siRNA versus miRNA as therapeutics for gene silencing

JKW Lam, MYT Chow, Y Zhang, SWS Leung - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic …, 2015 - cell.com
Discovered a little over two decades ago, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs
(miRNAs) are noncoding RNAs with important roles in gene regulation. They have recently …

[HTML][HTML] Small interfering RNA for cancer treatment: overcoming hurdles in delivery

NB Charbe, ND Amnerkar, B Ramesh… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2020 - Elsevier
In many ways, cancer cells are different from healthy cells. A lot of tactical nano-based drug
delivery systems are based on the difference between cancer and healthy cells. Currently …

Hydrophobic modifications of cationic polymers for gene delivery

Z Liu, Z Zhang, C Zhou, Y Jiao - Progress in Polymer Science, 2010 - Elsevier
Cationic polymers are the subject of intense research as non-viral gene delivery systems,
due to their flexible properties, facile synthesis, robustness, and proven gene delivery …

Nanodrug delivery systems modulate tumor vessels to increase the enhanced permeability and retention effect

D Huang, L Sun, L Huang, Y Chen - Journal of personalized medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
The use of nanomedicine for antitumor therapy has been extensively investigated for a long
time. Enhanced permeability and retention (EPR) effect-mediated drug delivery is currently …

Challenges in CRISPR/CAS9 delivery: potential roles of nonviral vectors

L Li, ZY He, XW Wei, GP Gao, YQ Wei - Human gene therapy, 2015 - liebertpub.com
CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing platforms are widely applied as powerful tools in basic
research and potential therapeutics for genome regulation. The appropriate alternative of …

Nonviral delivery of synthetic siRNAs in vivo

S Akhtar, IF Benter - The Journal of clinical investigation, 2007 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Sequence-specific gene silencing using small interfering RNA (siRNA) is a Nobel prize–
winning technology that is now being evaluated in clinical trials as a potentially novel …

Engineering RNA for targeted siRNA delivery and medical application

P Guo, O Coban, NM Snead, J Trebley… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2010 - Elsevier
RNA engineering for nanotechnology and medical applications is an exciting emerging
research field. RNA has intrinsically defined features on the nanometre scale and is a …

Nanoparticles escaping RES and endosome: challenges for siRNA delivery for cancer therapy

S Guo, L Huang - Journal of Nanomaterials, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) technology has emerged as a promising potential
treatment for viral, genetic diseases and cancers. Despite the powerful therapeutic potential …

Polyethylenimines for siRNA and miRNA delivery in vivo

S Höbel, A Aigner - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) as a naturally occurring mechanism for gene
knockdown has attracted considerable attention toward the use of small interfering RNAs …

Tumor-targeted delivery of siRNA by self-assembled nanoparticles

SD Li, YC Chen, MJ Hackett, L Huang - Molecular Therapy, 2008 - cell.com
We have developed a self-assembled nanoparticle (NP) that efficiently delivers small
interfering RNA (siRNA) to the tumor by intravenous (IV) administration. The NP was …