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. 2023 Feb 15;31(1):75–82. doi: 10.1007/s40199-023-00455-1

Table 2.

Summary of lipid nanoparticle composition, lipid size and encapsulation efficiency from evidence sources

Ref. Ocular disease Target cell type Formulation of LNP Size, nm Type of nucleic acid encapsulated EE (%)
[30] Inherited retinal degenerations specific to RPE Retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cells Microfluidic mixing of MC3 148 ± 68.4 mRNA 97.9
Microfluidic mixing of KC3 4 115 ± 33.4 mRNA 97.1
Microfluidic mixing of DODMA 82. 8 ± 27.3 mRNA 95.2
[31] Retinoblastoma Retinoblastoma cells, both primary and Y-79 lineage. pH-sensitive cationic lipids/DSPC/cholesterol/DSPE-PEG2000 171 ± 4 miR-181a 93.0 ± 0.2 (Melafalan) and 97.5 ± 0.7 (miR-181a)
[32] Retinal degeneration and glaucoma RPE cells Microfluidic mixing of MC3, DSPC, DMG-PEG2k and cholesterol in a molar ratio of 50:10:0.5:0.5:39.5 150 mRNA 97.8
Microfluidic mixing of MC3, DSPC, DMG-PEG2k and cholesterol in a molar ratio of 50:10:1.5:38.5. 150 mRNA 96.2
[33] Corneal dystrophies Corneal layer cells DOPE, cationic lipids and cholesterol 60:30:10 397 ± 44 siRNA 97
[34] Glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration Stable cells (HEK293-GFP) or GFP293 cells and primary retinal ganglion cells DOTAP, DOPE, CHOL and DSPE-PEG2000. Molar ratios 40:23:25:10:2 75 siRNA 99
[35] Ocular fibrosis Human conjunctival fibroblast

LNP-MRTF-B siRNA

CL4H6, DOPE and PEG-DMG

214.4 ± 2.6 siRNA 92.5 ± 0.7

LNP + cY-MRTF-B siRNA

CL4H6, DOPE and PEG

211.1 ± 1.9 siRNA 99.3 ± 0.1