The dawn of a new era: targeting the “undruggables” with antibody-based therapeutics

L Qian, X Lin, X Gao, RU Khan, JY Liao, S Du… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The high selectivity and affinity of antibodies toward their antigens have made them a highly
valuable tool in disease therapy, diagnosis, and basic research. A plethora of chemical and …

Development of CRISPR/Cas delivery systems for in vivo precision genome editing

Y Chen, Y Ping - Accounts of Chemical Research, 2023 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Clustered, regularly interspaced, short palindromic repeat (CRISPR)/associated
protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) is emerging as a powerful genome-editing tool, enabling precise …

Disulfide-mediated reversible polymerization toward intrinsically dynamic smart materials

Q Zhang, DH Qu, BL Feringa… - Journal of the American …, 2022 - ACS Publications
The development of a dynamic chemistry toolbox to endow materials dynamic behavior has
been key to the rational design of future smart materials. The rise of supramolecular and …

Asymmetric synthesis of S (IV) and S (VI) stereogenic centers

X Zhang, F Wang, CH Tan - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Sulfur can form diverse S (IV) and S (VI) stereogenic centers, of which some have gained
significant attention recently due to their increasing use as pharmacophores in drug …

Efficient delivery of a DNA aptamer-based biosensor into plant cells for glucose sensing through thiol-mediated uptake

Q Mou, X Xue, Y Ma, M Banik, V Garcia, W Guo… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
DNA aptamers have been widely used as biosensors for detecting a variety of targets.
Despite decades of success, they have not been applied to monitor any targets in plants …

Cell-surface-retained peptide additives for the cytosolic delivery of functional proteins

JVV Arafiles, J Franke, L Franz… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The delivery of functional proteins remains a major challenge in advancing biological and
pharmaceutical sciences. Herein, we describe a powerful, simple, and highly effective …

Oligonucleotide phosphorothioates enter cells by thiol‐mediated uptake

Q Laurent, R Martinent, D Moreau… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Oligonucleotide phosphorothioates (OPS) are DNA or RNA mimics where one phosphate
oxygen is replaced by a sulfur atom. They have been shown to enter mammalian cells much …

Thiol‐Disulfide Exchange as a Route for Endosomal Escape of Polymeric Nanoparticles

P Kanjilal, K Dutta… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Endosomal entrapment has remained the major bottleneck for cytosolic delivery of
nanoparticle‐based delivery systems. Uncovering fundamentally new pathways for …

Controllable disulfide exchange polymerization of polyguanidine for effective biomedical applications by thiol‐mediated uptake

Y Zhu, M Lin, W Hu, J Wang, ZG Zhang… - Angewandte …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
New preparation methods of vectors are the key to developing the next generation of
biomacromolecule delivery systems. In this study, a controllable disulfide exchange …

Phosphorothioated DNA Engineered Liposomes as a General Platform for Stimuli‐Responsive Cell‐Specific Intracellular Delivery and Genome Editing

A Yan, X Chen, J He, Y Ge, Q Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Intracellular protein delivery is highly desirable for protein drug‐based cell therapy.
Established technologies suffer from poor cell‐specific cytosolic protein delivery, which …