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ArticleNature nanotechnology2025

Combinatorial design of siloxane-incorporated lipid nanoparticles augments intracellular processing for tissue-specific mRNA therapeutic delivery.

Lulu Xue, Gan Zhao, Ningqiang Gong, Xuexiang Han, Sarah J Shepherd, Xinhong Xiong, Zebin Xiao, Rohan Palanki, Junchao Xu, Kelsey L Swingle and 15 more

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Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 48 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

48 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Bioactive lipid-derived nanoparticles for RNA delivery.Materials today (Kidlington, England) · 2026
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  14. Messenger RNA and guide RNA distributions in lipid nanoparticles impact gene-editing efficiency in vivo.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  17. The RNA delivery dilemma-lipid versus polymer nanoparticle platforms.Drug delivery and translational research · 2026
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  18. Decoding Undesirable Inflammatory Responses of Nucleic Acid-Delivering Lipid Nanoparticles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Lulu Xue *Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5719-1336
Gan Zhao *Department of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8043-6036
Ningqiang Gong *Department of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9444-8505
Xuexiang HanDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0011-5222
Sarah J ShepherdDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Xinhong XiongYangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, China.
Zebin XiaoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3311-7403
Rohan PalankiDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Junchao XuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0725-8111
Kelsey L SwingleDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8475-9206
Claude C WarzechaGene Therapy Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3659-2867
Rakan El-MaytaDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5855-233X
Vivek ChowdharyGene Therapy Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1277-0128
Il-Chul YoonDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jingcheng XuDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Jiaxi CuiYangtze Delta Region Institute (Huzhou), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Huzhou, China.
Yi ShiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9084-8069
Mohamad-Gabriel AlamehDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5672-6930
Karin WangDepartment of Bioengineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-2583
Lili WangGene Therapy Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9347-3939
Darrin J PochanDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Drew WeissmanDepartment of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Andrew E VaughanDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5740-643X
James M WilsonGene Therapy Program, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9630-3131
Michael J MitchellDepartment of Bioengineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. mjmitch@seas.upenn.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3628-2244

Funding

A data-driven drug delivery (4D) platform for probing and treating the chemoresistant bone marrow microenvironmentDP2TR002776 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI MITCHELL, MICHAEL J · 2018 to 2018
$2.4M
Solitary chemosensory / tuft cells in lung regeneration and inflammationR01HL153539 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI VAUGHAN, ANDREW · 2020 to 2024
$2.0M
mRNA lipid nanoparticles for pre-eclampsiaR01HD115877 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI Michael J Mitchell · 2024 to 2026
$1.0M
Ionizable Lipid Nanoparticles for Fetal Lung TargetingF30HL162465 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI PALANKI, ROHAN · 2022 to 2025
$178k
NCATS NIH HHS DP2 TR002776NHLBI NIH HHS F30 HL162465NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL153539NICHD NIH HHS R01 HD115877
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systemic delivery of messenger RNA (mRNA) for tissue-specific targeting using lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) holds great therapeutic potential. Nevertheless, how the structural characteristics of ionizable lipids (lipidoids) impact their capability to target cells and organs remains unclear. Here we engineered a class of siloxane-based ionizable lipids with varying structures and formulated siloxane-incorporated LNPs (SiLNPs) to control in vivo mRNA delivery to the liver, lung and spleen in mice. The siloxane moieties enhance cellular internalization of mRNA-LNPs and improve their endosomal escape capacity, augmenting their mRNA delivery efficacy. Using organ-specific SiLNPs to deliver gene editing machinery, we achieve robust gene knockout in the liver of wild-type mice and in the lungs of both transgenic GFP and Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) tumour-bearing mice. Moreover, we showed effective recovery from viral infection-induced lung damage by delivering angiogenic factors with lung-targeted Si

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LipidsNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerSiloxanesAnimalsGene EditingGene Transfer TechniquesHumansLiposomesLiverLungMiceMice, Inbred C57BLLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, MessengerSiloxanes

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PMID39354147
PMCPMC12207990

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