Emerging frontiers in drug delivery

MW Tibbitt, JE Dahlman, R Langer - Journal of the American …, 2016 - ACS Publications
Medicine relies on the use of pharmacologically active agents (drugs) to manage and treat
disease. However, drugs are not inherently effective; the benefit of a drug is directly related …

Recent progress in development of siRNA delivery vehicles for cancer therapy

HJ Kim, A Kim, K Miyata, K Kataoka - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Recent progress in RNA biology has broadened the scope of therapeutic targets of RNA
drugs for cancer therapy. However, RNA drugs, typically small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) …

Proliferation and recruitment contribute to myocardial macrophage expansion in chronic heart failure

HB Sager, M Hulsmans, KJ Lavine, MB Moreira… - Circulation …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Rationale: Macrophages reside in the healthy myocardium, participate in ischemic heart
disease, and modulate myocardial infarction (MI) healing. Their origin and roles in post-MI …

Polymer–lipid nanoparticles for systemic delivery of mRNA to the lungs

JC Kaczmarek, AK Patel, KJ Kauffman… - Angewandte …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Therapeutic nucleic acids hold great promise for the treatment of disease but require vectors
for safe and effective delivery. Synthetic nanoparticle vectors composed of poly (β‐amino …

[PDF][PDF] Fusogenic reactive oxygen species triggered charge‐reversal vector for effective gene delivery

X Liu, J Xiang, D Zhu, L Jiang, Z Zhou, J Tang… - Advanced …, 2016 - researchgate.net
DOI: 10.1002/adma. 201504288 a reactive oxygen species (ROS)-labile charge-reversal
polymer, poly [(2-acryloyl) ethyl (p-boronic acid benzyl) diethylammonium bromide](B …

Cell-free 3D scaffold with two-stage delivery of miRNA-26a to regenerate critical-sized bone defects

X Zhang, Y Li, YE Chen, J Chen, PX Ma - Nature communications, 2016 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are being developed to enhance tissue regeneration. Here we show
that a hyperbranched polymer with high miRNA-binding affinity and negligible cytotoxicity …

Nanomedicines for renal disease: current status and future applications

N Kamaly, JC He, DA Ausiello… - Nature Reviews …, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract Treatment and management of kidney disease currently presents an enormous
global burden, and the application of nanotechnology principles to renal disease therapy …

Effect of surface properties on liposomal siRNA delivery

Y Xia, J Tian, X Chen - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Liposomes are one of the most widely investigated carriers for siRNA delivery. The surface
properties of liposomal carriers, including the surface charge, PEGylation, and ligand …

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 …

Efficacy and immunogenicity of unmodified and pseudouridine-modified mRNA delivered systemically with lipid nanoparticles in vivo

KJ Kauffman, FF Mir, S Jhunjhunwala, JC Kaczmarek… - Biomaterials, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract mRNA has broad potential for treating diseases requiring protein expression.
However, mRNA can also induce an immune response with associated toxicity …