Nuclear localization signal-tagged systems: Relevant nuclear import principles in the context of current therapeutic design

R Goswami, A Gupta, O Bednova… - Chemical Society …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Nuclear targeting of therapeutics provides a strategy for enhancing efficacy of molecules
active in the nucleus and minimizing off-target effects.'Active'nuclear-directed transport and …

Amino acids, peptides, and proteins: implications for nanotechnological applications in biosensing and drug/gene delivery

S Er, U Laraib, R Arshad, S Sargazi, A Rahdar… - Nanomaterials, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over various scientific fields in biochemistry, amino acids have been highlighted in research
works. Protein, peptide-and amino acid-based drug delivery systems have proficiently …

A nuclease-mimetic platinum nanozyme induces concurrent DNA platination and oxidative cleavage to overcome cancer drug resistance

F Li, H Sun, J Ren, B Zhang, X Hu, C Fang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Platinum (Pt) resistance in cancer almost inevitably occurs during clinical Pt-based
chemotherapy. The spontaneous nucleotide-excision repair of cancer cells is a …

A facile-synthesized star polycation constructed as a highly efficient gene vector in pest management

J Li, J Qian, Y Xu, S Yan, J Shen… - … Sustainable Chemistry & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Gene vectors have been extensively applied in various fields. However, the high economic
cost of gene vectors limits their development and application, and there is an urgent demand …

Biocompatible nucleus-targeted graphene quantum dots for selective killing of cancer cells via DNA damage

L Qi, T Pan, L Ou, Z Ye, C Yu, B Bao, Z Wu… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Graphene quantum dots (GQDs) are nano-sized graphene slices. With their small size,
lamellar and aromatic-ring structure, GQDs tend to enter into the cell nucleus and interfere …

Nucleic acids and their analogues for biomedical applications

F Wang, P Li, HC Chu, PK Lo - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nucleic acids are emerging as powerful and functional biomaterials due to their molecular
recognition ability, programmability, and ease of synthesis and chemical modification …

A perspective on fluorescent nanodiamond bioimaging

MD Torelli, NA Nunn, OA Shenderova - Small, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The field of fluorescent nanodiamonds (FNDs) has advanced greatly over the past few
years. Though historically limited primarily to red fluorescence, the wavelengths available for …

[HTML][HTML] Carbon-based nanomaterials in gene therapy

E Mostafavi, H Zare - OpenNano, 2022 - Elsevier
Gene therapy is a promising therapeutic approach to treating different diseases; however,
the lack of platforms that can safely and efficiently carry desired genes to the targeted …

Production, surface modification, physicochemical properties, biocompatibility, and bioimaging applications of nanodiamonds

T Tegafaw, S Liu, MY Ahmad, AKA Al Saidi, D Zhao… - Rsc Advances, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanodiamonds (ND) are chemically inert and stable owing to their sp3 covalent bonding
structure, but their surface sp2 graphitic carbons can be easily homogenized with diverse …

A multifunctional nanodiamond-based nanoplatform for the enhanced mild-temperature photothermal/chemo combination therapy of triple negative breast cancer via …

X Cui, Z Liang, J Lu, X Wang, F Jia, Q Hu, X Xiao… - Nanoscale, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Owing to its aggressive biological behavior, the lack of specific targets, and the strong
therapeutic resistance of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), current therapeutic strategies …