Cationic polymers as transfection reagents for nucleic acid delivery

X Cai, R Dou, C Guo, J Tang, X Li, J Chen, J Zhang - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nucleic acid therapy can achieve lasting and even curative effects through gene
augmentation, gene suppression, and genome editing. However, it is difficult for naked …

Role of lipid-based and polymer-based non-viral vectors in nucleic acid delivery for next-generation gene therapy

A Wahane, A Waghmode, A Kapphahn, K Dhuri… - Molecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
The field of gene therapy has experienced an insurgence of attention for its widespread
ability to regulate gene expression by targeting genomic DNA, messenger RNA, microRNA …

Escaping the endosome: assessing cellular trafficking mechanisms of non-viral vehicles

E Xu, WM Saltzman, AS Piotrowski-Daspit - Journal of Controlled Release, 2021 - Elsevier
Non-viral vehicles hold therapeutic promise in advancing the delivery of a variety of cargos
in vitro and in vivo, including small molecule drugs, biologics, and especially nucleic acids …

Stimuli-responsive polymers and nanomaterials for gene delivery and imaging applications

MS Shim, YJ Kwon - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Multiple extra-and intracellular obstacles, including low stability in blood, poor cellular
uptake, and inefficient endosomal escape and disassembly in the cytoplasm, have to be …

Tumor microenvironment-induced structure changing drug/gene delivery system for overcoming delivery-associated challenges

M Zhang, X Guo, M Wang, K Liu - Journal of Controlled Release, 2020 - Elsevier
Nano-drug/gene delivery systems (DDS) are powerful weapons for the targeted delivery of
various therapeutic molecules in treatment of tumors. Nano systems are being extensively …

Cationic micelle: A promising nanocarrier for gene delivery with high transfection efficiency

H Wang, S Ding, Z Zhang, L Wang… - The journal of gene …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Micelles have demonstrated an excellent ability to deliver several different types of
therapeutic agents, including chemotherapy drugs, proteins, small‐interfering RNA and …

Dual-responsive polyplexes with enhanced disassembly and endosomal escape for efficient delivery of siRNA

J Zhu, M Qiao, Q Wang, Y Ye, S Ba, J Ma, H Hu, X Zhao… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Despite the extracellular barriers for siRNA delivery have been overcome by utilizing
advanced nanoparticle delivery systems, the key intracellular barriers after internalization …

Enhanced endosomal escape of dendrigraft poly-L-lysine polymers for the efficient gene therapy of breast cancer

L Ye, H Liu, X Fei, D Ma, X He, Q Tang, X Zhao, H Zou… - Nano Research, 2022 - Springer
Dendrimer, such as dendrigraft poly-L-lysine (DGL) polymers, with high surface charge
density, well-defined structure, and narrow poly-dispersity is often employed as a gene …

Before and after endosomal escape: roles of stimuli-converting siRNA/polymer interactions in determining gene silencing efficiency

YJ Kwon - Accounts of chemical research, 2012 - ACS Publications
Silencing the expression of a target gene by RNA interference (RNAi) shows promise as a
potentially revolutionizing strategy for manipulating biological (pathological) pathways at the …

Recent approaches to mRNA vaccine delivery by lipid-based vectors prepared by continuous-flow microfluidic devices

MG Toudeshkchouei, A Tavakoli… - Future Medicinal …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Advancements in nanotechnology have resulted in the introduction of several nonviral
delivery vectors for the nontoxic, efficient delivery of encapsulated mRNA-based vaccines …