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  • Article
  • Open Access
41 Citations
15,531 Views
16 Pages

Development and Characterization of an In Vitro Cell-Based Assay to Predict Potency of mRNA–LNP-Based Vaccines

  • Nisarg Patel,
  • Zach Davis,
  • Carl Hofmann,
  • Josef Vlasak and ,
  • John W. Loughney,
  • Pete DePhillips and
  • Malini Mukherjee
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

10 July 2023

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have emerged as a flexible platform for vaccine development. The evolution of lipid nanoparticles as effective delivery vehicles for modified mRNA encoding vaccine antigens was demonstrated by the response to the COVID-1...

(This article belongs to the Section Vaccines Against Tropical and Other Infectious Diseases)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
20 Citations
9,738 Views
8 Pages

Correlating Stability-Indicating Biochemical and Biophysical Characteristics with In Vitro Cell Potency in mRNA LNP Vaccine

  • Xin Tong,
  • Jessica Raffaele,
  • Katrina Feller,
  • Geethanjali Dornadula and ,
  • James Devlin,
  • David Boyd,
  • John W. Loughney,
  • Jon Shanter and
  • Richard R. Rustandi
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

7 February 2024

The development of mRNA vaccines has increased rapidly since the COVID-19 pandemic. As one of the critical attributes, understanding mRNA lipid nanoparticle (LNP) stability is critical in the vaccine product development. However, the correlation betw...

(This article belongs to the Section Nucleic Acid (DNA and mRNA) Vaccines)
  • Review
  • Open Access
42 Citations
10,751 Views
33 Pages

Lipid nanoparticles (LNP) have gained much attention after the approval of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. The considerable number of currently ongoing clinical studies are testament to this fact. These efforts towards the development of LNPs warrant an insi...

(This article belongs to the Section Drug Delivery and Controlled Release)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,045 Views
22 Pages

1 May 2026

The application of machine learning (ML) models to accelerate the discovery of high-transfection-potency ionizable lipids has gained significant momentum in advancing lipid nanoparticle (LNP)-mediated RNA delivery. In the present study, we adopt a sc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Physics-Informed Machine Learning)
  • Review
  • Open Access
1,579 Views
44 Pages

Analytical Characterization and Stability Assessment of RNA-Based Vaccines

  • Hadi M. Alasmari,
  • Shouq F. Alghannam,
  • Hassan A. Al-Moammar,
  • Dimah K. Alrabiah and ,
  • Seham S. Al-Harthy,
  • Essam J. Alyamani,
  • Sami A. Alyahya,
  • Mohammad Alkhrayef,
  • Mohannad Fallatah and
  • Ahmad M. Aldossary
  • + 8 authors+ 3 authors

Ribonucleic acid-based vaccines have emerged as one of the most significant advances in modern vaccine development, demonstrating remarkable clinical success and enabling rapid responses to emerging infectious diseases. Despite their therapeutic pote...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in the Development, Characterization, and Stability Aspects of RNA-Based Vaccines)
  • Correction
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,180 Views
2 Pages

Correction: Patel et al. Development and Characterization of an In Vitro Cell-Based Assay to Predict Potency of mRNA–LNP-Based Vaccines. Vaccines 2023, 11, 1224

  • Nisarg Patel,
  • Zach Davis,
  • Carl Hofmann,
  • Josef Vlasak and ,
  • John W. Loughney,
  • Pete DePhillips and
  • Malini Mukherjee
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

14 February 2025

The authors would like to make the following corrections to this published paper [...]

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,998 Views
13 Pages

In Cellulo and In Vivo Comparison of Cholesterol, Beta-Sitosterol and Dioleylphosphatidylethanolamine for Lipid Nanoparticle Formulation of mRNA

  • Ayoub Medjmedj,
  • Albert Ngalle-Loth,
  • Rudy Clemençon,
  • Josef Hamacek and ,
  • Chantal Pichon and
  • Federico Perche
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 July 2022

Lipid Nanoparticles (LNPs) are a leading class of mRNA delivery systems. LNPs are made of an ionizable lipid, a polyethyleneglycol (PEG)-lipid conjugate and helper lipids. The success of LNPs is due to proprietary ionizable lipids and appropriate hel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Functional Nanoparticles for Biomedical and Nanomedicine Application)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
6,141 Views
21 Pages

A Polysorbate-Based Lipid Nanoparticle Vaccine Formulation Induces In Vivo Immune Response Against SARS-CoV-2

  • Aishwarya Saraswat,
  • Alireza Nomani,
  • Lin-Kin Yong,
  • Jimmy Chun-Tien Kuo and ,
  • Heather Brown,
  • Muralikrishna Narayanareddygari,
  • Avery Peace,
  • Rizan Fazily,
  • Timothy Blake and
  • Mohammed Shameem
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

Background: Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have proven effective in delivering RNA-based modalities. Rapid approval of the COVID-19 vaccines highlights the promise of LNPs as a delivery platform for nucleic acid-based therapies and vaccines. Nevertheless...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Engineering and Characterisation of Novel Nanomedicine Formulations, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
12,268 Views
17 Pages

The Expression Kinetics and Immunogenicity of Lipid Nanoparticles Delivering Plasmid DNA and mRNA in Mice

  • Wanyue Zhang,
  • Annabelle Pfeifle,
  • Casey Lansdell,
  • Grant Frahm and ,
  • Jonathon Cecillon,
  • Levi Tamming,
  • Caroline Gravel,
  • Jun Gao,
  • Sathya N. Thulasi Raman and
  • Michael J. W. Johnston
  • + 9 authors+ 4 authors

11 October 2023

In recent years, lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) have emerged as a revolutionary technology for vaccine delivery. LNPs serve as an integral component of mRNA vaccines by protecting and transporting the mRNA payload into host cells. Despite their prominenc...

(This article belongs to the Section Nucleic Acid (DNA and mRNA) Vaccines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,499 Views
19 Pages

Analysing the In-Use Stability of mRNA-LNP COVID-19 Vaccines Comirnaty™ (Pfizer) and Spikevax™ (Moderna): A Comparative Study of the Particulate

  • Jesús Hermosilla,
  • Airan Alonso-García,
  • Antonio Salmerón-García,
  • José Cabeza-Barrera and ,
  • Antonio L. Medina-Castillo,
  • Raquel Pérez-Robles and
  • Natalia Navas
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

25 October 2023

Comirnaty™ and Spikevax™ were the first vaccines approved for human use based on modified non-replicating mRNA lipophilic nanoparticle (mRNA-LNP) technology, with great success in the treatment of COVID-19. They have been used massively w...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue COVID Vaccines: Design, Development, and Immune Response Studies)
  • Review
  • Open Access
21 Citations
3,527 Views
21 Pages

Possible Mechanisms of mRNA-LNP Degradation: A Comprehensive Review

  • MD Faizul Hussain Khan,
  • Tahsina Islam,
  • Abhishek Mishra and
  • Amine A. Kamen

15 July 2026

Messenger RNA-lipid nanoparticle (mRNA-LNP)-based drug products represent a promising platform for prophylactic and therapeutic applications. However, their limited stability poses significant challenges for storage and global distribution. The insta...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Next-Generation Vaccine Platforms for Emerging Infections)
  • Communication
  • Open Access
8 Citations
7,704 Views
9 Pages

Ionizable Lipids with Triazole Moiety from Click Reaction for LNP-Based mRNA Delivery

  • Yixiang Wang,
  • Xiao Si,
  • Yi Feng,
  • Dan Feng and ,
  • Xiaoyu Xu and
  • Yan Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Ionizable lipid-containing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) as a non-viral vector with good safety and potency have been considered as an ideal delivery system for gene therapy. The screening of ionizable lipid libraries with common features but diverse st...

(This article belongs to the Section Chemical Biology)
  • Review
  • Open Access
46 Citations
14,940 Views
19 Pages

6 October 2022

Messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have shown great preventive potential in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The lipid nanoparticle (LNP), as a non-viral vector with good safety and potency factors, is applied to mRNA delivery in the...

(This article belongs to the Section Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
49 Citations
7,802 Views
14 Pages

Conjugation of Mannans to Enhance the Potency of Liposome Nanoparticles for the Delivery of RNA Vaccines

  • Roshan Goswami,
  • Derek T. O’Hagan,
  • Roberto Adamo and
  • Barbara C. Baudner

Recent approval of mRNA vaccines to combat COVID-19 have highlighted the potential of this platform. Lipid nanoparticles (LNP) is the delivery vehicle of choice for mRNA as they prevent its enzymatic degradation by encapsulation. We have recently sho...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Liposomes for Vaccine Delivery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
  • Best Paper Award
79 Citations
10,392 Views
19 Pages

mRNA-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles Targeting Dendritic Cells for Cancer Immunotherapy

  • Kosuke Sasaki,
  • Yusuke Sato,
  • Kento Okuda,
  • Kazuki Iwakawa and
  • Hideyoshi Harashima

Dendritic cells (DCs) are attractive antigen-presenting cells to be targeted for vaccinations. However, the systemic delivery of mRNA to DCs is hampered by technical challenges. We recently reported that it is possible to regulate the size of RNA-loa...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Nanomedicine in Immunotherapy: Recent Advances and Prospects)
  • Review
  • Open Access
19 Citations
8,942 Views
19 Pages

29 August 2024

Nano-encapsulation and conjugation are the main strategies employed for drug delivery. Nanoparticles help improve encapsulation and targeting efficiency, thus optimizing therapeutic efficacy. Through nanoparticle technology, replacement of a defectiv...

(This article belongs to the Collection Review Papers for Applied Nano Science and Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
7,492 Views
14 Pages

Rational Design and In Vivo Characterization of mRNA-Encoded Broadly Neutralizing Antibody Combinations against HIV-1

  • Elisabeth Narayanan,
  • Samantha Falcone,
  • Sayda M. Elbashir,
  • Husain Attarwala and ,
  • Kimberly Hassett,
  • Michael S. Seaman,
  • Andrea Carfi and
  • Sunny Himansu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

24 October 2022

Monoclonal antibodies have been used successfully as recombinant protein therapy; however, for HIV, multiple broadly neutralizing antibodies may be necessary. We used the mRNA-LNP platform for in vivo co-expression of 3 broadly neutralizing antibodie...

(This article belongs to the Section Antibody-Based Therapeutics)
  • Review
  • Open Access
425 Citations
78,728 Views
36 Pages

A Comprehensive Review of mRNA Vaccines

  • Vrinda Gote,
  • Pradeep Kumar Bolla,
  • Nagavendra Kommineni,
  • Arun Butreddy and ,
  • Pavan Kumar Nukala,
  • Sushesh Srivatsa Palakurthi and
  • Wahid Khan
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

31 January 2023

mRNA vaccines have been demonstrated as a powerful alternative to traditional conventional vaccines because of their high potency, safety and efficacy, capacity for rapid clinical development, and potential for rapid, low-cost manufacturing. These va...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Latest Advances in Nanomedicine Strategies for Different Diseases)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,375 Views
21 Pages

Immunogenicity, Efficacy and Twelve-Month Storage Stability Studies of a Lyophilized Rabies mRNA Vaccine

  • Chen Chen,
  • Dandan Ling,
  • Kai Ji,
  • Liang Tang and ,
  • Xiaojing Zhang,
  • Xishan Lu,
  • Xuemei Leng,
  • Changyao Tan,
  • Hongchao Wu and
  • Bo Ying
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

10 July 2025

Background: Many new mRNA-based vaccine candidates in liquid mRNA-LNP formulations are under development; however, their stability limitations necessitate frozen storage, posing a significant challenge for long-term storage and transportation. Method...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue The Development of mRNA Vaccines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
150 Citations
14,278 Views
16 Pages

Aerosolizable Lipid Nanoparticles for Pulmonary Delivery of mRNA through Design of Experiments

  • Hairui Zhang,
  • Jasmim Leal,
  • Melissa R. Soto,
  • Hugh D. C. Smyth and
  • Debadyuti Ghosh

Messenger RNA is a class of promising nucleic acid therapeutics to treat a variety of diseases, including genetic diseases. The development of a stable and efficacious mRNA pulmonary delivery system would enable high therapeutic concentrations locall...

(This article belongs to the Section Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,186 Views
15 Pages

Comparison of Immune Cell Transfection by Different Vaccine Vectors After Intradermal Injection

  • Jiani Liu,
  • Destin T. Hinson,
  • Michael J. Hansen,
  • Virginia P. Van Keulen and ,
  • Brian J. Parrett,
  • Larry R. Pease and
  • Michael A. Barry
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

16 February 2026

Background/Objectives: Antigen presenting cells (APCs) and immune cells have unique properties to drive or suppress immune responses. They are therefore key targets for the expression of vaccine antigens or transgene proteins. To better determine the...

(This article belongs to the Section Vaccine Design, Development, and Delivery)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,348 Views
15 Pages

Lipid Nanoparticles Loaded with Farnesol or Geraniol to Enhance the Susceptibility of E. coli MCR-1 to Colistin

  • Chantal Valcourt,
  • Julien M. Buyck,
  • Nicolas Grégoire,
  • William Couet and ,
  • Sandrine Marchand and
  • Frédéric Tewes
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Resistance to colistin, one of the antibiotics of last resort against multidrug-resistant Gram-negative bacteria, is increasingly reported. Notably, MCR plasmids discovered in 2015 have now been reported worldwide in humans. To keep this antibiotic o...

(This article belongs to the Topic Emerging Material-Based Approaches to Chronic and Infectious Diseases)
  • Review
  • Open Access
36 Citations
5,776 Views
36 Pages

Physiological Barriers to Nucleic Acid Therapeutics and Engineering Strategies for Lipid Nanoparticle Design, Optimization, and Clinical Translation

  • Yerim Kim,
  • Jisu Park,
  • Jaewon Choi,
  • Minse Kim and ,
  • Gyeongsu Seo,
  • Jeongeun Kim,
  • Jeong-Ann Park,
  • Kwang Suk Lim,
  • Suk-Jin Ha and
  • Hyun-Ouk Kim
  • + 5 authors+ 0 author

Lipid nanoparticles are a clinically validated platform for delivering nucleic acids, but performance is constrained by multiscale physiological barriers spanning circulation, vascular interfaces, extracellular matrices, cellular uptake, and intracel...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Non-Viral Vectors for Gene Therapy and Gene Delivery)
  • Review
  • Open Access
51 Citations
9,352 Views
26 Pages

Intracellular Routing and Recognition of Lipid-Based mRNA Nanoparticles

  • Christophe Delehedde,
  • Luc Even,
  • Patrick Midoux,
  • Chantal Pichon and
  • Federico Perche

Messenger RNA (mRNA) is being extensively used in gene therapy and vaccination due to its safety over DNA, in the following ways: its lack of integration risk, cytoplasmic expression, and transient expression compatible with fine regulations. However...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Delivery Systems of Plasmid DNA and Messenger RNA for Advanced Therapies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,711 Views
21 Pages

SARS-CoV-2 RBD Scaffolded by AP205 or TIP60 Nanoparticles and Delivered as mRNA Elicits Robust Neutralizing Antibody Responses

  • Johnathan D. Guest,
  • Yi Zhang,
  • Daniel Flores,
  • Emily Atkins and ,
  • Kuishu Ren,
  • Yingyun Cai,
  • Kim Rosenthal,
  • Zimeng Wang,
  • Kihwan Kim and
  • Joseph R. Francica
  • + 11 authors+ 6 authors

22 July 2025

Background/Objectives: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine candidates comprising the receptor binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein have been shown to confer protection against infection. Previous research evaluating vaccine candidates with SARS-CoV-2 RBD fused t...

(This article belongs to the Section COVID-19 Vaccines and Vaccination)
  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,773 Views
39 Pages

Natural Molecules, Nutraceuticals, and Engineered Nanosystems: A Comprehensive Strategy for Combating Gardnerella vaginalis-Induced Bacterial Vaginosis

  • Manoj Dalabehera,
  • Abdulrahman Mohammed Alhudhaibi,
  • Emad M. Abdallah,
  • Tarek H. Taha and ,
  • Shubham Chaudhari,
  • Alka Kumari,
  • Rudra Narayan Subudhi and
  • Charul Rathore
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is a highly prevalent vaginal infection characterized by a dysbiotic shift in the vaginal microbiota, with Gardnerella vaginalis acting as a principal pathogen. Despite its association with adverse reproductive outcomes, BV r...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Antimicrobial Resistance: Current Status and Future Directions (Second Edition))