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Matthew Ryan Hassler PhD

TitleInstructor
InstitutionUMass Chan Medical School
DepartmentRNA Therapeutics Institute
AddressUMass Chan Medical School
368 Plantation Street, AS4-1015
Worcester MA 01605
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    University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, CanadaBA
    McGill University, Montreal, QC, CanadaPHDOrganic Chemistry

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    1. Weiss A, Gilbert JW, Rivera Flores IV, Belgrad J, Ferguson C, Dogan EO, Wightman N, Mocarski K, Echeverria D, Harkins AL, Summers A, Bramato B, McHugh N, Furgal R, Yamada N, Cooper D, Monopoli K, Godinho BMDC, Hassler MR, Yamada K, Greer P, Henninger N, Brown RH, Khvorova A. RNAi-mediated silencing of SOD1 profoundly extends survival and functional outcomes in ALS mice. Mol Ther. 2025 May 09. PMID: 40349108.
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    2. Yamada K, Hariharan VN, Caiazzi J, Miller R, Ferguson CM, Sapp E, Fakih HH, Tang Q, Yamada N, Furgal RC, Paquette JD, Biscans A, Bramato BM, McHugh N, Summers A, Lochmann C, Godinho BMDC, Hildebrand S, Jackson SO, Echeverria D, Hassler MR, Alterman JF, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Enhancing siRNA efficacy in vivo with extended nucleic acid backbones. Nat Biotechnol. 2024 Aug 01. PMID: 39090305.
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    3. Gilbert JW, Kennedy Z, Godinho BMDC, Summers A, Weiss A, Echeverria D, Bramato B, McHugh N, Cooper D, Yamada K, Hassler M, Tran H, Gao FB, Brown RH, Khvorova A. Identification of selective and non-selective C9ORF72 targeting in?vivo active siRNAs. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2024 Sep 10; 35(3):102291. PMID: 39233852.
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    4. Weiss A, Gilbert JW, Flores IVR, Belgrad J, Ferguson C, Dogan EO, Wightman N, Mocarski K, Echeverria D, Summers A, Bramato B, McHugh N, Furgal R, Yamada N, Cooper D, Monopoli K, Godinho BMDC, Hassler MR, Yamada K, Greer P, Henninger N, Brown RH, Khvorova A. RNAi-mediated silencing of SOD1 profoundly extends survival and functional outcomes in ALS mice. bioRxiv. 2024 Jun 25. PMID: 38979291.
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    5. Ferguson CM, Godinho BMDC, Echeverria D, Hassler M, Vangjeli L, Sousa J, McHugh N, Alterman J, Hariharan V, Krishnamurthy PM, Watts J, Rogaev E, Khvorova A. A combinatorial approach for achieving CNS-selective RNAi. Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 May 22; 52(9):5273-5284. PMID: 38348876.
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    6. Ferguson CM, Hildebrand S, Godinho BMDC, Buchwald J, Echeverria D, Coles A, Grigorenko A, Vangjeli L, Sousa J, McHugh N, Hassler M, Santarelli F, Heneka MT, Rogaev E, Khvorova A. Silencing Apoe with divalent-siRNAs improves amyloid burden and activates immune response pathways in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimers Dement. 2024 04; 20(4):2632-2652. PMID: 38375983.
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    7. Cheng SY, Caiazzi J, Biscans A, Alterman JF, Echeverria D, McHugh N, Hassler M, Jolly S, Giguere D, Cipi J, Khvorova A, Punzo C. Single intravitreal administration of a tetravalent siRNA exhibits robust and efficient gene silencing in mouse and pig photoreceptors. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2024 Mar 12; 35(1):102088. PMID: 38192611.
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    8. Engelbeen S, O'Reilly D, Van De Vijver D, Verhaart I, van Putten M, Hariharan V, Hassler M, Khvorova A, Damha MJ, Aartsma-Rus A. Challenges of Assessing Exon 53 Skipping of the Human DMD Transcript with Locked Nucleic Acid-Modified Antisense Oligonucleotides in a Mouse Model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Nucleic Acid Ther. 2023 12; 33(6):348-360. PMID: 38010230.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    9. Cheng SY, Caiazzi J, Biscans A, Alterman JF, Echeverria D, McHugh N, Hassler M, Jolly S, Giguere D, Cipi J, Khvorova A, Punzo C. Single intravitreal administration of a tetravalent siRNA exhibits robust and efficient gene silencing in rodent and swine photoreceptors. bioRxiv. 2023 Sep 22. PMID: 37790464.
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    10. Hariharan VN, Caiazzi J, Miller R, Ferguson C, Sapp E, Fakih H, Tang Q, Yamada N, Furgal R, Paquette J, Bramato B, McHugh N, Summers A, Lochmann C, Godinho B, Hildebrand S, Echeverria D, Hassler M, Alterman J, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A, Yamada K. Extended Nucleic Acid (exNA): A Novel, Biologically Compatible Backbone that Significantly Enhances Oligonucleotide Efficacy in vivo. Res Sq. 2023 Jun 01. PMID: 37398145.
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    11. Yamada K, Hariharan VN, Caiazzi J, Miller R, Furguson C, Sapp E, Fakih H, Tan Q, Yamada N, Furgal RC, Paquette J, Bramato B, McHugh N, Summers A, Lochmann C, Godinho BMDC, Hildebrand S, Echeverria D, Hassler MR, Alterman JF, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Extended Nucleic Acid (exNA): A Novel, Biologically Compatible Backbone that Significantly Enhances Oligonucleotide Efficacy in vivo. bioRxiv. 2023 May 26. PMID: 37292886.
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    12. Conroy F, Miller R, Alterman JF, Hassler MR, Echeverria D, Godinho BMDC, Knox EG, Sapp E, Sousa J, Yamada K, Mahmood F, Boudi A, Kegel-Gleason K, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A, Pfister EL. Chemical engineering of therapeutic siRNAs for allele-specific gene silencing in Huntington's disease models. Nat Commun. 2022 10 03; 13(1):5802. PMID: 36192390.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    13. Godinho BMDC, Knox EG, Hildebrand S, Gilbert JW, Echeverria D, Kennedy Z, Haraszti RA, Ferguson CM, Coles AH, Biscans A, Caiazzi J, Alterman JF, Hassler MR, Khvorova A. PK-modifying anchors significantly alter clearance kinetics, tissue distribution, and efficacy of therapeutics siRNAs. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2022 Sep 13; 29:116-132. PMID: 35795486.
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    14. Ferguson CM, Godinho BM, Alterman JF, Coles AH, Hassler M, Echeverria D, Gilbert JW, Knox EG, Caiazzi J, Haraszti RA, King RM, Taghian T, Puri A, Moser RP, Gounis MJ, Aronin N, Gray-Edwards H, Khvorova A. Comparative route of administration studies using therapeutic siRNAs show widespread gene modulation in Dorset sheep. JCI Insight. 2021 12 22; 6(24). PMID: 34935646.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    15. Yamada K, Hildebrand S, Davis SM, Miller R, Conroy F, Sapp E, Caiazzi J, Alterman JF, Roux L, Echeverria D, Hassler MR, Pfister EL, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Structurally constrained phosphonate internucleotide linkage impacts oligonucleotide-enzyme interaction, and modulates siRNA activity and allele specificity. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 12 02; 49(21):12069-12088. PMID: 34850120.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Yenilmez B, Wetoska N, Kelly M, Echeverria D, Min K, Lifshitz L, Alterman JF, Hassler MR, Hildebrand S, DiMarzio C, McHugh N, Vangjeli L, Sousa J, Pan M, Han X, Brehm MA, Khvorova A, Czech MP. An RNAi therapeutic targeting hepatic DGAT2 in a genetically obese mouse model of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Mol Ther. 2022 03 02; 30(3):1329-1342. PMID: 34774753.
      Citations: 7     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    17. Ferguson CM, Echeverria D, Hassler M, Ly S, Khvorova A. Cell Type Impacts Accessibility of mRNA to Silencing by RNA Interference. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2020 Sep 04; 21:384-393. PMID: 32650236.
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    18. Davis SM, Sousa J, Vangjeli L, Hassler MR, Echeverria D, Knox E, Turanov AA, Alterman JF, Khvorova A. 2'-O-Methyl at 20-mer Guide Strand 3' Termini May Negatively Affect Target Silencing Activity of Fully Chemically Modified siRNA. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2020 Sep 04; 21:266-277. PMID: 32610253.
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    19. Alterman JF, Godinho BMDC, Hassler MR, Ferguson CM, Echeverria D, Sapp E, Haraszti RA, Coles AH, Conroy F, Miller R, Roux L, Yan P, Knox EG, Turanov AA, King RM, Gernoux G, Mueller C, Gray-Edwards HL, Moser RP, Bishop NC, Jaber SM, Gounis MJ, Sena-Esteves M, Pai AA, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. A divalent siRNA chemical scaffold for potent and sustained modulation of gene expression throughout the central nervous system. Nat Biotechnol. 2019 08; 37(8):884-894. PMID: 31375812.
      Citations: 69     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    20. Haraszti RA, Miller R, Dubuke ML, Rockwell HE, Coles AH, Sapp E, Didiot MC, Echeverria D, Stoppato M, Sere YY, Leszyk J, Alterman JF, Godinho BMDC, Hassler MR, McDaniel J, Narain NR, Wollacott R, Wang Y, Shaffer SA, Kiebish MA, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Serum Deprivation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improves Exosome Activity and Alters Lipid and Protein Composition. iScience. 2019 Jun 28; 16:230-241. PMID: 31195240.
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    21. Biscans A, Coles A, Haraszti R, Echeverria D, Hassler M, Osborn M, Khvorova A. Diverse lipid conjugates for functional extra-hepatic siRNA delivery in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 02 20; 47(3):1082-1096. PMID: 30544191.
      Citations: 70     Fields:    Translation:Animals
    22. Osborn MF, Coles AH, Biscans A, Haraszti RA, Roux L, Davis S, Ly S, Echeverria D, Hassler MR, Godinho BMDC, Nikan M, Khvorova A. Hydrophobicity drives the systemic distribution of lipid-conjugated siRNAs via lipid transport pathways. Nucleic Acids Res. 2019 02 20; 47(3):1070-1081. PMID: 30535404.
      Citations: 45     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    23. Turanov AA, Lo A, Hassler MR, Makris A, Ashar-Patel A, Alterman JF, Coles AH, Haraszti RA, Roux L, Godinho BMDC, Echeverria D, Pears S, Iliopoulos J, Shanmugalingam R, Ogle R, Zsengeller ZK, Hennessy A, Karumanchi SA, Moore MJ, Khvorova A. RNAi modulation of placental sFLT1 for the treatment of preeclampsia. Nat Biotechnol. 2018 Nov 19. PMID: 30451990.
      Citations: 55     Fields:    
    24. Mir A, Alterman JF, Hassler MR, Debacker AJ, Hudgens E, Echeverria D, Brodsky MH, Khvorova A, Watts JK, Sontheimer EJ. Heavily and fully modified RNAs guide efficient SpyCas9-mediated genome editing. Nat Commun. 2018 Jul 06; 9(1):2641. PMID: 29980686.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    25. Sharma VK, Osborn MF, Hassler MR, Echeverria D, Ly S, Ulashchik EA, Martynenko-Makaev YV, Shmanai VV, Zatsepin TS, Khvorova A, Watts JK. Novel Cluster and Monomer-Based GalNAc Structures Induce Effective Uptake of siRNAs in Vitro and in Vivo. Bioconjug Chem. 2018 07 18; 29(7):2478-2488. PMID: 29898368.
      Citations: 15     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    26. Haraszti RA, Miller R, Didiot MC, Biscans A, Alterman JF, Hassler MR, Roux L, Echeverria D, Sapp E, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Optimized Cholesterol-siRNA Chemistry Improves Productive Loading onto Extracellular Vesicles. Mol Ther. 2018 08 01; 26(8):1973-1982. PMID: 29937418.
      Citations: 36     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    27. Hassler MR, Turanov AA, Alterman JF, Haraszti RA, Coles AH, Osborn MF, Echeverria D, Nikan M, Salomon WE, Roux L, Godinho BMDC, Davis SM, Morrissey DV, Zamore PD, Karumanchi SA, Moore MJ, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Comparison of partially and fully chemically-modified siRNA in conjugate-mediated delivery in vivo. Nucleic Acids Res. 2018 03 16; 46(5):2185-2196. PMID: 29432571.
      Citations: 71     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    28. Godinho BMDC, Gilbert JW, Haraszti RA, Coles AH, Biscans A, Roux L, Nikan M, Echeverria D, Hassler M, Khvorova A. Pharmacokinetic Profiling of Conjugated Therapeutic Oligonucleotides: A High-Throughput Method Based Upon Serial Blood Microsampling Coupled to Peptide Nucleic Acid Hybridization Assay. Nucleic Acid Ther. 2017 Dec; 27(6):323-334. PMID: 29022758.
      Citations: 27     Fields:    Translation:AnimalsCells
    29. Nikan M, Osborn MF, Coles AH, Godinho BM, Hall LM, Haraszti RA, Hassler MR, Echeverria D, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Docosahexaenoic Acid Conjugation Enhances Distribution and Safety of siRNA upon Local Administration in Mouse Brain. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2016 Aug 09; 5(8):e344. PMID: 27504598.
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    30. Didiot MC, Hall LM, Coles AH, Haraszti RA, Godinho BM, Chase K, Sapp E, Ly S, Alterman JF, Hassler MR, Echeverria D, Raj L, Morrissey DV, DiFiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Exosome-mediated Delivery of Hydrophobically Modified siRNA for Huntingtin mRNA Silencing. Mol Ther. 2016 10; 24(10):1836-1847. PMID: 27506293.
      Citations: 179     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    31. Alterman JF, Hall LM, Coles AH, Hassler MR, Didiot MC, Chase K, Abraham J, Sottosanti E, Johnson E, Sapp E, Osborn MF, Difiglia M, Aronin N, Khvorova A. Hydrophobically Modified siRNAs Silence Huntingtin mRNA in Primary Neurons and Mouse Brain. Mol Ther Nucleic Acids. 2015 Dec 01; 4:e266. PMID: 26623938.
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    32. Osborn MF, Alterman JF, Nikan M, Cao H, Didiot MC, Hassler MR, Coles AH, Khvorova A. Guanabenz (Wytensin?) selectively enhances uptake and efficacy of hydrophobically modified siRNAs. Nucleic Acids Res. 2015 Oct 15; 43(18):8664-72. PMID: 26400165.
      Citations: 22     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    33. Khvorova A, Osborn MF, Hassler MR. Corrigendum: Taking charge of siRNA delivery. Nat Biotechnol. 2015 May; 33(5):563. PMID: 25965761.
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    34. Lietard J, Hassler MR, Fakhoury J, Damha MJ. An orthogonal photolabile linker for the complete "on-support" synthesis/fast deprotection/hybridization of RNA. Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Dec 11; 50(95):15063-6. PMID: 25329642.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    35. Khvorova A, Osborn MF, Hassler MR. Taking charge of siRNA delivery. Nat Biotechnol. 2014 Dec; 32(12):1197-8. PMID: 25489835.
      Citations: 8     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimals
    36. Deleavey GF, Frank F, Hassler M, Wisnovsky S, Nagar B, Damha MJ. The 5' binding MID domain of human Argonaute2 tolerates chemically modified nucleotide analogues. Nucleic Acid Ther. 2013 Feb; 23(1):81-7. PMID: 23289589.
      Citations: 5     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    37. Donga RA, Hassler M, Chan TH, Damha MJ. Oligonucleotide synthesis using ionic liquids as soluble supports. Nucleosides Nucleotides Nucleic Acids. 2007; 26(10-12):1287-93. PMID: 18066770.
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