Amplifying gene expression with RNA-targeted therapeutics

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Many diseases are caused by insufficient expression of mutated genes and would benefit
from increased expression of the corresponding protein. However, in drug development, it …

Resistance-proof antimicrobial drug discovery to combat global antimicrobial resistance threat

A Upadhayay, J Ling, D Pal, Y Xie, FF Ping… - Drug Resistance …, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug resistance is well-defined as a serious problem in our living world. To survive,
microbes develop defense strategies against antimicrobial drugs. Drugs exhibit less or no …

From molecular mechanisms to therapeutics: understanding MicroRNA-21 in cancer

J Rhim, W Baek, Y Seo, JH Kim - Cells, 2022 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that play an important role in regulating
gene expression at a posttranscriptional level. As one of the first discovered oncogenic …

Targeting miRNA by CRISPR/Cas in cancer: advantages and challenges

BM Hussen, MF Rasul, SR Abdullah, HJ Hidayat… - Military Medical …, 2023 - Springer
Clustered regulatory interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) has changed
biomedical research and provided entirely new models to analyze every aspect of …

Framework nucleic acid-based multifunctional tumor theranostic nanosystem for miRNA fluorescence imaging and chemo/gene therapy

H Luo, Z Wang, Q Mo, J Yang, F Yang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Intelligent stimulus-responsive theranostic systems capable of specifically sensing low-
abundance tumor-related biomarkers and efficiently killing tumors remain a pressing …

Applications of nanotechnologies for miRNA-based cancer therapeutics: current advances and future perspectives

LA Bravo-Vázquez, A Méndez-García… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short (18–25 nt), non-coding, widely conserved RNA molecules
responsible for regulating gene expression via sequence-specific post-transcriptional …

Perspectives of using microRNA-loaded nanocarriers for epigenetic reprogramming of drug resistant colorectal cancers

OA Sukocheva, J Liu, ME Neganova… - Seminars in Cancer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Epigenetic regulation by microRNAs (miRs) demonstrated a promising therapeutic potential
of these molecules to regulate genetic activity in different cancers, including colorectal …

Circulating microRNAs as potential biomarkers in pancreatic cancer—advances and challenges

AA Seyhan - International journal of molecular sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is an urgent unmet need for robust and reliable biomarkers for early diagnosis,
prognosis, and prediction of response to specific treatments of many aggressive and deadly …

Trials and tribulations of MicroRNA therapeutics

AA Seyhan - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The discovery of the link between microRNAs (miRNAs) and a myriad of human diseases,
particularly various cancer types, has generated significant interest in exploring their …

Macrophages as key regulators of liver health and disease

E Papachristoforou, P Ramachandran - International Review of Cell and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Macrophages are a heterogeneous population of innate immune cells and key cellular
components of the liver. Hepatic macrophages consist of embryologically-derived resident …