Extrahepatic targeting of lipid nanoparticles in vivo with intracellular targeting for future nanomedicines

T Nakamura, Y Sato, Y Yamada… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
A new era of nanomedicines that involve nucleic acids/gene therapy has been opened after
two decades in 21st century and new types of more efficient drug delivery systems (DDS) …

Mitochondrial genome engineering: the revolution may not be CRISPR-Ized

PA Gammage, CT Moraes, M Minczuk - Trends in Genetics, 2018 - cell.com
In recent years mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has transitioned to greater prominence across
diverse areas of biology and medicine. The recognition of mitochondria as a major …

Mitochondrial tRNA import and its consequences for mitochondrial translation

A Schneider - Annual review of biochemistry, 2011 - annualreviews.org
The mitochondrial genomes of most eukaryotes lack a variable number of tRNA genes. This
lack is compensated for by import of a small fraction of the corresponding cytosolic tRNAs …

Mitochondrion-targeted RNA therapies as a potential treatment strategy for mitochondrial diseases

T Chernega, J Choi, L Salmena… - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic …, 2022 - cell.com
Mitochondrial diseases are one of the largest groups of neurological genetic disorders.
Despite continuous efforts of the scientific community, no cure has been developed, and …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated base editors and their prospects for mitochondrial genome engineering

S Eghbalsaied, C Lawler, B Petersen, RA Hajiyev… - Gene Therapy, 2024 - nature.com
Base editors are a type of double-stranded break (DSB)-free gene editing technology that
has opened up new possibilities for precise manipulation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) …

The voltage-dependent anion channel, a major component of the tRNA import machinery in plant mitochondria

T Salinas, AM Duchêne, L Delage… - Proceedings of the …, 2006 - National Acad Sciences
In plants, as in most eukaryotic cells, import of nuclear-encoded cytosolic tRNAs is an
essential process for mitochondrial biogenesis. Despite its broad occurrence, the …

Evolution of macromolecular import pathways in mitochondria, hydrogenosomes and mitosomes

T Lithgow, A Schneider - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2010 - royalsocietypublishing.org
All eukaryotes require mitochondria for survival and growth. The origin of mitochondria can
be traced down to a single endosymbiotic event between two probably prokaryotic …

Recent advances in tRNA mitochondrial import

T Salinas, AM Duchêne, L Maréchal-Drouard - Trends in biochemical …, 2008 - cell.com
In many eukaryotes, tRNA import from the cytosol into mitochondria is essential for
mitochondrial biogenesis and, consequently, for cell viability. Recent work has begun to …

RNA Editing in Trypanosoma brucei Requires Three Different Editosomes

J Carnes, JR Trotter, A Peltan, M Fleck… - Molecular and cellular …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
Trypanosoma brucei has three distinct∼ 20S editosomes that catalyze RNA editing by the
insertion and deletion of uridylates. Editosomes with the KREN1 or KREN2 RNase III type …

Innovative nanotechnologies for enhancing nucleic acids/gene therapy: controlling intracellular trafficking to targeted biodistribution

T Nakamura, Y Yamada, Y Sato, IA Khalil… - Biomaterials, 2019 - Elsevier
Nanomedicine promises to play an important role in next generation therapy, including
Nucleic acid/Gene therapy. To accomplish this, innovative nanotechnologies will be needed …