Thermostability, tunability, and tenacity of RNA as rubbery anionic polymeric materials in nanotechnology and nanomedicine—specific cancer targeting with …

DW Binzel, X Li, N Burns, E Khan, WJ Lee… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNA nanotechnology is the bottom-up self-assembly of nanometer-scale architectures,
resembling LEGOs, composed mainly of RNA. The ideal building material should be (1) …

Multifunctional rolling circle transcription-based nanomaterials for advanced drug delivery

X Ma, Y Zhang, K Huang, L Zhu, W Xu - Biomaterials, 2023 - Elsevier
As the up-and-comer in the development of RNA nanotechnology, RNA nanomaterials
based on functionalized rolling circle transcription (RCT) have become promising carriers for …

Targeting microRNAs as a therapeutic strategy to reduce oxidative stress in diabetes

GE Grieco, N Brusco, G Licata, L Nigi… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Diabetes mellitus is a group of heterogeneous metabolic disorders characterized by chronic
hyperglycaemia as a consequence of pancreatic β cell loss and/or dysfunction, also caused …

Hybridization Kinetics of miR-155 on Gold Surfaces as Investigated by Surface Plasmon Resonance and Atomic Force Spectroscopy

V Botti, F Lavecchia di Tocco, S Cannistraro… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
miRNAs are short noncoding RNA single strands, with a crucial role in several biological
processes. miRNAs are dysregulated in several human diseases, and their detection is an …

Detection of miR-155 using peptide nucleic acid at physiological-like conditions by surface plasmon resonance and bio-field effect transistor

F Lavecchia di Tocco, V Botti, S Cannistraro… - Biosensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs are small ribonucleotides that act as key gene regulators. Their altered
expression is often associated with the onset and progression of several human diseases …

Molecular dynamics simulations of protein RNA complexes by using an advanced electrostatic model

Z Jing, P Ren - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2022 - ACS Publications
Protein–RNA interactions are integral to the biological functions of RNA. It is well recognized
that molecular dynamics (MD) simulations of protein–RNA complexes are more challenging …

Phosphorothioate substitutions in RNA structure studied by molecular dynamics simulations, QM/MM calculations, and NMR experiments

Z Zhang, J Vogele, K Mráziková, H Kruse… - The Journal of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Phosphorothioates (PTs) are important chemical modifications of the RNA backbone where
a single nonbridging oxygen of the phosphate is replaced with a sulfur atom. PT can …

Strategy for pre-clinical development of active targeting MicroRNA oligonucleotide therapeutics for unmet medical needs

M Thibonnier, S Ghosh - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
We present here an innovative modular and outsourced model of drug research and
development for microRNA oligonucleotide therapeutics (miRNA ONTs). This model is being …

Exploring Biomolecular Conformational Dynamics with Polarizable Force Field AMOEBA and Enhanced Sampling Method Milestoning

X Yang, C Liu, P Ren - Journal of Chemical Theory and …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Conformational dynamics play a crucial role in determining the behavior of the
biomolecules. Polarizable force fields, such as AMOEBA, can accurately capture …

Stability of two-quartet G-quadruplexes and their dimers in atomistic simulations

B Islam, P Stadlbauer, M Vorlickova… - Journal of Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
G-quadruplexes (GQs) are four-stranded noncanonical DNA and RNA architectures that can
be formed by guanine-rich sequences. The stability of GQs increases with the number of G …