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ArticleJournal of nanotechnology and nanomaterials2023

Key Features in the Design and Function of Nanocarriers for Intranasal Administration of Gene Therapy in Huntington Disease.

Oksana Fihurka, Stephen Aradi, Vasyl Sava, Juan Sanchez-Ramos

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Article in Journal of nanotechnology and nanomaterials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Polymeric nanocarriers for therapeutic gene delivery.Asian journal of pharmaceutical sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Oksana FihurkaDepartment of Neurology, University of South Florida, USA.
Stephen AradiDepartment of Neurology, University of South Florida, USA.
Vasyl SavaDepartment of Neurology, University of South Florida, USA.
Juan Sanchez-RamosDepartment of Neurology, University of South Florida, USA.
University of South Florida · US

Funding

Nanocarriers Designed to Deliver Nucleic Acids to BrainR01NS095563 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA · PI SANCHEZ-RAMOS, JUAN R · 2015 to 2019
$2.0M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS095563
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major obstacle to fulfilling the therapeutic promise of gene therapies for hereditary brain diseases, such as Huntington' Disease (HD), is the requirement for viral vectors and/or an invasive delivery system (stereotaxic injection into brain or infusion into the intrathecal space). HD is an autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disease for which several clinical trials have demonstrated gene-lowering effects following intrathecal administration. These technical limitations have given impetus to the development of alternative non-invasive delivery systems for gene therapy of brain diseases. The overall objective of this review is to discuss the key features in the design of nanocarriers for intranasal administration of gene-therapy for HD, focusing primarily on our series of published work on the use of nanocarriers for gene therapy. Design and development of nanocarriers packaged with gene-lowering agents represents a significant advance towards non-invasive nose-to-brain delivery of gene therapy for HD and other hereditary brain disorders.

Indexed as

Gene therapyHuntington’s DiseaseIntranasal administrationNanocarriers

Identifiers

PMID37744989
PMCPMC10514752
OpenAlexW4386223776

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