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ReviewMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2025

Rational design of lipid nanoparticles for enabling gene therapies.

Cedric A Brimacombe, Jayesh A Kulkarni, Miffy H Y Cheng, Kevin An, Dominik Witzigmann, Pieter R Cullis

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Review in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Dual pKa Lipid Nanoparticles for Lung-tropic mRNA Delivery and pH-Programmed Endosomal Escape.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  9. Considerations for early life genetic therapies in cystic fibrosis.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2026
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  12. Lipid nanoparticles for cell and gene therapy.Molecular therapy. Advances · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Cedric A BrimacombePolymorphic BioSciences Inc, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Jayesh A KulkarniNanoVation Therapeutics, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Miffy H Y ChengDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3, Canada.
Kevin AnNanoVation Therapeutics, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Dominik WitzigmannNanoVation Therapeutics, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.
Pieter R CullisPolymorphic BioSciences Inc, 2665 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4, Canada.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology is increasingly enabling RNA-based gene therapies that can potentially be used to treat most diseases. Further, these LNP RNA therapeutics can be designed and manufactured in a matter of weeks, allowing personalized medicines that can be produced in a time frame relevant to individuals suffering from terminal diseases. Here, we focus on the rational design principles that have successfully enabled LNP small interfering RNA (siRNA) formulations to silence pathogenic genes in the liver and LNP mRNA formulations to express therapeutic proteins for vaccines and gene therapies. These principles have evolved from over 50 years of research into the physical properties and functional roles of lipids in membranes as well as experience gained developing LNP systems for delivery of small molecule drugs. It is expected that these rational design principles will be successful in enabling most forms of gene therapies.

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endosomal escapeextrahepatic deliverygene therapylipid nanoparticleliposomemessenger RNArational designsiRNA

Identifiers

PMID40687376
PMCPMC12274843

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