RNA–DNA fibers and polygons with controlled immunorecognition activate RNAi, FRET and transcriptional regulation of NF-κB in human cells

W Ke, E Hong, RF Saito, MC Rangel… - Nucleic acids …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Nucleic acid–based assemblies that interact with each other and further communicate with
the cellular machinery in a controlled manner represent a new class of reconfigurable …

Precision immunomodulation with synthetic nucleic acid technologies

MS Jani, AT Veetil, Y Krishnan - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
DNA and RNA of both natural and synthetic origin can elicit strong immune responses in
higher organisms. Computer-aided design in conjunction with high-throughput sequencing …

RNA fibers as optimized nanoscaffolds for siRNA coordination and reduced immunological recognition

L Rackley, JM Stewart, J Salotti… - Therapeutic RNA …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
944RNA is a versatile biomaterial that can be used to engineer nanoassemblies for
personalized treatment of various diseases. Despite promising advancements, the design of …

Immunomodulation with Nucleic Acid Nanodevices

F Ding, S Zhang, Q Chen, H Feng, Z Ge, X Zuo, C Fan… - Small, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The precise regulation of interactions of specific immunological components is crucial for
controllable immunomodulation, yet it remains a great challenge. With the assistance of …

Functional DNA structures and their biomedical applications

Z Li, C Wang, J Li, J Zhang, C Fan, I Willner… - CCS …, 2020 - chinesechemsoc.org
Since the discovery of the double-helix structure in 1953, nucleic acids have been
developed from natural genetic codes into functional building blocks in a wide range of …

Opportunities and challenges for the clinical translation of structured DNA assemblies as gene therapeutic delivery and vaccine vectors

MA Dobrovolskaia, M Bathe - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gene therapeutics including siRNAs, anti‐sense oligos, messenger RNAs, and CRISPR
ribonucleoprotein complexes offer unmet potential to treat over 7,000 known genetic …

Smart-responsive nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) with the potential to modulate immune behavior

M Chandler, KA Afonin - Therapeutic RNA Nanotechnology, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Nucleic acids are programmable and biocompatible polymers that have beneficial uses in
nanotechnology with broad applications in biosensing and therapeutics. In some cases …

Engineering aptamer switches for multifunctional stimulus‐responsive nanosystems

AE Rangel, AA Hariri, M Eisenstein… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Although RNA and DNA are best known for their capacity to encode biological information, it
has become increasingly clear over the past few decades that these biomolecules are also …

Synthetic, biofunctional nucleic acid-based molecular devices

D Bhatia, S Sharma, Y Krishnan - Current Opinion in Biotechnology, 2011 - Elsevier
Structural DNA nanotechnology seeks to create architectures of highly precise dimensions
using the physical property that short lengths of DNA behave as rigid rods and the chemical …

Engineering DNA nanostructures to manipulate immune receptor signaling and immune cell fates

CY Tseng, WX Wang, TR Douglas… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Immune cells sense, communicate, and logically integrate a multitude of environmental
signals to make important cell‐fate decisions and fulfill their effector functions. These …