Targeting circular RNAs as a therapeutic approach: current strategies and challenges

AT He, J Liu, F Li, BB Yang - Signal transduction and targeted therapy, 2021 - nature.com
Significant progress has been made in circular RNA (circRNA) research in recent years.
Increasing evidence suggests that circRNAs play important roles in many cellular processes …

[HTML][HTML] Innovative approaches for cancer treatment: Current perspectives and new challenges

C Pucci, C Martinelli, G Ciofani - ecancermedicalscience, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Every year, cancer is responsible for millions of deaths worldwide and, even though much
progress has been achieved in medicine, there are still many issues that must be addressed …

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 …

CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing for disease modeling and therapy: challenges and opportunities for nonviral delivery

HX Wang, M Li, CM Lee, S Chakraborty… - Chemical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Genome editing offers promising solutions to genetic disorders by editing DNA sequences
or modulating gene expression. The clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

siRNA versus miRNA as therapeutics for gene silencing

JKW Lam, MYT Chow, Y Zhang, SWS Leung - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic …, 2015 - cell.com
Discovered a little over two decades ago, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs
(miRNAs) are noncoding RNAs with important roles in gene regulation. They have recently …

Biodegradable polymers for gene-delivery applications

CK Chen, PK Huang, WC Law, CH Chu… - International journal …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Gene-based therapies have emerged as a new modality for combating a myriad of currently
incurable diseases. However, the fragile nature of gene therapeutics has significantly …

Surface-engineered dendrimers in gene delivery

J Yang, Q Zhang, H Chang, Y Cheng - Chemical reviews, 2015 - ACS Publications
1. DENDRIMERS AND GENE DELIVERY Gene therapy represents a promising option for
the treatment of diseases such as inherited disorders, viral infections, and cancers. 1− 3 A …

Gold nanoclusters-assisted delivery of NGF siRNA for effective treatment of pancreatic cancer

Y Lei, L Tang, Y Xie, Y Xianyu, L Zhang, P Wang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest human cancers, whose progression is highly
dependent on the nervous microenvironment. The suppression of gene expression of nerve …

Production and clinical development of nanoparticles for gene delivery

J Chen, Z Guo, H Tian, X Chen - Molecular Therapy Methods & Clinical …, 2016 - cell.com
Gene therapy is a promising strategy for specific treatment of numerous gene-associated
human diseases by intentionally altering the gene expression in pathological cells. A …

Polymeric nanoparticles-siRNA as an emerging nano-polyplexes against ovarian cancer

U Rehman, N Parveen, A Sheikh… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ovarian cancer (OC) is considered fifth-deadliest cancer globally responsible for high
mortality in women. As the conventional therapeutic and diagnostic approaches are …