DNA origami

S Dey, C Fan, KV Gothelf, J Li, C Lin, L Liu… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Biological materials are self-assembled with near-atomic precision in living cells, whereas
synthetic 3D structures generally lack such precision and controllability. Recently, DNA …

Functionalizing DNA origami to investigate and interact with biological systems

GA Knappe, EC Wamhoff, M Bathe - Nature Reviews Materials, 2023 - nature.com
DNA origami has emerged as a powerful method to generate DNA nanostructures with
dynamic properties and nanoscale control. These nanostructures enable complex …

[HTML][HTML] IgA and the intestinal microbiota: the importance of being specific

O Pabst, E Slack - Mucosal immunology, 2020 - Elsevier
Secretory IgA has long been a divisive molecule. Some immunologists point to the mild
phenotype of IgA deficiency to justify ignoring it, while some consider its abundance and …

Role of nanoscale antigen organization on B-cell activation probed using DNA origami

R Veneziano, TJ Moyer, MB Stone, EC Wamhoff… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Vaccine efficacy can be increased by arraying immunogens in multivalent form on virus-like
nanoparticles to enhance B-cell activation. However, the effects of antigen copy number …

Programmable multispecific DNA-origami-based T-cell engagers

KF Wagenbauer, N Pham, A Gottschlich, B Kick… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Multispecific antibodies have emerged as versatile therapeutic agents, and therefore,
approaches to optimize and streamline their design and assembly are needed. Here we …

Multi-micron crisscross structures grown from DNA-origami slats

CM Wintersinger, D Minev, A Ershova… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Living systems achieve robust self-assembly across a wide range of length scales. In the
synthetic realm, nanofabrication strategies such as DNA origami have enabled robust self …

Targeting the transferrin receptor for brain drug delivery

KB Johnsen, A Burkhart, LB Thomsen… - Progress in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Obtaining efficient drug delivery to the brain remains the biggest challenge for the
development of therapeutics to treat diseases of the central nervous system. The main …

Functionalizing nanoparticles with cancer-targeting antibodies: A comparison of strategies

AC Marques, PJ Costa, S Velho, MH Amaral - Journal of controlled release, 2020 - Elsevier
Standard cancer therapies sometimes fail to deliver chemotherapeutic drugs to tumor cells
in a safe and effective manner. Nanotechnology takes the lead in providing new therapeutic …

Designer DNA architecture offers precise and multivalent spatial pattern-recognition for viral sensing and inhibition

PS Kwon, S Ren, SJ Kwon, ME Kizer, L Kuo, M Xie… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
DNA, when folded into nanostructures with a specific shape, is capable of spacing and
arranging binding sites into a complex geometric pattern with nanometre precision. Here we …

Spatially controlled activation of toll-like receptor 9 with DNA-based nanomaterials

A Comberlato, MM Koga, S Nüssing, IA Parish… - Nano Letters, 2022 - ACS Publications
First evidence of geometrical patterns and defined distances of biomolecules as
fundamental parameters to regulate receptor binding and cell signaling have emerged …