Modulating intracellular pathways to improve non-viral delivery of RNA therapeutics

T Van de Vyver, SC De Smedt, K Raemdonck - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
RNA therapeutics (eg siRNA, oligonucleotides, mRNA, etc.) show great potential for the
treatment of a myriad of diseases. However, to reach their site of action in the cytosol or …

Design of polymers for siRNA delivery: Recent progress and challenges

H Wang, S Zhang, J Lv, Y Cheng - View, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
RNA interference with the ability to specifically silence target genes has shown great
potential to treat various diseases. The primary challenge for RNA interference is to …

Delivery of anti-miRNA-221 for colorectal carcinoma therapy using modified cord blood mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes

S Han, G Li, M Jia, Y Zhao, C He, M Huang… - Frontiers in molecular …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Exosomes, as natural intercellular information carriers, have great potential in
the field of drug delivery. Many studies have focused on modifying exosome surface proteins …

pH-Responsive Micelles Containing Quinine Functionalities Enhance Intracellular Gene Delivery and Expression

NW Kreofsky, P Roy, TM Reineke - Bioconjugate Chemistry, 2024 - ACS Publications
Quinine is a promising building block for creating polymer carriers for intracellular nucleic
acid delivery. This is due to its ability to bind to genetic material through intercalation and …

[HTML][HTML] Hydroxychloroquine: Key therapeutic advances and emerging nanotechnological landscape for cancer mitigation

LE Low, CK Kong, WH Yap, SP Siva, SH Gan… - Chemico-Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a unique class of medications that has been widely utilized for
the treatment of cancer. HCQ plays a dichotomous role by inhibiting autophagy induced by …

Enhancing pDNA Delivery with Hydroquinine Polymers by Modulating Structure and Composition

P Roy, NW Kreofsky, ME Brown, C Van Bruggen… - JACS Au, 2023 - ACS Publications
Quinine is a promising natural product building block for polymer-based nucleic acid
delivery vehicles as its structure enables DNA binding through both intercalation and …

Quinine copolymer reporters promote efficient intracellular DNA delivery and illuminate a protein-induced unpackaging mechanism

C Van Bruggen, D Punihaole… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Polymeric vehicles that efficiently package and controllably release nucleic acids enable the
development of safer and more efficacious strategies in genetic and polynucleotide …

Non-viral carriers for nucleic acids delivery: Fundamentals and current applications

S Shtykalova, D Deviatkin, S Freund, A Egorova… - Life, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Gene therapy is one of the most promising approaches to treating various
inherited and acquired diseases by delivering genetic constructs into the cells and tissues of …

Cinchona Alkaloid Polymers Demonstrate Highly Efficient Gene Delivery Dependent on Stereochemistry, Methoxy Substitution, and Length

NW Kreofsky, P Roy, ME Brown, U Perez… - …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nucleic acid delivery with cationic polymers is a promising alternative to expensive viral-
based methods; however, it often suffers from a lower performance. Herein, we present a …

[HTML][HTML] Cholangiocarcinoma therapy with nanoparticles that combine downregulation of MicroRNA-210 with inhibition of cancer cell invasiveness

Y Xie, Y Wang, J Li, Y Hang, L Jaramillo… - Theranostics, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is the second most common primary liver malignancy with
extremely poor therapeutic outcome due to high drug resistance, widespread metastasis …