Hybrid lipid/polymer nanoparticles to tackle the cystic fibrosis mucus barrier in siRNA delivery to the lungs: does PEGylation make the difference?

G Conte, G Costabile, D Baldassi… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Inhaled siRNA therapy has a unique potential for treatment of severe lung diseases, such as
cystic fibrosis (CF). Nevertheless, a drug delivery system tackling lung barriers is mandatory …

Hybrid lipid/polymer nanoparticles for pulmonary delivery of siRNA: development and fate upon in vitro deposition on the human epithelial airway barrier

S Nag, S Baliyan, A Pathak… - Handbook of Lung …, 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
The pulmonary delivery of drugs is the most striking target and of incredible scientific and
biomedical attention in the research of health care because the lung is able to absorb …

Bio-inspired materials in drug delivery: Exploring the role of pulmonary surfactant in siRNA inhalation therapy

L De Backer, A Cerrada, J Pérez-Gil… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
Many pathologies of the respiratory tract are inadequately treated with existing small
molecule-based therapies. The emergence of RNA interference (RNAi) enables the post …

Surface coating of pulmonary siRNA delivery vectors enabling mucus penetration, cell targeting, and intracellular radical scavenging for enhanced acute lung injury …

J Zhu, M Guo, Y Cui, Y Meng, J Ding… - … Applied Materials & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Pulmonary delivery of anti-inflammatory siRNA presents a promising approach for localized
therapy of acute lung injury (ALI), while polycationic vectors can be easily trapped by the …

Nonviral siRNA delivery to the lung: Investigation of PEG− PEI polyplexes and their in vivo performance

OM Merkel, A Beyerle, D Librizzi, A Pfestroff… - Molecular …, 2009 - ACS Publications
This study describes the physicobiological characterization of PEI− and PEG− PEI
polyplexes containing partially 2′-OMe modified 25/27mer dicer substrate siRNAs …

Mucopenetrating lipoplexes modified with PEG and hyaluronic acid for CD44-targeted local siRNA delivery to the lungs

APB Almeida, GBR Damaceno… - Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
RNA interfering technology has become a successful strategy for targeted gene silencing
through the use of efficient delivery systems. A nanocarrier must be especially designed …

TPP-dendrimer nanocarriers for siRNA delivery to the pulmonary epithelium and their dry powder and metered-dose inhaler formulations

E Bielski, Q Zhong, H Mirza, M Brown, A Molla… - International journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The regulation of genes utilizing the RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism via the delivery of
synthetic siRNA has great potential in the treatment of a variety of lung diseases. However …

Poly (amidoamine) dendrimer nanocarriers and their aerosol formulations for siRNA delivery to the lung epithelium

DS Conti, D Brewer, J Grashik, S Avasarala… - Molecular …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapies have great promise in the treatment of a
number of prevalent pulmonary disorders including lung cancer, asthma and cystic fibrosis …

Efficient biodistribution and gene silencing in the lung epithelium via intravenous liposomal delivery of siRNA

J McCaskill, R Singhania, M Burgess… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2013 - cell.com
RNA interference (RNAi) may provide a therapeutic solution to many pulmonary epithelium
diseases. However, the main barrier to the clinical use of RNAi remains the lack of efficient …

Fluorinated α-helical polypeptides synchronize mucus permeation and cell penetration toward highly efficient pulmonary siRNA delivery against acute lung injury

C Ge, J Yang, S Duan, Y Liu, F Meng, L Yin - Nano Letters, 2020 - ACS Publications
The mucus layer and cell membrane are two major barriers against pulmonary siRNA
delivery. Commonly used polycationic gene vectors can hardly penetrate the mucus layer …