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ArticleNature communications2026

Lipid Nanoparticle Database towards structure-function modeling and data-driven design for nucleic acid delivery.

Evan Collins, Jungyong Ji, Sung-Gwang Kim, Jacob Witten, Seonghoon Kim, Richard Zhu, Peter Park, Minjun Jung, Aron Park, Rajith S Manan and 8 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. 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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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

18 authors.

Evan Collins *Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0774-6975
Jungyong Ji *MolCube Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0005-8917-502X
Sung-Gwang Kim *MolCube Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0000-5252-9270
Jacob WittenDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0037-5999
Seonghoon KimMolCube Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Richard ZhuDepartment of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-9455-1814
Peter ParkDepartment of Biological Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5671-9354
Minjun JungMolCube Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0009-0007-5989-0721
Aron ParkMolCube Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Rajith S MananDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7081-0138
Arnab RudraDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1704-5534
Gyochang KeumMedicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Eun-Kyoung BangMedicinal Materials Research Center, Biomedical Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0002-0339-0740
Jun-O JinDepartment of Microbiology, Brain Korea 21 Project, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, ASAN Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-4216-8111
William J JeangDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5401-8535
Robert LangerDepartment of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4255-0492
Daniel G AndersonDavid H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. dgander@mit.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5629-4798
Wonpil ImMolCube Inc., Seoul, Republic of Korea. wonpil@lehigh.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5642-6041

Funding

Combinatorial and computational design of bnAb mRNA vaccines for HIVR33AI161805 · NIAID · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI ANDERSON, DANIEL G · 2024 to 2025
$1.5M
NIAID NIH HHS R33 AI161805U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (NIH) R33AI161805-05
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the leading nonviral nucleic acid delivery technology, but LNP structure-function data remains fragmented and nonstandardized. Unlike protein engineering which is anchored by the centralized Protein Data Bank, the LNP field lacks a unified repository for systematic analysis. To address this, we develop Lipid Nanoparticle Database (LNPDB) ( https://lnpdb.molcube.com ), an integrated database and web tool that consolidates structural and functional data for 19,528 LNPs. LNPDB standardizes LNP featurization by encoding lipid composition, experimental methods, and functional results, and generates CHARMM force field files for constituent lipids to enable molecular dynamics simulations. LNPDB also supports future data contributions for continued growth. We examine the utility of LNPDB through two applications: advancing our deep learning model for predicting LNP delivery performance, and simulating bilayer dynamics to identify structural features - bilayer stability and critical packing parameter - that correlate with LNP delivery performance. Altogether, LNPDB provides the digital framework for LNP modeling and data-driven rational design.

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LipidsNanoparticlesNucleic AcidsLipid BilayersLiposomesMolecular Dynamics SimulationStructure-Activity RelationshipLipid BilayersLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesNucleic Acids

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PMID41605942
PMCPMC12992592

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