Non-viral delivery of nucleic acids: insight into mechanisms of overcoming intracellular barriers

M Durymanov, J Reineke - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Delivery of genes, including plasmid DNAs, short interfering RNAs (siRNAs), and
messenger RNAs (mRNAs), using artificial non-viral nanotherapeutics is a promising …

Mechanisms and challenges of nanocarriers as non-viral vectors of therapeutic genes for enhanced pulmonary delivery

H Wang, L Qin, X Zhang, J Guan, S Mao - Journal of Controlled Release, 2022 - Elsevier
With the rapid development of biopharmaceuticals and the outbreak of COVID-19, the world
has ushered in a frenzy to develop gene therapy. Therefore, therapeutic genes have …

New insights into designing hybrid nanoparticles for lung cancer: Diagnosis and treatment

F Mottaghitalab, M Farokhi, Y Fatahi, F Atyabi… - Journal of controlled …, 2019 - Elsevier
Lung cancer is the foremost reason of death from cancers with broad genetic and epigenetic
diversity. Various strategies are clinically available for diagnosis and treatment of lung …

Inhaled RNA therapy: from promise to reality

MYT Chow, Y Qiu, JKW Lam - Trends in pharmacological sciences, 2020 - cell.com
RNA-based medicine is receiving growing attention for its diverse roles and potential
therapeutic capacity. The largest obstacle in its clinical translation remains identifying a safe …

Melittin-based nano-delivery systems for cancer therapy

A Wang, Y Zheng, W Zhu, L Yang, Y Yang, J Peng - Biomolecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
Melittin (MEL) is a 26-amino acid polypeptide with a variety of pharmacological and
toxicological effects, which include strong surface activity on cell lipid membranes, hemolytic …

[HTML][HTML] Current role of nanoparticles in the treatment of lung cancer

E Carrasco-Esteban… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background: Worldwide, lung cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer death.
Nevertheless, new therapeutic agents have been developed to treat lung cancer that could …

Dynamic carriers for therapeutic RNA delivery

S Berger, U Lächelt, E Wagner - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - National Acad Sciences
Carriers for RNA delivery must be dynamic, first stabilizing and protecting therapeutic RNA
during delivery to the target tissue and across cellular membrane barriers and then …

Endolysosomal trapping of therapeutics and endosomal escape strategies

A Ahmad, JM Khan, BA Paray, K Rashid, A Parvez - Drug Discovery Today, 2024 - Elsevier
Internalizing therapeutic molecules or genes into cells and safely delivering them to the
target tissue where they can perform the intended tasks is one of the key characteristics of …

siRNA therapeutics against respiratory viral infections—What have we learned for potential COVID‐19 therapies?

A Mehta, T Michler, OM Merkel - Advanced healthcare materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Acute viral respiratory tract infections (AVRIs) are a major burden on human health and
global economy and amongst the top five causes of death worldwide resulting in an …

[HTML][HTML] Strategies and mechanisms for endosomal escape of therapeutic nucleic acids

M Grau, E Wagner - Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite impressive recent establishment of therapeutic nucleic acids as drugs and vaccines,
their broader medical use is impaired by modest performance in intracellular delivery …