Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39737597›Full record

ArticleACS applied materials & interfaces2025

Transfection Potency of Lipid Nanoparticles Containing mRNA Depends on Relative Loading Levels.

Suiyang Liao, Shuangyu Wang, Abishek Wadhwa, Alexandra Birkenshaw, Kevin Fox, Miffy Hok Yan Cheng, Irafasha C Casmil, Armando Alcazar Magana, Nuthan Vikas Bathula, Chia Hao Ho and 6 more

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

21 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. Review
  5. 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
    Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. The advent of clinical self-amplifying RNA vaccines.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
    Review
  20. Article
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

16 authors.

Suiyang LiaoDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Shuangyu WangDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Abishek WadhwaDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Alexandra BirkenshawFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Kevin FoxDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Miffy Hok Yan ChengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0261-4642
Irafasha C CasmilMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1890-7930
Armando Alcazar MaganaMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Nuthan Vikas BathulaMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Chia Hao HoMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3670-2680
Jin-Yu ChengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Leonard J FosterDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-8551-4817
Kenneth W HarderDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Colin J D RossFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Pieter R CullisDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9586-2508
Anna K BlakneyMichael Smith Laboratories, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z4, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5812-9689

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When formulating mRNA into lipid nanoparticles (LNP), various copy numbers of mRNA are encapsulated, leading to a distribution of mRNA loading levels within the LNPs. It is unclear whether the mRNA loading level affects the functional delivery of the message. Here we show that depending on the mRNA loading level, LNPs exhibit distinct mass densities and can be fractionated via ultracentrifugation. Upon fractionation, we investigated if mRNA loading levels influence LNP sizing, lipid composition, and morphology. We further conducted

Indexed as

LipidsNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerTransfectionAnimalsHumansLiposomesMiceLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesRNA, Messengerencapsulationfractionationlipid nanoparticlesmRNAtherapeutics

Identifiers

PMID39737597
PMCPMC11744497

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.