Visible-to-NIR-light activated release: from small molecules to nanomaterials

R Weinstain, T Slanina, D Kand, P Klan - Chemical reviews, 2020 - ACS Publications
Photoactivatable (alternatively, photoremovable, photoreleasable, or photocleavable)
protecting groups (PPGs), also known as caged or photocaged compounds, are used to …

Photocleavable Ortho-Nitrobenzyl-Protected DNA Architectures and Their Applications

MP O'Hagan, Z Duan, F Huang, S Laps, J Dong… - Chemical …, 2023 - ACS Publications
This review article introduces mechanistic aspects and applications of photochemically
deprotected ortho-nitrobenzyl (ONB)-functionalized nucleic acids and their impact on …

Optochemical control of biological processes in cells and animals

N Ankenbruck, T Courtney, Y Naro… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Biological processes are naturally regulated with high spatial and temporal control, as is
perhaps most evident in metazoan embryogenesis. Chemical tools have been extensively …

Crowding induces live cell extrusion to maintain homeostatic cell numbers in epithelia

GT Eisenhoffer, PD Loftus, M Yoshigi, H Otsuna… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
For an epithelium to provide a protective barrier, it must maintain homeostatic cell numbers
by matching the number of dividing cells with the number of dying cells. Although …

[HTML][HTML] The zebrafish eye—a paradigm for investigating human ocular genetics

R Richardson, D Tracey-White, A Webster, M Moosajee - Eye, 2017 - nature.com
Although human epidemiological and genetic studies are essential to elucidate the
aetiology of normal and aberrant ocular development, animal models have provided us with …

[HTML][HTML] Morpholinos: antisense and sensibility

M Blum, EM De Robertis, JB Wallingford, C Niehrs - Developmental cell, 2015 - cell.com
For over 15 years, antisense morpholino oligonucleotides (MOs) have allowed
developmental biologists to make key discoveries regarding developmental mechanisms in …

Optochemical control of deoxyoligonucleotide function via a nucleobase-caging approach

Q Liu, A Deiters - Accounts of chemical research, 2014 - ACS Publications
Synthetic oligonucleotides have been extensively applied tocontrol a wide range of
biological processes such as gene expression, gene repair, DNA replication, and protein …

Sequential gene silencing using wavelength‐selective caged morpholino oligonucleotides

S Yamazoe, Q Liu, LE McQuade… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Spectrally differentiated caged morpholino oligonucleotides (cMOs) and wavelength‐
selective illumination have been used to sequentially inactivate organismal gene function …

Small molecule control of morpholino antisense oligonucleotide function through staudinger reduction

K Darrah, J Wesalo, B Lukasak, M Tsang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Conditionally activated, caged morpholino antisense agents (cMOs) are tools that enable
the temporal and spatial investigation of gene expression, regulation, and function during …

Synthesis of phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotides using trityl and fmoc chemistry in an automated oligo synthesizer

J Kundu, A Ghosh, U Ghosh, A Das… - The Journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligonucleotides (PMOs) constitute 3 out of the 11 FDA-
approved oligonucleotide-based drugs in the last 6 years. PMOs can effectively silence …