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ReviewPharmaceutics2025

Plasmid Gene Therapy for Monogenic Disorders: Challenges and Perspectives.

Marco A Luís, Marcelo A D Goes, Fátima Milhano Santos, Joana Mesquita, Paulo Tavares-Ratado, Cândida Teixeira Tomaz

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Review in Pharmaceutics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Marco A LuísCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal.ORCID 0009-0008-0862-3321
Marcelo A D GoesCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
Fátima Milhano SantosCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-4041-1504
Joana MesquitaCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
Paulo Tavares-RatadoCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
Cândida Teixeira TomazCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre, University of Beira Interior, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-0927-2331

Funding

CICS-UBI UIDB/00709/2020 and UIDP/00709/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monogenic disorders are a group of human diseases caused by mutations in single genes. While some disease-altering treatments offer relief and slow the progression of certain conditions, the majority of monogenic disorders still lack effective therapies. In recent years, gene therapy has appeared as a promising approach for addressing genetic disorders. However, despite advancements in gene manipulation tools and delivery systems, several challenges remain unresolved, including inefficient delivery, lack of sustained expression, immunogenicity, toxicity, capacity limitations, genomic integration risks, and limited tissue specificity. This review provides an overview of the plasmid-based gene therapy techniques and delivery methods currently employed for monogenic diseases, highlighting the challenges they face and exploring potential strategies to overcome these barriers.

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gene therapymonogenic diseasesnon-viral vectorpDNA

Identifiers

PMID39861752
PMCPMC11768343

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