Aptamers as targeted therapeutics: current potential and challenges

J Zhou, J Rossi - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Nucleic acid aptamers, often termed'chemical antibodies', are functionally comparable to
traditional antibodies, but offer several advantages, including their relatively small physical …

[HTML][HTML] Current perspectives on aptamers as diagnostic tools and therapeutic agents

P Kumar Kulabhusan, B Hussain, M Yüce - Pharmaceutics, 2020 - mdpi.com
Aptamers are synthetic single-stranded DNA or RNA sequences selected from combinatorial
oligonucleotide libraries through the well-known in vitro selection and iteration process …

Aptamer chemistry

P Röthlisberger, M Hollenstein - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2018 - Elsevier
Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA molecules capable of tightly binding to specific
targets. These functional nucleic acids are obtained by an in vitro Darwinian evolution …

Aptamers as therapeutics

SM Nimjee, RR White, RC Becker… - Annual review of …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Aptamers are single-stranded nucleic acid molecules that bind to and inhibit proteins and
are commonly produced by systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment …

[HTML][HTML] RNA-based therapeutics: current progress and future prospects

JC Burnett, JJ Rossi - Chemistry & biology, 2012 - cell.com
Recent advances of biological drugs have broadened the scope of therapeutic targets for a
variety of human diseases. This holds true for dozens of RNA-based therapeutics currently …

A highlight of recent advances in aptamer technology and its application

H Sun, Y Zu - Molecules, 2015 - mdpi.com
Aptamers and SELEX (systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment)
technology have gained increasing attention over the past 25 years. Despite their functional …

Aptamer nanomedicine for cancer therapeutics: barriers and potential for translation

YH Lao, KKL Phua, KW Leong - ACS nano, 2015 - ACS Publications
Aptamer nanomedicine, including therapeutic aptamers and aptamer nanocomplexes, is
beginning to fulfill its potential in both clinical trials and preclinical studies. Especially in …

Therapeutic RNA aptamers in clinical trials

P Sundaram, H Kurniawan, ME Byrne… - European Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
RNA aptamers can fold into complex structures and bind with high affinity and selectivity to
various macromolecules, viruses, and cells. They are isolated from a large pool of nucleic …

ABCs of DNA aptamer and related assay development

TK Sharma, JG Bruno, A Dhiman - Biotechnology advances, 2017 - Elsevier
This review is intended to guide the novice in aptamer research and development to
understand virtually all of the aptamer development options and currently available assay …

New antithrombotic drugs: antithrombotic therapy and prevention of thrombosis: American college of chest physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines

JI Weitz, JW Eikelboom, MM Samama - Chest, 2012 - Elsevier
This article focuses on new antithrombotic drugs that are in or are entering phase 3 clinical
testing. Development of these new agents was prompted by the limitations of existing …