Ca 2+ participating self-assembly of an apoferritin nanostructure for nucleic acid drug delivery

H Huang, K Sha, H Veroniaina, Z Wu, Z Wu, X Qi - Nanoscale, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
One of the most encountered obstacles for utilizing nano-sized vehicles to implement the in
vivo delivery of nucleic acid drugs (NADs) is the possible steric hindrance caused by their …

Smart Telomerase-Gated DNA cage for precise siRNA release in cancer cells

X Han, Y Lu, H Wu, X Guan, X Ma, Y Chu, B Zou… - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oligonucleotide nanoparticles (ONPs) have been utilized as a small interfering RNA (siRNA)
delivery system because of their multiple advantages. However, the release of siRNA by …

Diblock copolymer hydrophobicity facilitates efficient gene silencing and cytocompatible nanoparticle-mediated siRNA delivery to musculoskeletal cell types

DW Malcolm, MAT Freeberg, Y Wang… - …, 2017 - ACS Publications
pH-responsive diblock copolymers provide tailorable nanoparticle (NP) architecture and
chemistry critical for siRNA delivery. Here, diblock polymers varying in first (corona) and …

[HTML][HTML] Synchronous conjugation of i-motif DNA and therapeutic siRNA on the vertexes of tetrahedral DNA nanocages for efficient gene silence

X Han, X Xu, Z Wu, Z Wu, X Qi - Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2021 - Elsevier
The functionality of DNA biomacromolecules has been widely excavated, as therapeutic
drugs, carriers, and functionalized modification derivatives. In this study, we developed a …

[HTML][HTML] Bone site-specific delivery of siRNA

X Liu - Journal of biomedical research, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Small interfering RNAs (siRNA) have enormous potential as therapeutics to target and treat
various bone disorders such as osteoporosis and cancer bone metastases. However …

Potential and development of inhaled RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis

DKW Man, MYT Chow, L Casettari… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2016 - Elsevier
Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the infection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), continues to
pose a serious threat to public health, and the situation is worsening with the rapid …

Nanoparticles loaded with circ_0086375 for suppressing the tumorigenesis of pancreatic cancer by targeting the miR-646/SLC4A4 axis

Y Wang, M Zhang, L Zhang, M Zhou… - Clinical & Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Nanoparticles possess the ability to adsorb and load other compounds. This study aimed to
synthesize a gene carrier with polyethyleneimine (PEI), hyaluronic acid (HA) and …

Treating psoriasis by targeting its susceptibility gene Rel

T Fan, S Wang, L Yu, H Yi, R Liu, W Geng, X Wan… - Clinical …, 2016 - Elsevier
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the skin. Accumulating evidence indicates
that the Rel gene, a member of the NF-κB family, is a risk factor for the disease. We sought to …

Engineering approaches in siRNA delivery

AA Barba, S Cascone, D Caccavo, G Lamberti… - International Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract siRNAs are very potent drug molecules, able to silence genes involved in
pathologies development. siRNAs have virtually an unlimited therapeutic potential …

Efficient tuning of siRNA dose response by combining mixed polymer nanocarriers with simple kinetic modeling

CT Greco, VG Muir, TH Epps III, MO Sullivan - Acta biomaterialia, 2017 - Elsevier
Two of the most prominent challenges that limit the clinical success of siRNA therapies are a
lack of control over cargo release from the delivery vehicle and an incomplete …