Rekindling RNAi therapy: materials design requirements for in vivo siRNA delivery

B Kim, JH Park, MJ Sailor - Advanced materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
With the recent FDA approval of the first siRNA‐derived therapeutic, RNA interference
(RNAi)‐mediated gene therapy is undergoing a transition from research to the clinical …

Calcium-based biomaterials for diagnosis, treatment, and theranostics

C Qi, J Lin, LH Fu, P Huang - Chemical Society Reviews, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Calcium-based (CaXs) biomaterials including calcium phosphates, calcium carbonates,
calcium silicate and calcium fluoride have been widely utilized in the biomedical field owing …

A Porous Au@Rh Bimetallic Core–Shell Nanostructure as an H2O2‐Driven Oxygenerator to Alleviate Tumor Hypoxia for Simultaneous Bimodal Imaging and …

J Wang, J Sun, W Hu, Y Wang, T Chou… - Advanced …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In treatment of hypoxic tumors, oxygen‐dependent photodynamic therapy (PDT) is
considerably limited. Herein, a new bimetallic and biphasic Rh‐based core–shell …

Antibiotic-loaded nanoparticles targeted to the site of infection enhance antibacterial efficacy

S Hussain, J Joo, J Kang, B Kim, GB Braun… - Nature biomedical …, 2018 - nature.com
Bacterial resistance to antibiotics has made it necessary to resort to using antibacterial drugs
that have considerable toxicities. Here, we show that conjugation of vancomycin-loaded …

An oligomeric semiconducting nanozyme with ultrafast electron transfers alleviates acute brain injury

X Mu, J Wang, H He, Q Li, B Yang, J Wang, H Liu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Artificial enzymes have attracted wide interest in disease diagnosis and biotechnology due
to high stability, easy synthesis, and cost effectiveness. Unfortunately, their catalytic rate is …

Tailoring porous silicon for biomedical applications: from drug delivery to cancer immunotherapy

W Li, Z Liu, F Fontana, Y Ding, D Liu… - Advanced …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In the past two decades, porous silicon (PSi) has attracted increasing attention for its
potential biomedical applications. With its controllable geometry, tunable nanoporous …

Organelle-specific triggered release of immunostimulatory oligonucleotides from intrinsically coordinated DNA–metal–organic frameworks with soluble exoskeleton

Z Wang, Y Fu, Z Kang, X Liu, N Chen… - Journal of the …, 2017 - ACS Publications
DNA has proven of high utility to modulate the surface functionality of metal–organic
frameworks (MOFs) for various biomedical applications. Nevertheless, current methods for …

Carbogenic nanozyme with ultrahigh reactive nitrogen species selectivity for traumatic brain injury

X Mu, H He, J Wang, W Long, Q Li, H Liu, Y Gao… - Nano …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Reactive oxygen and nitrogen species (RONS), especially reactive nitrogen species (RNS)
are intermediate products during incidence of nervous system diseases, showing …

Strategies for targeted delivery of exosomes to the brain: advantages and challenges

H Choi, K Choi, DH Kim, BK Oh, H Yim, S Jo, C Choi - Pharmaceutics, 2022 - mdpi.com
Delivering therapeutics to the central nervous system (CNS) is difficult because of the blood–
brain barrier (BBB). Therapeutic delivery across the tight junctions of the BBB can be …

Nanotechnology-based strategies for siRNA brain delivery for disease therapy

M Zheng, W Tao, Y Zou, OC Farokhzad, B Shi - Trends in biotechnology, 2018 - cell.com
Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based gene silencing technology has demonstrated
significant potential for treating brain-associated diseases. However, effective and safe …