Peptide-containing nanoformulations: Skin barrier penetration and activity contribution

T Zhang, X Luo, K Xu, W Zhong - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Transdermal drug delivery presents a less invasive pathway, circumventing the need to pass
through the gastrointestinal tract and liver, thereby reducing drug breakdown, initial …

Strategies for improving the safety and RNAi efficacy of noncovalent peptide/siRNA nanocomplexes

J Wang, G Chen, N Liu, X Han, F Zhao, L Zhang… - Advances in Colloid and …, 2022 - Elsevier
In the past decades, the striking development of cationic polypeptides and cell-penetrating
peptides (CPPs) tailored for small interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery has been fuelled by the …

Materialistic interfaces with nucleic acids: principles and their impact

BL Li, H Zhang, NB Li, H Qian… - Advanced Functional …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Mendelian genetics spark the century‐old revolution in genetic engineering. DNA structural
engineering may well spark a similar revolution in chemistry. The first few man‐made DNA …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in lipid-protein conjugate-based delivery systems in nutraceutical, drug, and gene delivery

T Dissanayake, X Sun, L Abbey, N Bandara - Food Hydrocolloids for Health, 2022 - Elsevier
Lipid and protein-based delivery systems have long been used to deliver active compounds
such as drugs, genes, and nutraceuticals. These delivery systems are fabricated to …

Development and applications of lipid hydrophilic headgroups for nucleic acid therapy

W Ma, X Fu, T Zhao, Y Qi, S Zhang, Y Zhao - Biotechnology Advances, 2024 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid therapy is currently the most promising method for treating tumors and genetic
diseases and for preventing infectious diseases. However, the biggest obstacle to this …

Redox-responsive disulfide cyclic peptides: a new strategy for siRNA delivery

D Mandal, EHM Mohammed, S Lohan… - Molecular …, 2022 - ACS Publications
RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful tool capable of targeting virtually any protein without
time-consuming and expensive drug development studies. However, due to obstacles facing …

Production of highly cytotoxic and low immunogenic L-asparaginase from Stenotrophomonas maltophilia EMCC2297

NA Abdelrazek, SE Saleh, MM Raafat, AE Ali… - AMB Express, 2024 - Springer
L-asparaginase is an important therapeutic enzyme that is frequently utilized in the
chemotherapy regimens of adults as well as pediatric patients with acute lymphoblastic …

[HTML][HTML] Modifying peptide/lipid-associated nucleic acids (PLANAs) for CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein delivery

A Alhazza, P Mahdipoor, R Hall, A Manda… - European Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the first reports on the possibility of genome editing by Clustered Regularly Interspaced
Short Palindromic Repeats (CRISPR) and CRISPR-associated protein (Cas) 9 surfacing in …

Modified Linear Peptides Effectively Silence STAT-3 in Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Cell Lines

D Mandal, S Lohan, MI Sajid, A Alhazza, RK Tiwari… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
RNA interference (RNAi) has drawn enormous attention as a powerful tool because of its
capability to interfere with mRNA and protein production. However, designing a safe and …

Suppression of human coronavirus 229E infection in lung fibroblast cells via RNA interference

H Montazeri Aliabadi, J Totonchy… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite extensive efforts to repurpose approved drugs, discover new small molecules, and
develop vaccines, COVID-19 pandemic is still claiming victims around the world. The current …