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ReviewAdvanced healthcare materials2025

Recent Applications of Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Gene Therapy.

Tamanna Binte Huq, Punnya Anil Kumar Jeeja, Sudip Kumar Dam, Sabya Sachi Das, Juan L Vivero-Escoto

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Review in Advanced healthcare materials, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing 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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Mesoporous Silica Nanoparticles in Biomedicine: Advances and Prospects.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2026
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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

5 authors.

Tamanna Binte HuqDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Punnya Anil Kumar JeejaDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Sudip Kumar DamDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Sabya Sachi DasDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.
Juan L Vivero-EscotoDepartment of Chemistry, University of North Carolina Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, 28223, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7400-2963

Funding

Stimuli-responsive mucin1-specific nanoparticles for efficacious combinatorial chemotherapy of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaR01CA263897 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI Juan Luis Vivero-Escoto · 2022 to 2026
$2.0M
Multimodal hybrid nanoparticles for the treatment of triple-negative breast cancerR15CA274239 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE · PI VIVERO-ESCOTO, JUAN LUIS · 2022 to 2022
$450k
NCI NIH HHS R01 CA263897NCI NIH HHS R01CA263897NCI NIH HHS R15 CA274239
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy offers transformative potential for treating genetic disorders by directly addressing the molecular root causes of diseases. However, the primary challenges of gene therapy involve the efficient delivery of therapeutic genetic material to target cells, crossing biological barriers, managing toxicity and immune responses. Mesoporous silica nanoparticles (MSNs), due to their unique structural features have emerged as a promising platform to overcome these challenges. In recent years, MSNs have gained significant attention as potential nanocarriers for the efficient delivery of various nucleic acids. This review comprehensively examines the role of MSNs in gene therapy, focusing on their capabilities in the targeted delivery of siRNA, DNA, CRISPR-Cas systems, and other genetic therapeutics. This work explores the modern advancements in MSNs synthesis and functionalization strategies and the impact of structural modifications on their stability, cellular uptake, and controlled release under physiological conditions. Additionally, the review highlights the use of MSNs to develop theranostic systems, where gene delivery is combined with diagnostic imaging for real-time monitoring and personalized treatment strategies. Finally, this work discusses the future perspectives of MSNs in gene delivery, addressing regulatory challenges, enhancing clinical translation, and expanding their application for treating various genetic disorders and cancers.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyNanoparticlesSilicon DioxideAnimalsCRISPR-Cas SystemsGene Transfer TechniquesHumansPorosityRNA, Small InterferingRNA, Small InterferingSilicon Dioxidegene therapymesoporous silica nanoparticlestargeted deliverytheranosticstherapeutic nucleic acids

Identifiers

PMID39930790
PMCPMC12335612

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