Reversal of multidrug resistance by stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems for therapy of tumor

Q Yin, J Shen, Z Zhang, H Yu, Y Li - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle to successful cancer therapy, especially for
chemotherapy. The new drug delivery system (DDS) provides promising approaches to …

Functional aptamer-embedded nanomaterials for diagnostics and therapeutics

S Xie, L Ai, C Cui, T Fu, X Cheng, F Qu… - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
In the past decades, various nanomaterials with unique properties have been explored for
bioapplications. Meanwhile, aptamers, generated from the systematic evolution of ligands by …

Aptamer-targeted photodynamic platforms for tumor therapy

J Yan, T Gao, Z Lu, J Yin, Y Zhang… - ACS applied materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Achieving controlled and accurate delivery of photosensitizers (PSs) into tumor sites is a
major challenge in conventional photodynamic therapy (PDT). Aptamer is a short …

Building a multifunctional aptamer-based DNA nanoassembly for targeted cancer therapy

C Wu, D Han, T Chen, L Peng, G Zhu… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The ability to self-assemble one-dimensional DNA building blocks into two-and three-
dimensional nanostructures via DNA/RNA nanotechnology has led to broad applications in …

Preparation and biomedical applications of programmable and multifunctional DNA nanoflowers

Y Lv, R Hu, G Zhu, X Zhang, L Mei, Q Liu, L Qiu… - Nature protocols, 2015 - nature.com
We describe a comprehensive protocol for the preparation of multifunctional DNA
nanostructures termed nanoflowers (NFs), which are self-assembled from long DNA building …

Rationally designed multivalent aptamers targeting cell surface for biomedical applications

M Lin, J Zhang, H Wan, C Yan, F Xia - ACS Applied Materials & …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Specific interactions between ligands and receptors on cell surface play an important role in
the cell biological process. Nucleic acid aptamers as commonly used ligands enable …

Ribbon of DNA lattice on gold nanoparticles for selective drug delivery to cancer cells

S Zhang, C Chen, C Xue, D Chang… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we report on the design of a programmable DNA ribbon using long‐chain DNA
molecules with a user‐defined repetitive padlock sequence. The DNA ribbon can be further …

Multivalent aptamers: Versatile tools for diagnostic and therapeutic applications

M Vorobyeva, P Vorobjev, A Venyaminova - Molecules, 2016 - mdpi.com
Nucleic acid aptamers generated through an in vitro selection are currently extensively
applied as very valuable biomolecular tools thanks to their prominent advantages. Diversity …

A polyvalent aptamer system for targeted drug delivery

Z Zhang, MM Ali, MA Eckert, DK Kang, YY Chen… - Biomaterials, 2013 - Elsevier
Poor efficacy and off-target systemic toxicity are major problems associated with current
chemotherapeutic approaches to treat cancer. We developed a new form of polyvalent …

Nucleic acid aptamers: an emerging frontier in cancer therapy

G Zhu, M Ye, MJ Donovan, E Song, Z Zhao… - Chemical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
The last two decades have witnessed the development and application of nucleic acid
aptamers in a variety of fields, including target analysis, disease therapy, and molecular and …