Two decades of Martini: Better beads, broader scope

SJ Marrink, L Monticelli, MN Melo… - Wiley …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The Martini model, a coarse‐grained force field for molecular dynamics simulations, has
been around for nearly two decades. Originally developed for lipid‐based systems by the …

Polymeric delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids

R Kumar, CF Santa Chalarca, MR Bockman… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The advent of genome editing has transformed the therapeutic landscape for several
debilitating diseases, and the clinical outlook for gene therapeutics has never been more …

siRNA delivery against myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury mediated by reversibly camouflaged biomimetic nanocomplexes

Y Zhou, Q Liang, X Wu, S Duan, C Ge, H Ye… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract siRNA‐mediated management of myocardial ischemia reperfusion (IR) injury is
greatly hampered by the inefficient myocardial enrichment and cardiomyocyte transfection …

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 …

Cation‐free siRNA micelles as effective drug delivery platform and potent RNAi nanomedicines for glioblastoma therapy

T Jiang, Y Qiao, W Ruan, D Zhang, Q Yang… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Nanoparticle‐based small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy shows great promise for
glioblastoma (GBM). However, charge associated toxicity and limited blood–brain‐barrier …

Recent developments in natural and synthetic polymeric drug delivery systems used for the treatment of osteoarthritis

M Rahimi, G Charmi, K Matyjaszewski, X Banquy… - Acta biomaterialia, 2021 - Elsevier
Osteoarthritis (OA), is a common musculoskeletal disorder that will progressively increase in
older populations and is expected to be the most dominant cause of disability in the world …

Polyplex designs for improving the stability and safety of RNA therapeutics

S Uchida, CYJ Lau, M Oba, K Miyata - Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Nanoparticle-based delivery systems have contributed to the recent clinical success of RNA
therapeutics, including siRNA and mRNA. RNA delivery using polymers has several distinct …

Artificial Channels Based on Bottlebrush Polymers: Enhanced Ion Transport Through Polymer Topology Control

Y Lin, B Wu, Y Zeng, H Yuan, C Ji, Z Liu… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Synthetic structures mimicking the transport function of natural ion channel proteins have a
wide range of applications, including therapeutic treatments, separation membranes …

Cationic bottlebrush polymers outperform linear polycation analogues for pDNA delivery and gene expression

RJ Dalal, R Kumar, M Ohnsorg, M Brown… - ACS Macro …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Cationic polymer vehicles have emerged as promising platforms for nucleic acid delivery
because of their scalability, biocompatibility, and chemical versatility. Advancements in …

Molecular polymer bottlebrushes in nanomedicine: therapeutic and diagnostic applications

M Müllner - Chemical Communications, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Molecular polymer bottlebrushes are densely grafted, individual macromolecules with
nanoscale proportions. The last decade has seen an increased focus on this material class …