[HTML][HTML] Gene therapy in cancer treatment: why go nano?

C Roma-Rodrigues, L Rivas-García, PV Baptista… - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
The proposal of gene therapy to tackle cancer development has been instrumental for the
development of novel approaches and strategies to fight this disease, but the efficacy of the …

Strategies for targeting gene therapy in cancer cells with tumor-specific promoters

M Montaño-Samaniego, DM Bravo-Estupiñan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide, surpassed only by cardiovascular diseases,
due to the lack of early diagnosis, and high relapse rate after conventional therapies …

Circular RNA related to the chondrocyte ECM regulates MMP13 expression by functioning as a MiR-136 'Sponge'in human cartilage degradation

Q Liu, X Zhang, X Hu, L Dai, X Fu, J Zhang, Y Ao - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Circular RNAs (circRNAs) are involved in the development of various diseases, but there is
little knowledge of circRNAs in osteoarthritis (OA). The aim of study was to identify circRNA …

Modulating epigenetic modifications for cancer therapy

LJ Castro-Muñoz, EV Ulloa, C Sahlgren… - Oncology …, 2023 - spandidos-publications.com
Cancer is a global public health concern. Alterations in epigenetic processes are among the
earliest genomic aberrations occurring during cancer development and are closely related …

Electroporation-induced siRNA precipitation obscures the efficiency of siRNA loading into extracellular vesicles

SAA Kooijmans, S Stremersch, K Braeckmans… - Journal of Controlled …, 2013 - Elsevier
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are specialised endogenous carriers of proteins and nucleic
acids and are involved in intercellular communication. EVs are therefore proposed as …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in using liposomes for delivery of nucleic acid-based therapeutics

H Nsairat, W Alshaer, F Odeh, E Esawi, D Khater… - OpenNano, 2023 - Elsevier
Nucleic acid therapeutics are rapidly expanding because of recent advancements in
production and purification. This class of therapeutics may change the field of disease …

Therapeutic siRNA: state-of-the-art and future perspectives

M Friedrich, A Aigner - BioDrugs, 2022 - Springer
The highly specific induction of RNA interference-mediated gene knockdown, based on the
direct application of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), opens novel avenues towards …

Calcium phosphate nanoparticles for therapeutic applications in bone regeneration

TJ Levingstone, S Herbaj, NJ Dunne - Nanomaterials, 2019 - mdpi.com
Bone injuries and diseases constitute a burden both socially and economically, as the
consequences of a lack of effective treatments affect both the patients' quality of life and the …

Silk fibroin as a functional biomaterial for drug and gene delivery

MA Tomeh, R Hadianamrei, X Zhao - Pharmaceutics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Silk is a natural polymer with unique physicochemical and mechanical properties which
makes it a desirable biomaterial for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Silk fibroin …

miRNAs; a novel strategy for the treatment of COVID‐19

H Ying, M Ebrahimi, M Keivan… - Cell biology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) is the seventh member of the bat severe
acute respiratory syndrome family. COVID‐19 can fuse their envelopes with the host cell …