Lipids and lipid derivatives for RNA delivery

Y Zhang, C Sun, C Wang, KE Jankovic… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNA-based therapeutics have shown great promise in treating a broad spectrum of
diseases through various mechanisms including knockdown of pathological genes …

Endothelial cells in the pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension

CE Evans, ND Cober, Z Dai… - European Respiratory …, 2021 - Eur Respiratory Soc
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a devastating disease that involves pulmonary
vasoconstriction, small vessel obliteration, large vessel thickening and obstruction, and …

[HTML][HTML] An ionizable lipid toolbox for RNA delivery

X Han, H Zhang, K Butowska, KL Swingle… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Recent years have witnessed incredible growth in RNA therapeutics, which has benefited
significantly from decades of research on lipid nanoparticles, specifically its key component …

[HTML][HTML] Optimization of lipid nanoparticles for the delivery of nebulized therapeutic mRNA to the lungs

MP Lokugamage, D Vanover, J Beyersdorf… - Nature biomedical …, 2021 - nature.com
Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for the efficient delivery of drugs need to be designed for the
particular administration route and type of drug. Here we report the design of LNPs for the …

Membrane-destabilizing ionizable phospholipids for organ-selective mRNA delivery and CRISPR–Cas gene editing

S Liu, Q Cheng, T Wei, X Yu, LT Johnson, L Farbiak… - Nature materials, 2021 - nature.com
Endosomal escape remains a fundamental barrier hindering the advancement of nucleic
acid therapeutics. Taking inspiration from natural phospholipids that comprise biological …

Chitosan-based nanodelivery systems for cancer therapy: Recent advances

A Narmani, SM Jafari - Carbohydrate Polymers, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, cancer is one of the most prominent issues related to human health since it
causes more than one-tenth of death cases throughout the world. On the other hand, routine …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA vaccine for cancer immunotherapy

L Miao, Y Zhang, L Huang - Molecular cancer, 2021 - Springer
Abstract mRNA vaccines have become a promising platform for cancer immunotherapy.
During vaccination, naked or vehicle loaded mRNA vaccines efficiently express tumor …

[HTML][HTML] A guide to nucleic acid vaccines in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases and cancers: from basic principles to current applications

F Qin, F Xia, H Chen, B Cui, Y Feng, P Zhang… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Faced with the challenges posed by infectious diseases and cancer, nucleic acid vaccines
present excellent prospects in clinical applications. Compared with traditional vaccines …

Advanced nanomedicine and cancer: Challenges and opportunities in clinical translation

J Gonzalez-Valdivieso, A Girotti, J Schneider… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Cancer has reached pandemic dimensions in the whole world. Although current medicine
offers multiple treatment options against cancer, novel therapeutic strategies are needed …

[HTML][HTML] Robotics, microfluidics, nanotechnology and AI in the synthesis and evaluation of liposomes and polymeric drug delivery systems

E Egorov, C Pieters, H Korach-Rechtman… - Drug Delivery and …, 2021 - Springer
The field of nanotechnology and personalised medicine is undergoing drastic changes in
the approach and efficiency of experimentation. The COVID-19 pandemic has spiralled into …