The potential of siRNA based drug delivery in respiratory disorders: Recent advances and progress

K Dua, R Wadhwa, G Singhvi, V Rapalli… - Drug development …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Lung diseases are the leading cause of mortality worldwide. The currently available
therapies are not sufficient, leading to the urgent need for new therapies with sustained anti …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary delivery of siRNA against acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome

M Zoulikha, Q Xiao, GF Boafo, MA Sallam… - … Pharmaceutica Sinica B, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) has been under investigation for the treatment of
several unmet medical needs, including acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress …

Inhaled siRNA nanoparticles targeting IL11 inhibit lung fibrosis and improve pulmonary function post-bleomycin challenge

X Bai, G Zhao, Q Chen, Z Li, M Gao, W Ho, X Xu… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Interleukin-11 (IL-11) is a profibrotic cytokine essential for the differentiation of fibroblasts
into collagen-secreting, actin alpha 2, smooth muscle–positive (ACTA2+) myofibroblasts …

[HTML][HTML] siRNA versus miRNA as therapeutics for gene silencing

JKW Lam, MYT Chow, Y Zhang, SWS Leung - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic …, 2015 - cell.com
Discovered a little over two decades ago, small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and microRNAs
(miRNAs) are noncoding RNAs with important roles in gene regulation. They have recently …

[HTML][HTML] Pulmonary delivery of biological drugs

W Liang, HW Pan, D Vllasaliu, JKW Lam - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, biological drugs have rapidly proliferated and have now become an
important therapeutic modality. This is because of their high potency, high specificity and …

Silencing of SARS‐CoV‐2 with modified siRNA‐peptide dendrimer formulation

M Khaitov, A Nikonova, I Shilovskiy, K Kozhikhova… - Allergy, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background First vaccines for prevention of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) are
becoming available but there is a huge and unmet need for specific forms of treatment. In …

A review on chitosan and its development as pulmonary particulate anti-infective and anti-cancer drug carriers

RM Rasul, MT Muniandy, Z Zakaria, K Shah… - Carbohydrate …, 2020 - Elsevier
Chitosan, as a biodegradable and biocompatible polymer, is characterized by anti-microbial
and anti-cancer properties. It lately has received a widespread interest for use as the …

[HTML][HTML] Going beyond the liver: progress and challenges of targeted delivery of siRNA therapeutics

C Lorenzer, M Dirin, AM Winkler, V Baumann… - Journal of Controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
Therapeutic gene silencing promises significant progress in pharmacotherapy, including
considerable expansion of the druggable target space and the possibility for treating orphan …

Expand classical drug administration ways by emerging routes using dendrimer drug delivery systems: a concise overview

S Mignani, S El Kazzouli, M Bousmina… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
Drugs are introduced into the body by numerous routes such as enteral (oral, sublingual and
rectum administration), parenteral (intravascular, intramuscular, subcutaneous and …

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 …