Computational Selection of RNA Aptamer against Angiopoietin‐2 and Experimental Evaluation

WP Hu, JV Kumar, CJ Huang… - BioMed research …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Angiogenesis plays a decisive role in the growth and spread of cancer and angiopoietin‐2
(Ang2) is in the spotlight of studies for its unique role in modulating angiogenesis. The aim of …

Computational approach to analyze isolated ssDNA aptamers against angiotensin II

M Heiat, A Najafi, R Ranjbar, AM Latifi… - Journal of biotechnology, 2016 - Elsevier
Aptamers are oligonucleotides with highly structured molecules that can bind to their targets
through specific 3-D conformation. Commonly, not all the nucleotides such as primer binding …

In silico designed RNA aptamer against epithelial cell adhesion molecule for cancer cell imaging

R Bavi, Z Liu, Z Han, H Zhang, Y Gu - Biochemical and biophysical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Aptamers are short, single-stranded oligonucleotides that bind to their targets with high
affinity and specificity. Usually, aptamers are selected experimentally using SELEX …

In silico design of novel aptamers utilizing a hybrid method of machine learning and genetic algorithm

M Torkamanian-Afshar, S Nematzadeh, M Tabarzad… - Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
Aptamers can be regarded as efficient substitutes for monoclonal antibodies in many
diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Due to the tedious and prohibitive nature of SELEX …

Revealing the molecular interactions of aptamers that specifically bind to the extracellular domain of HER2 cancer biomarker protein: An in silico assessment

S Niazi, M Purohit, A Sonawani, JH Niazi - Journal of Molecular Graphics …, 2018 - Elsevier
Single-stranded (ss) oligonucleotide aptamers are emerging as the promising substitutes for
monoclonal antibodies because of their low production cost and good batch-to-batch …

A validation strategy for in silico generated aptamers

R Cataldo, F Ciriaco, E Alfinito - Computational biology and chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
The selection of high-affinity aptamers is of paramount interest for clinical and technological
applications. A novel strategy is proposed to validate the reliability of the 3D structures of a …

In silico approach for Post-SELEX DNA aptamers: A mini-review

NA Ahmad, RM Zulkifli, H Hussin, MH Nadri - Journal of Molecular Graphics …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aptamers are short oligonucleotides that possess high specificity and affinity against their
target. Generated via Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment,(SELEX) …

[HTML][HTML] Design and prediction of aptamers assisted by in silico methods

SJ Lee, J Cho, BH Lee, D Hwang, JW Park - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
An aptamer is a single-stranded DNA or RNA that binds to a specific target with high binding
affinity. Aptamers are developed through the process of systematic evolution of ligands by …

Improvement of the VEGF binding ability of DNA aptamers through in silico maturation and multimerization strategy

T Fukaya, K Abe, N Savory, K Tsukakoshi… - Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aptamers are mainly selected by in vitro selection using random nucleic acid libraries.
These aptamers have often shown insufficient affinity for biomedical applications. We …

[HTML][HTML] Binding and structural properties of DNA aptamers with VEGF-A-mimic activity

T Yoshitomi, M Hayashi, T Oguro, K Kimura… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2020 - cell.com
Vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGFs) are hypoxia-inducible secreted proteins to
promote angiogenesis, in which VEGF-A is an important molecule that binds and activates …