Beyond nylon 6: Polyamides via ring opening polymerization of designer lactam monomers for biomedical applications

M Varghese, MW Grinstaff - Chemical Society Reviews, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Ring opening polymerization (ROP) of lactams is a highly efficient and versatile method to
synthesize polyamides. Within the last ten years, significant advances in polymerization …

Oral delivery of RNAi for cancer therapy

H Afrin, R Geetha Bai, R Kumar, SS Ahmad… - Cancer and Metastasis …, 2023 - Springer
Cancer is a major health concern worldwide and is still in a continuous surge of seeking for
effective treatments. Since the discovery of RNAi and their mechanism of action, it has …

Delivering the promise of gene therapy with nanomedicines in treating central nervous system diseases

M Luo, LKC Lee, B Peng, CHJ Choi… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Central Nervous System (CNS) diseases, such as Alzheimer's diseases (AD),
Parkinson's Diseases (PD), brain tumors, Huntington's disease (HD), and stroke, still remain …

Pulmonary siRNA delivery with sophisticated amphiphilic poly (Spermine Acrylamides) for the treatment of lung fibrosis

F Adams, CM Zimmermann, D Baldassi, TM Pehl… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference (RNAi) is an efficient strategy to post‐transcriptionally silence gene
expression. While all siRNA drugs on the market target the liver, the lung offers a variety of …

Functionalized folate-modified graphene oxide/PEI siRNA nanocomplexes for targeted ovarian cancer gene therapy

Y Wang, G Sun, Y Gong, Y Zhang, X Liang… - Nanoscale research …, 2020 - Springer
Gene therapy is emerging as a valid method for the treatment of ovarian cancer, including
small interfering RNA (siRNA). Although it is so powerful, few targeting efficient gene …

Overcoming the blood-brain barrier?-prediction of blood-brain permeability of hydrophobically modified polyethylenimine polyplexes for siRNA delivery into the brain …

N Hartl, B Gabold, F Adams, P Uhl, S Oerter… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is a highly selective biological barrier that represents a major
bottleneck in the treatment of all types of central nervous system (CNS) disorders. Small …

Spermine-Based Poly (β-amino ester) s for siRNA Delivery against Mutated KRAS in Lung Cancer

Y Jin, F Adams, L Isert, D Baldassi… - Molecular …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Polyethylenimine (PEI) is a highly efficient cationic polymer for nucleic acid delivery, and
although it is commonly used in preclinical studies, its clinical application is limited because …

[HTML][HTML] Protein corona investigations of polyplexes with varying hydrophobicity–From method development to in vitro studies

N Hartl, DC Jürgens, S Carneiro, AC König… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the field of non-viral drug delivery, polyplexes (PXs) represent an advanced investigated
and highly promising tool for the delivery of nucleic acids. Upon encountering physiological …

Microfluidic mixing as platform technology for production of chitosan nanoparticles loaded with different macromolecules

A Greco, B Gabold, S Chen, X Wang, Z Xu… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent decades, biotechnological drugs have emerged as relevant therapeutic tools.
However, therapeutic molecules can exert their activity only if properly formulated and …

Toward the Scalable, Rapid, Reproducible, and Cost-Effective Synthesis of Personalized Nanomedicines at the Point of Care

H Young, Y He, B Joo, S Ferguson, A Demko… - Nano Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Organic nanoparticles are used in nanomedicine, including for cancer treatment and some
types of COVID-19 vaccines. Here, we demonstrate the scalable, rapid, reproducible, and …