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ArticleACS nano2024

Silicon Ether Ionizable Lipids Enable Potent mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles with Rapid Tissue Clearance.

Richard Holland, Kieu Lam, Sunny Jeng, Kevin McClintock, Lorne Palmer, Petra Schreiner, Mark Wood, Wenchen Zhao, James Heyes

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Article in ACS nano, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 3% 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

11 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
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  3. Design of cationic ionizable lipids for the delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  5. High-Throughput Strategies for Streamlining Lipid Nanoparticle Development Pipeline.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  7. Cubic Phase-Inducible Zwitterionic Phospholipids Improve the Functional Delivery of mRNA.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  9. A novel and safe SmartCapFrontiers in immunology · 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

9 authors.

Richard HollandGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5592-6394
Kieu LamGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1965-5491
Sunny JengGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0009-0004-4726-0579
Kevin McClintockGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-7385-7916
Lorne PalmerGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8867-4725
Petra SchreinerGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8952-4748
Mark WoodGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-8630-6945
Wenchen ZhaoGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4450-6292
James HeyesGenevant Science Corporation, Unit 155-887 Great Northern Way, Vancouver, British Columbia V5T 4T5, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9499-2028

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The advent of mRNA for nucleic acid (NA) therapeutics has unlocked many diverse areas of research and clinical investigation. However, the shorter intracellular half-life of mRNA compared with other NAs may necessitate more frequent dosing regimens. Because lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the principal delivery system used for mRNA, this could lead to tolerability challenges associated with an accumulated lipid burden. This can be addressed by introducing enzymatically cleaved carboxylic esters into the hydrophobic domains of lipid components, notably, the ionizable lipid. However, enzymatic activity can vary significantly with age, disease state, and species, potentially limiting the application in humans. Here we report an alternative approach to ionizable lipid degradability that relies on nonenzymatic hydrolysis, leading to a controlled and highly efficient lipid clearance profile. We identify highly potent examples and demonstrate their exceptional tolerability in multiple preclinical species, including multidosing in nonhuman primates (NHP).

Indexed as

LiposomesNanoparticlesSiliconAnimalsEtherEthersEthyl EthersHumansLipidsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingEtherEthersEthyl EthersLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingSiliconbiodegradabilityionizable lipidlipid nanoparticlemRNA therapeuticsnanotechnologynucleic acid

Identifiers

PMID38567845
PMCPMC11025127
OpenAlexW4393871794

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