Dendrimers as carriers for siRNA delivery and gene silencing: a review

J Wu, W Huang, Z He - The Scientific World Journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference (RNAi) was first literaturally reported in 1998 and has become rapidly a
promising tool for therapeutic applications in gene therapy. In a typical RNAi process, small …

Dendrimers as non-viral vectors for siRNA delivery

X Liu, P Rocchi, L Peng - New Journal of Chemistry, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
There is a tremendous interest in moving siRNA therapeutics into a clinical setting for the
treatment of various diseases. This in itself however depends largely on the availability of …

Delivering siRNA with dendrimers: In vivo applications

V Leiro, S Duque Santos… - Current Gene Therapy, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Over the last decades, gene therapy has emerged as a pioneering therapeutic approach to
treat or prevent several diseases. Among the explored strategies, the short-term silencing of …

siRNA therapy, challenges and underlying perspectives of dendrimer as delivery vector

R Kumar Tekade, R GS Maheshwari… - Current …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
siRNA technology presents a helpful means of gene silencing in mammalian cells.
Advancement in the field includes enhanced attentiveness in the characterization of target …

Surface engineered dendrimers in siRNA delivery and gene silencing

V Tambe, S Thakkar, N Raval, D Sharma… - Current …, 2017 - ingentaconnect.com
Background: Therapeutic efficacy of dreadful diseases like cancer, HIV (Human
Immunodeficiency Virus) can be enhanced by delivering molecules which regulate function …

[HTML][HTML] Dendrimers for siRNA delivery

S Biswas, VP Torchilin - Pharmaceuticals, 2013 - mdpi.com
Since the discovery of the “starburst polymer”, later renamed as dendrimer, this class of
polymers has gained considerable attention for numerous biomedical applications, due …

Molecular engineering of dendrimer nanovectors for siRNA delivery and gene silencing

Y Cao, X Liu, L Peng - Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering, 2017 - Springer
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapeutics hold great promise to treat a variety of diseases,
as long as they can be delivered safely and effectively into cells. Dendrimers are appealing …

Efficient siRNA delivery using a polyamidoamine dendrimer with a modified pentaerythritol core

Y Zhang, C Zhou, KJ Kwak, X Wang, B Yung… - Pharmaceutical …, 2012 - Springer
Purpose Delivery of siRNA into cells remains a critical challenge. Our lab has shown a novel
polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimer with modified pentaerythritol derivative core (PD …

SiRNA delivery systems based on neutral cross-linked dendrimers

J Liu, J Zhou, Y Luo - Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2012 - ACS Publications
A neutral cross-linked dendritic system is described for use of delivering small interfering
RNA (siRNA) for targeted gene silencing. By replacing the terminal amines with hydrazide …

An ionizable supramolecular dendrimer nanosystem for effective siRNA delivery with a favorable safety profile

D Dhumal, W Lan, L Ding, Y Jiang, Z Lyu, E Laurini… - Nano Research, 2021 - Springer
Gene therapy using small interfering RNA (siRNA) is emerging as a novel therapeutic
approach to treat various diseases. However, safe and efficient siRNA delivery still …