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ArticleACS nano2025

Customizable mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles for Transfection of Primary Human T Cells.

Rachel VanKeulen-Miller, Julia Huff, Eshan A Narasipura, Edward P Browne, Owen S Fenton

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Article in ACS nano, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Rachel VanKeulen-MillerDepartment of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Julia HuffDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Eshan A NarasipuraDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0009-0008-2821-2482
Edward P BrowneDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.
Owen S FentonDivision of Pharmacoengineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics, Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-5585-9280

Funding

Collaboratory of AIDS Researchers for Eradication (CARE)UM1AI164567 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI DAVID M. MARGOLIS · 2021 to 2026
$31.6M
Transcriptional inactivation of the CNS HIV reservoir with Tat-targeting lipid nanoparticles.R01DA064083 · NIDA · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Edward P Browne · 2025 to 2026
$1.4M
Investigating and Manipulating Cells in Low Oxygen Environments Using Lipid NanoparticlesR35GM157060 · NIGMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Owen S Fenton · 2025 to 2026
$764k
Regulation of HIV Latency by Host Cell Transcriptional and Epigenetic NetworksR56AI143381 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI BROWNE, EDWARD P · 2024 to 2024
$415k
NIAID NIH HHS R56 AI143381NIAID NIH HHS UM1 AI164567NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA064083NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM157060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A central goal of genetic therapies, including RNA-based medicines, is to develop vectors that enable clinical translation for the treatment of specific cell types. T cells provide a unique opportunity for genetic medicines, particularly in their relevance to CAR-T cell therapies, autoimmune diseases, and vaccines. However, T cells are notoriously difficult to transfect, and many RNA delivery vectors are designed with model systems that may not reflect true T cell morphology, compounding the difficulty in isolating trends in particle properties that promote efficacy. Here, we use primary human T cell populations and leverage design of experiment to optimize a lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-based delivery vector for genetic therapies in T cells. In doing so, we discern key trends in LNP composition that promote better efficacy in both the uptake and expression of mRNA, namely, that high cholesterol and low polyethylene glycol (PEG) compositions aid in the efficacy of the LNPs. Informed by these trends, our novel

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LipidsNanoparticlesRNA, MessengerT-LymphocytesTransfectionCells, CulturedHumansLiposomesPolyethylene GlycolsLipid NanoparticlesLipidsLiposomesPolyethylene GlycolsRNA, MessengerCD4+ T celldesign of experimentlipid nanoparticlesmRNAprimary human T cell

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PMID41289543
PMCPMC13587600

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