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ReviewMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Current Analytical Strategies for mRNA-Based Therapeutics.

Julien Camperi, Kamalakar Chatla, Emily Freund, Carolina Galan, Steffen Lippold, Axel Guilbaud

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Review in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
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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

21 citing papers in PubMed.

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  11. Self-Assembling Short Peptide Carriers for Gene Delivery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  17. Target, silence, replace: a review on RNA-based drugs in modern medicine.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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  18. Capillary Gradient Gel Electrophoresis.Gels (Basel, Switzerland) · 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

6 authors.

Julien CamperiCell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4020-2278
Kamalakar ChatlaCell Therapy Engineering and Development, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1835-710X
Emily FreundDepartment of Molecular Biology, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Carolina GalanDepartment of Molecular Biology, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9557-6034
Steffen LippoldProtein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.
Axel GuilbaudProtein Analytical Chemistry, Genentech, 1 DNA Way, South San Francisco, CA 94080, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6007-1618

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent advancements in mRNA technology, utilized in vaccines, immunotherapies, protein replacement therapies, and genome editing, have emerged as promising and increasingly viable treatments. The rapid, potent, and transient properties of mRNA-encoded proteins make them attractive tools for the effective treatment of a variety of conditions, ranging from infectious diseases to cancer and single-gene disorders. The capability for rapid and large-scale production of mRNA therapeutics fueled the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic. For effective clinical implementation, it is crucial to deeply characterize and control important mRNA attributes such as purity/integrity, identity, structural quality features, and functionality. This implies the use of powerful and advanced analytical techniques for quality control and characterization of mRNA. Improvements in analytical techniques such as electrophoresis, chromatography, mass spectrometry, sequencing, and functionality assessments have significantly enhanced the quality and detail of information available for product and process characterization, as well as for routine stability and release testing. Here, we review the latest advancements in analytical techniques for the characterization of mRNA-based therapeutics, typically employed by the biopharmaceutical industry for eventual market release.

Indexed as

RNA, MessengerCOVID-19COVID-19 Drug TreatmentHumansMass SpectrometrySARS-CoV-2RNA, Messengerchromatographyelectrophoresisfunctionalitymass spectrometrymessenger RNAquality attributessequencing

Identifiers

PMID40286229
PMCPMC11990077

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