Lipid nanoparticle (LNP) enables mRNA delivery for cancer therapy

Y Zong, Y Lin, T Wei, Q Cheng - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Messenger RNA (mRNA) has received great attention in the prevention and treatment of
various diseases due to the success of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) mRNA …

Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) prepared by microwave and ultrasound-assisted synthesis: Promising green strategies for the …

KL López, A Ravasio, JV González-Aramundiz… - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Many pharmaceutically active molecules are highly lipophilic, which renders their
administration and adsorption in patients extremely challenging. Among the countless …

Reprogramming activated hepatic stellate cells by siRNA-loaded nanocarriers reverses liver fibrosis in mice

MA Younis, Y Sato, YHA Elewa, H Harashima - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
We report on a novel strategy for treating liver fibrosis through reprogramming activated
Hepatic Stellate Cells (aHSCs) into quiescent Hepatic Stellate Cells (qHSCs) using siRNA …

Non-coding RNA-directed therapeutics in lung cancer: delivery technologies and clinical applications

AAH Abdellatif, G Scagnetti, MA Younis… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is one of the most aggressive and deadliest health threats. There has been an
increasing interest in non-coding RNA (ncRNA) recently, especially in the areas of …

Impact of the functional coating of silver nanoparticles on their in vivo performance and biosafety

HM Tawfeek, MA Younis, BN Aldosari… - Drug Development …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Objective and significance Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) have become an interesting
therapeutic modality and drug delivery platform. Herein, we aimed to investigate the impact …

MCT4 knockdown by tumor microenvironment-responsive nanoparticles remodels the cytokine profile and eradicates aggressive breast cancer cells

AAH Abdellatif, A Bouazzaoui, HM Tawfeek… - Colloids and Surfaces B …, 2024 - Elsevier
Breast cancer is a wide-spread threat to the women's health. The drawbacks of conventional
treatments necessitate the development of alternative strategies, where gene therapy has …

The quest for nanoparticle-powered vaccines in cancer immunotherapy

Z Sun, H Zhao, L Ma, Y Shi, M Ji, X Sun, D Ma… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Despite recent advancements in cancer treatment, this disease still poses a serious threat to
public health. Vaccines play an important role in preventing illness by preparing the body's …

Doxorubicin-sanguinarine nanoparticles: formulation and evaluation of breast cancer cell apoptosis and cell cycle

MZ El-Readi, MA Abdulkarim… - Drug Development …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Therapeutic resistance fails cancer treatment. Drug-nanoparticle combinations
overcome resistance. Sanguinarine-conjugated nanoparticles may boost sanguinarine's …

A New Perspective for the Treatment of Alzheimer's Disease: Exosome-like Liposomes to Deliver Natural Compounds and RNA Therapies

J Ribeiro, I Lopes, AC Gomes - Molecules, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the increment of the aging population in recent years, neurodegenerative diseases
exert a major global disease burden, essentially as a result of the lack of treatments that stop …

Corosolic acid-modified lipid nanoparticles as delivery carriers for DNA vaccines against avian influenza

Z Guo, Q Jing, Z Xu, D Zhang, W Zheng… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Cholesterol (CHOL) is essential for developing lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for gene delivery
because it enhances membrane fusion and improves the delivery efficiency of gene cargos …