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ReviewPharmaceutics2022

Gene Therapy for Mitochondrial Diseases: Current Status and Future Perspective.

Alessia Di Donfrancesco, Giulia Massaro, Ivano Di Meo, Valeria Tiranti, Emanuela Bottani, Dario Brunetti

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In one paragraph

Review in Pharmaceutics, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
28citing papers in PubMed
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
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

28 citing papers in PubMed, 52 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Mitochondrial Transplantation as a Therapeutic Strategy for Inherited Mitochondrial Diseases.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  11. Spectrum and Impact of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations in Ovarian Cancer.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  19. Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Diabetes: Shedding Light on a Widespread Oversight.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 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 at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Alessia Di DonfrancescoMedical Genetics and Neurogenetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Giulia MassaroUCL School of Pharmacy, University College London, 29-39 Brunswick Square, London WC1N 1AX, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5986-6082
Ivano Di MeoMedical Genetics and Neurogenetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4616-5623
Valeria TirantiMedical Genetics and Neurogenetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20126 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3584-7338
Emanuela BottaniDepartment of Diagnostics and Public Health, Section of Pharmacology, University of Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1217-8722
Dario BrunettiMedical Genetics and Neurogenetics Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20126 Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITUniversity College London · GBUniversity of Milan · ITUniversity of Verona · IT

Funding

European Joint Programme on Rare Diseases (EJP RD) H2020 EJPRD20-010Fondazione Regionale per la Ricerca Biomedica (FRRB) COD 1740526NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre 562868Telethon Foundation GSP20003_PAsAtaxia002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mitochondrial diseases (MDs) are a group of severe genetic disorders caused by mutations in the nuclear or mitochondrial genome encoding proteins involved in the oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system. MDs have a wide range of symptoms, ranging from organ-specific to multisystemic dysfunctions, with different clinical outcomes. The lack of natural history information, the limits of currently available preclinical models, and the wide range of phenotypic presentations seen in MD patients have all hampered the development of effective therapies. The growing number of pre-clinical and clinical trials over the last decade has shown that gene therapy is a viable precision medicine option for treating MD. However, several obstacles must be overcome, including vector design, targeted tissue tropism and efficient delivery, transgene expression, and immunotoxicity. This manuscript offers a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of gene therapy in MD, addressing the main challenges, the most feasible solutions, and the future perspectives of the field.

Indexed as

gene therapymitochondriamitochondrial diseasemitochondrial DNAprecision medicine

Identifiers

PMID35745859
PMCPMC9231068
OpenAlexW4283071636

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