
18.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

100 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 122 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

8 authors at 6 institutions in 3 countries.

K SwethaSchool of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India.
Niranjan G KotlaSaveetha School of Engineering, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 602105, India.
Lakshmi TunkiDepartment of Applied Biology, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad 500007, India.ORCID 0000-0002-5713-9447
Arya JayarajSchool of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India.
Suresh K BhargavaCentre for Advanced Materials and Industrial Chemistry (CAMIC), School of Science, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3001, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-3127-8166
Haitao HuDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.
Srinivasa Reddy BonamDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd, Galveston, TX 77555, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2888-2418
Rajendra KurapatiSchool of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram 695551, India.ORCID 0000-0002-1811-2428
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram · INIndian Institute of Chemical Technology · INJohn Sealy Hospital · USRMIT University · AUSaveetha University · INThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

Department of Biotechnology BT/RLF/Re-entry/24/2020Science and Engineering Research Board SRG/2022/000291
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have recently emerged as one of the most advanced technologies for the highly efficient in vivo delivery of exogenous mRNA, particularly for COVID-19 vaccine delivery. LNPs comprise four different lipids: ionizable lipids, helper or neutral lipids, cholesterol, and lipids attached to polyethylene glycol (PEG). In this review, we present recent the advances and insights for the design of LNPs, as well as their composition and properties, with a subsequent discussion on the development of COVID-19 vaccines. In particular, as ionizable lipids are the most critical drivers for complexing the mRNA and in vivo delivery, the role of ionizable lipids in mRNA vaccines is discussed in detail. Furthermore, the use of LNPs as effective delivery vehicles for vaccination, genome editing, and protein replacement therapy is explained. Finally, expert opinion on LNPs for mRNA vaccines is discussed, which may address future challenges in developing mRNA vaccines using highly efficient LNPs based on a novel set of ionizable lipids. Developing highly efficient mRNA delivery systems for vaccines with improved safety against some severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) variants remains difficult.

Indexed as

COVID-19lipid nanoparticlesmRNAvaccine

Identifiers

PMID36992242
PMCPMC10059764
OpenAlexW4324357509

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