Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Murine liver repair via transient activation of regenerative pathways in hepatocytes using lipid nanoparticle-complexed nucleoside-modified mRNA

  • Fatima Rizvi,
  • Elissa Everton,
  • Anna R. Smith,
  • Hua Liu,
  • Elizabeth Osota,
  • Mitchell Beattie,
  • Ying Tam,
  • Norbert Pardi,
  • Drew Weissman,
  • Valerie Gouon-Evans

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-20903-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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When severely or chronically injured, the liver loses ability to regenerate. Here, the authors utilize transient lipid nanoparticle-enclosed HGF and EGF-encoding mRNA delivery to induce hepatocyte proliferation and harness recovery of liver function in murine acute and chronic liver injury models.