Chemically modified platforms for better RNA therapeutics

Y Shi, X Zhen, Y Zhang, Y Li, S Koo, Q Saiding… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
RNA-based therapies have catalyzed a revolutionary transformation in the biomedical
landscape, offering unprecedented potential in disease prevention and treatment. However …

G-quadruplex-forming aptamers—characteristics, applications, and perspectives

C Roxo, W Kotkowiak, A Pasternak - Molecules, 2019 - mdpi.com
G-quadruplexes constitute a unique class of nucleic acid structures formed by G-rich
oligonucleotides of DNA-or RNA-type. Depending on their chemical nature, loops length …

G-quadruplex-based aptamers targeting human thrombin: Discovery, chemical modifications and antithrombotic effects

C Riccardi, E Napolitano, C Platella… - Pharmacology & …, 2021 - Elsevier
First studies on thrombin-inhibiting DNA aptamers were reported in 1992, and since then a
large number of anticoagulant aptamers has been discovered. TBA–also named HD1, a 15 …

Unlocking precision in aptamer engineering: a case study of the thrombin binding aptamer illustrates why modification size, quantity, and position matter

MT Murray, SD Wetmore - Nucleic Acids Research, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The thrombin binding aptamer (TBA) is a prototypical platform used to understand the impact
of chemically-modified nucleotides on aptamer stability and target affinity. To provide …

Label-free electrochemical aptasensor for ultrasensitive thrombin detection using graphene nanoplatelets and carbon nano onion-based nanocomposite

MA Ansari, WJ Liew, CP Kurup, MU Ahmed - Journal of Electroanalytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
Thrombin (TB) is a protease enzyme functioning in the blood coagulation cascade. It plays
an important function in a number of diseases, including thromboembolic disease …

Strategies to bioengineer aptamer-driven nanovehicles as exceptional molecular tools for targeted therapeutics: A review

R Thevendran, S Sarah, TH Tang, M Citartan - Journal of controlled release, 2020 - Elsevier
Aptamers are a class of folded nucleic acid strands capable of binding to different target
molecules with high affinity and selectivity. Over the years, they have gained a substantial …

Fluorescent thrombin binding aptamer-tagged nanoparticles for an efficient and reversible control of thrombin activity

C Riccardi, I Russo Krauss, D Musumeci… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Progress in understanding and treatment of thrombotic diseases requires new effective
methods for the easy, rapid, and reversible control of coagulation processes. In this …

Conformational deviation of Thrombin binding G-quadruplex aptamer (TBA) in presence of divalent cation Sr2+: A classical molecular dynamics simulation study

S Pal, S Paul - International journal of biological macromolecules, 2019 - Elsevier
Thrombin binding TBA-G-quadruplex aptamer (TBA) plays a major role in blood coagulation
cascade. The 15-mer TBA sequence tends to form four-stranded TBA-G-quadruplex …

Construction of a bivalent thrombin binding aptamer and its antidote with improved properties

QW Hughes, BT Le, G Gilmore, RI Baker, RN Veedu - Molecules, 2017 - mdpi.com
Aptamers are short synthetic DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that adopt secondary and tertiary
conformations based on Watson–Crick base-pairing interactions and can be used to target a …

An aptasensor based on heparin-mimicking hyperbranched polyester with anti-biofouling interface for sensitive thrombin detection

Y Niu, M Chu, P Xu, S Meng, Q Zhou, W Zhao… - Biosensors and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In this paper, novel heparin-mimicking hyperbranched polyester nanoparticles (HBPE-SO 3
NPs) with abundant of sulfonated acid functional groups were synthesized, and their …