Pre-twisting for improved genome modification and miRNA targeting

R Lu, G Chen - Trends in Biochemical Sciences, 2024 - cell.com
Two reports by Dhuri et al. and Oyaghire et al., respectively, show that, through installing
chiral centers at the backbone of the artificial nucleic acid, peptide nucleic acid (PNA) …

Development of bioconjugate-based delivery systems for nucleic acids

A Wahane, V Kasina, M Pathuri, C Marro-Wilson… - RNA, 2025 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Nucleic acids are a class of drugs that can modulate gene and protein expression by various
mechanisms, namely, RNAi, mRNA degradation by RNase H cleavage, splice modulation …

Exploring the therapeutic potential of sγPNA-141: Pharmacodynamics and mechanistic insights during ischemic stroke recovery

SK Yadav, K Dhuri, D Gamiotea-Turro… - … Therapy Nucleic Acids, 2024 - cell.com
MicroRNA-141-3p plays a detrimental role in the pathology of ischemic stroke, presenting a
new target for stroke treatment. This study introduces and validates a novel class of peptide …

Selective Recruitment of Antibodies to Cancer Cells and Immune Cell‐mediated Killing via In Situ Click Chemistry

E Ankrom, B Dalesandro, MM Pires… - ChemMedChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Many current cancer immunotherapies function by redirecting immune system components
to recognize cancer biomarkers and initiate a cytotoxic attack. The lack of a universal tumor …