mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases

S Qin, X Tang, Y Chen, K Chen, N Fan… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
The therapeutic use of messenger RNA (mRNA) has fueled great hope to combat a wide
range of incurable diseases. Recent rapid advances in biotechnology and molecular …

Advances in COVID-19 mRNA vaccine development

E Fang, X Liu, M Li, Z Zhang, L Song, B Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
To date, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has determined 399,600,607 cases and 5,757,562 …

Synonymous mutations in representative yeast genes are mostly strongly non-neutral

X Shen, S Song, C Li, J Zhang - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Synonymous mutations in protein-coding genes do not alter protein sequences and are thus
generally presumed to be neutral or nearly neutral,,,–. Here, to experimentally verify this …

RNA modifications in physiology and disease: towards clinical applications

S Delaunay, M Helm, M Frye - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2024 - nature.com
The ability of chemical modifications of single nucleotides to alter the electrostatic charge,
hydrophobic surface and base pairing of RNA molecules is exploited for the clinical use of …

Roles of mRNA poly (A) tails in regulation of eukaryotic gene expression

LA Passmore, J Coller - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2022 - nature.com
In eukaryotes, poly (A) tails are present on almost every mRNA. Early experiments led to the
hypothesis that poly (A) tails and the cytoplasmic polyadenylate-binding protein (PABPC) …

The dawn of mRNA vaccines: The COVID-19 case

R Verbeke, I Lentacker, SC De Smedt… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
In less than one year since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, two mRNA-based
vaccines, BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273, were granted the first historic authorization for …

[HTML][HTML] mRNA vaccines for COVID-19: what, why and how

JW Park, PNP Lagniton, Y Liu… - International journal of …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract The Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) pandemic, caused by severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), has impacted human lives in the most …

[HTML][HTML] Delivering the messenger: advances in technologies for therapeutic mRNA delivery

PS Kowalski, A Rudra, L Miao, DG Anderson - Molecular Therapy, 2019 - cell.com
mRNA has broad potential as a therapeutic. Current clinical efforts are focused on
vaccination, protein replacement therapies, and treatment of genetic diseases. The clinical …

SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) vaccines structure, mechanisms and effectiveness: A review

H Fathizadeh, S Afshar, MR Masoudi… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
The world has been suffering from COVID-19 disease for more than a year, and it still has a
high mortality rate. In addition to the need to minimize transmission of the virus through non …

The promise of mRNA vaccines: a biotech and industrial perspective

NAC Jackson, KE Kester, D Casimiro, S Gurunathan… - npj Vaccines, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract mRNA technologies have the potential to transform areas of medicine, including the
prophylaxis of infectious diseases. The advantages for vaccines range from the acceleration …