Journey of siRNA: clinical developments and targeted delivery

RR Nikam, KR Gore - Nucleic acid therapeutics, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Since the evolutionary discovery of RNA interference and its utilization for gene knockdown
in mammalian cell, a remarkable progress has been achieved in small interfering RNA …

Nano-scale delivery systems for siRNA delivery in cancer therapy: New era of gene therapy empowered by nanotechnology

N Ebrahimi, MS Manavi, A Nazari, A Momayezi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is a unique treatment approach used to decrease a disease's
excessive gene expression, including cancer. SiRNAs may find and destroy homologous …

Esterase‐activated charge‐reversal polymer for fibroblast‐exempt cancer gene therapy

N Qiu, X Liu, Y Zhong, Z Zhou, Y Piao… - Advanced …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
(Figure 1a). Taking advantage of the high cytosolic esterase activity in HeLa cancer cells but
low level in fibroblasts, the ERP/DNA polyplexes taken up by cancer cells quickly dissociate …

Uses and abuses of macropinocytosis

G Bloomfield, RR Kay - Journal of cell science, 2016 - journals.biologists.com
Macropinocytosis is a means by which eukaryotic cells ingest extracellular liquid and
dissolved molecules. It is widely conserved amongst cells that can take on amoeboid form …

Nanoscale platforms for messenger RNA delivery

B Li, X Zhang, Y Dong - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Messenger RNA (mRNA) has become a promising class of drugs for diverse therapeutic
applications in the past few years. A series of clinical trials are ongoing or will be initiated in …

RNAi targeting multiple cell adhesion molecules reduces immune cell recruitment and vascular inflammation after myocardial infarction

HB Sager, P Dutta, JE Dahlman, M Hulsmans… - Science translational …, 2016 - science.org
Myocardial infarction (MI) leads to a systemic surge of vascular inflammation in mice and
humans, resulting in secondary ischemic complications and high mortality. We show that, in …

Illuminating endosomal escape of polymorphic lipid nanoparticles that boost mRNA delivery

M Herrera, J Kim, Y Eygeris, A Jozic, G Sahay - Biomaterials science, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Lipid-based nanoparticles (LNPs) for the delivery of mRNA have jumped to the forefront of
non-viral gene delivery. Despite this exciting development, poor endosomal escape after …

Understanding structure-activity relationships of pH-sensitive cationic lipids facilitates the rational identification of promising lipid nanoparticles for delivering siRNAs in …

Y Sato, K Hashiba, K Sasaki, M Maeki… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are one of the more promising technologies for efficiently
delivering short interfering RNA (siRNA) in vivo. A pH-sensitive cationic lipid that facilitates …

Delivery systems for nucleic acids and proteins: Barriers, cell capture pathways and nanocarriers

JD Torres-Vanegas, JC Cruz, LH Reyes - Pharmaceutics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Gene therapy has been used as a potential approach to address the diagnosis and
treatment of genetic diseases and inherited disorders. In this line, non-viral systems have …

A Potent Branched-Tail Lipid Nanoparticle Enables Multiplexed mRNA Delivery and Gene Editing In Vivo

KA Hajj, JR Melamed, N Chaudhary, NG Lamson… - Nano …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The clinical translation of messengerRNA (mRNA) drugs has been slowed by a shortage of
delivery vehicles that potently and safely shuttle mRNA into target cells. Here, we describe …