Polymeric delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids

R Kumar, CF Santa Chalarca, MR Bockman… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advent of genome editing has transformed the therapeutic landscape for several
debilitating diseases, and the clinical outlook for gene therapeutics has never been more …

The current state and future directions of RNAi-based therapeutics

RL Setten, JJ Rossi, S Han - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
The RNA interference (RNAi) pathway regulates mRNA stability and translation in nearly all
human cells. Small double-stranded RNA molecules can efficiently trigger RNAi silencing of …

Block copolymer micelles in nanomedicine applications

H Cabral, K Miyata, K Osada, K Kataoka - Chemical reviews, 2018 - ACS Publications
Polymeric micelles are demonstrating high potential as nanomedicines capable of
controlling the distribution and function of loaded bioactive agents in the body, effectively …

GalNAc-siRNA conjugates: leading the way for delivery of RNAi therapeutics

AD Springer, SF Dowdy - Nucleic acid therapeutics, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Short-interfering RNA (siRNA)-induced RNAi responses have great potential to treat a wide
variety of human diseases from cancer to pandemic viral outbreaks to Parkinson's Disease …

The great escape: how cationic polyplexes overcome the endosomal barrier

T Bus, A Traeger, US Schubert - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
The targeted and efficiency-oriented delivery of (therapeutic) nucleic acids raises hope for
successful gene therapy, ie, for the local and individual treatment of acquired and inherited …

Nucleic acid therapeutics using polyplexes: a journey of 50 years (and beyond)

U Lächelt, E Wagner - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
Since the elucidation of the molecular structure of nucleic acids and understanding of their
role in encoding and translating genetic information into biological function, 1 the knowledge …

pH-sensitive nano-systems for drug delivery in cancer therapy

J Liu, Y Huang, A Kumar, A Tan, S Jin, A Mozhi… - Biotechnology …, 2014 - Elsevier
Nanotechnology has been widely used in the development of new strategies for drug
delivery and cancer therapy. Compared to traditional drug delivery systems, nano-based …

Targeted delivery of antisense oligonucleotides to hepatocytes using triantennary N-acetyl galactosamine improves potency 10-fold in mice

TP Prakash, MJ Graham, J Yu, R Carty… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Triantennary N-acetyl galactosamine (GalNAc, GN3), a high-affinity ligand for the hepatocyte-
specific asialoglycoprotein receptor (ASGPR), enhances the potency of second-generation …

[HTML][HTML] Viral and nonviral delivery systems for gene delivery

N Nayerossadat, T Maedeh, PA Ali - Advanced biomedical …, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Gene therapy is the process of introducing foreign genomic materials into host cells to elicit
a therapeutic benefit. Although initially the main focus of gene therapy was on special …

Preclinical and clinical advances of GalNAc-decorated nucleic acid therapeutics

Y Huang - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2017 - cell.com
A main challenge in realizing the full potential of nucleic acid therapeutics is efficient
delivery of them into targeted tissues and cells. N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) is a well …