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Overview

Martin Maier is affiliated with Alnylam Pharmaceuticals in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with extensive work in the subfield of Molecular Biology. Additional subfields of study include Cancer Research, Immunology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

The scientist's work covers a range of main topics including RNA Interference and Gene Delivery, Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, MicroRNA in disease regulation, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, Viral Infections and Immunology Research, and Immunotherapy and Immune Responses.

Frequent collaborators with Martin Maier include Muthiah Manoharan, Vasant Jadhav, Christopher R. Brown, Adam Castoreno, and Ivan Zlatev, reflecting a consistent network of coauthors in their published research.

Key venues where Martin Maier's research has been published are as follows:

  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • Nature Biotechnology
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Representative recent publications by Martin Maier include:

  • Investigating the pharmacodynamic durability of GalNAc-siRNA conjugates, 2020, Nucleic Acids Research
  • Expanding RNAi therapeutics to extrahepatic tissues with lipophilic conjugates, 2022, Nature Biotechnology
  • RNA interference in the era of nucleic acid therapeutics, 2024, Nature Biotechnology
  • The Nonclinical Disposition and Pharmacokinetic/Pharmacodynamic Properties of N-Acetylgalactosamine-Conjugated Small Interfering RNA Are Highly Predictable and Build Confidence in Translation to Human, 2021, Drug Metabolism and Disposition
  • From bench to bedside: Improving the clinical safety of GalNAc-siRNA conjugates using seed-pairing destabilization, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • Rational design of cationic lipids for siRNA delivery

    Sean C Semple;Akin Akinc;Jianxin Chen;Ammen P Sandhu

  • The Onpattro story and the clinical translation of nanomedicines containing nucleic acid-based drugs

    Akin Akinc;Martin A. Maier;Muthiah Manoharan;Kevin Fitzgerald

  • Image-based analysis of lipid nanoparticle–mediated siRNA delivery, intracellular trafficking and endosomal escape

    Jerome Gilleron;William Querbes;Anja Zeigerer;Anna Borodovsky

  • Maximizing the Potency of siRNA Lipid Nanoparticles for Hepatic Gene Silencing In Vivo

    Muthusamy Jayaraman;Steven M. Ansell;Barbara L. Mui;Ying K. Tam

  • Targeted delivery of RNAi therapeutics with endogenous and exogenous ligand-based mechanisms.

    Akin Akinc;William Querbes;Soma De;June Qin

  • Multivalent N-Acetylgalactosamine-Conjugated siRNA Localizes in Hepatocytes and Elicits Robust RNAi-Mediated Gene Silencing

    Jayaprakash K. Nair;Jennifer L. S. Willoughby;Amy Chan;Klaus Charisse

  • Therapeutic RNAi targeting PCSK9 acutely lowers plasma cholesterol in rodents and LDL cholesterol in nonhuman primates

    Maria Frank-Kamenetsky;Aldo Grefhorst;Norma N. Anderson;Timothy S. Racie

  • Biodegradable Lipids Enabling Rapidly Eliminated Lipid Nanoparticles for Systemic Delivery of RNAi Therapeutics

    Martin A Maier;Muthusamy Jayaraman;Shigeo Matsuda;Ju Liu

  • Development of Lipidoid–siRNA Formulations for Systemic Delivery to the Liver

    Akin Akinc;Michael Goldberg;June Qin;J Robert Dorkin

  • Systemically delivered antisense oligomers upregulate gene expression in mouse tissues

    Peter Sazani;Federica Gemignani;Shin-Hong Kang;Martin A. Maier

  • Influence of Polyethylene Glycol Lipid Desorption Rates on Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of siRNA Lipid Nanoparticles

    Barbara L Mui;Ying K Tam;Muthusamy Jayaraman;Steven M Ansell

  • Nuclear antisense effects of neutral, anionic and cationic oligonucleotide analogs

    Peter Sazani;Shin-Hong Kang;Martin A. Maier;Changfu Wei

  • An RNAi therapeutic targeting antithrombin to rebalance the coagulation system and promote hemostasis in hemophilia

    Alfica Sehgal;Scott Barros;Lacramioara Ivanciu;Brian Cooley

  • siRNA Conjugates Carrying Sequentially Assembled Trivalent N-Acetylgalactosamine Linked Through Nucleosides Elicit Robust Gene Silencing In Vivo in Hepatocytes

    Shigeo Matsuda;Kristofer Keiser;Jayaprakash K. Nair;Klaus Charisse

  • Advanced siRNA Designs Further Improve In Vivo Performance of GalNAc-siRNA Conjugates

    Donald J. Foster;Christopher R. Brown;Sarfraz Shaikh;Casey Trapp

  • Impact of enhanced metabolic stability on pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of GalNAc-siRNA conjugates.

    Jayaprakash K. Nair;Husain Attarwala;Alfica Sehgal;Qianfan Wang

  • Unique Gene‐Silencing and Structural Properties of 2′‐Fluoro‐Modified siRNAs

    Muthiah Manoharan;Akin Akinc;Rajendra K. Pandey;June Qin

  • Selection of GalNAc-conjugated siRNAs with limited off-target-driven rat hepatotoxicity.

    Maja M. Janas;Mark K. Schlegel;Carole E. Harbison;Vedat O. Yilmaz

  • Lipid containing formulations

    Muthiah Manoharan;Kallanthottahil G. Rajeev;Akin Akinc;K. Narayanannair Jayaprakash

  • Investigating the pharmacodynamic durability of GalNAc-siRNA conjugates.

    Christopher R Brown;Swati Gupta;June Qin;Timothy Racie

Frequent Co-Authors

Muthiah Manoharan
Muthiah Manoharan Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Martin Egli
Martin Egli Vanderbilt University
Valentina Tereshko
Valentina Tereshko University of Chicago
Michael J. Hope
Michael J. Hope University of British Columbia
Pieter R. Cullis
Pieter R. Cullis University of British Columbia
Eric E. Swayze
Eric E. Swayze Ionis Pharmaceuticals (United States)
Ernst Bayer
Ernst Bayer University of Tübingen
Victor Koteliansky
Victor Koteliansky Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
Marino Zerial
Marino Zerial Max Planck Society
Antonin de Fougerolles
Antonin de Fougerolles Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (United States)

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