Advances in COVID-19 mRNA vaccine development

E Fang, X Liu, M Li, Z Zhang, L Song, B Zhu… - Signal transduction and …, 2022 - nature.com
To date, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has determined 399,600,607 cases and 5,757,562 …

Structural parameters of nanoparticles affecting their toxicity for biomedical applications: a review

R Abbasi, G Shineh, M Mobaraki, S Doughty… - Journal of Nanoparticle …, 2023 - Springer
Rapidly growing interest in using nanoparticles (NPs) for biomedical applications has
increased concerns about their safety and toxicity. In comparison with bulk materials, NPs …

mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases: principles, delivery and clinical translation

N Chaudhary, D Weissman… - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Over the past several decades, messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines have progressed from a
scepticism-inducing idea to clinical reality. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic catalysed the …

Lipids and lipid derivatives for RNA delivery

Y Zhang, C Sun, C Wang, KE Jankovic… - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNA-based therapeutics have shown great promise in treating a broad spectrum of
diseases through various mechanisms including knockdown of pathological genes …

Chemical and biomolecular strategies for STING pathway activation in cancer immunotherapy

KM Garland, TL Sheehy, JT Wilson - Chemical reviews, 2022 - ACS Publications
The stimulator of interferon genes (STING) cellular signaling pathway is a promising target
for cancer immunotherapy. Activation of the intracellular STING protein triggers the …

Lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery

L Xu, X Wang, Y Liu, G Yang… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Lipid nanoparticles have attracted significant interests in the last two decades, and have
achieved tremendous clinical success since the first clinical approval of Doxil in 1995. At the …

Polyphenol‐containing nanoparticles: synthesis, properties, and therapeutic delivery

Y Guo, Q Sun, FG Wu, Y Dai, X Chen - Advanced Materials, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Polyphenols, the phenolic hydroxyl group‐containing organic molecules, are widely found in
natural plants and have shown beneficial effects on human health. Recently, polyphenol …

Therapeutic siRNA: state of the art

B Hu, L Zhong, Y Weng, L Peng, Y Huang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
ABSTRACT RNA interference (RNAi) is an ancient biological mechanism used to defend
against external invasion. It theoretically can silence any disease-related genes in a …

Selective organ targeting (SORT) nanoparticles for tissue-specific mRNA delivery and CRISPR–Cas gene editing

Q Cheng, T Wei, L Farbiak, LT Johnson… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
CRISPR–Cas gene editing and messenger RNA-based protein replacement therapy hold
tremendous potential to effectively treat disease-causing mutations with diverse cellular …

The use of alternative strategies for enhanced nanoparticle delivery to solid tumors

M Izci, C Maksoudian, BB Manshian… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nanomaterial (NM) delivery to solid tumors has been the focus of intense research for over a
decade. Classically, scientists have tried to improve NM delivery by employing passive or …