Enhancing the effectiveness of oligonucleotide therapeutics using cell-penetrating peptide conjugation, chemical modification, and carrier-based delivery strategies

S Anwar, F Mir, T Yokota - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Oligonucleotide-based therapies are a promising approach for treating a wide range of hard-
to-treat diseases, particularly genetic and rare diseases. These therapies involve the use of …

Long non-coding RNA-targeting therapeutics: discovery and development update

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Expert opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction lncRNAs are major players in regulatory networks orchestrating multiple cellular
functions, such as 3D chromosomal interactions, epigenetic modifications, gene expression …

DNAzymes: expanding the potential of nucleic acid therapeutics

LM Larcher, IL Pitout, NP Keegan, RN Veedu… - nucleic acid …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Nucleic acids drugs have been proven in the clinic as a powerful modality to treat inherited
and acquired diseases. However, key challenges including drug stability, renal clearance …

Antisense oligonucleotides and their applications in rare neurological diseases

S McDowall, M Aung-Htut, S Wilton, D Li - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Rare diseases affect almost 500 million people globally, predominantly impacting children
and often leading to significantly impaired quality of life and high treatment costs. While …

Splice-modulating antisense oligonucleotides as therapeutics for inherited metabolic diseases

S Chen, SN Heendeniya, BT Le, K Rahimizadeh… - BioDrugs, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The last decade (2013–2023) has seen unprecedented successes in the clinical
translation of therapeutic antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs). Eight such molecules have …

A Unified Phosphoramidite Platform for the Synthesis of Morpholino Oligonucleotides and Diverse Chimeric Backbones

A Ghosh, A Banerjee, S Gupta… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Oligonucleotides (PMOs) have been well established in
the milieu of FDA-approved oligonucleotide-based drugs in the past decade. Given their …

Boron clusters as enhancers of RNase H activity in the smart strategy of gene silencing by antisense oligonucleotides

D Kaniowski, K Kulik, J Suwara… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Boron cluster-conjugated antisense oligonucleotides (B-ASOs) have already been
developed as therapeutic agents with “two faces”, namely as potential antisense inhibitors of …

mCherry on Top: A Positive Read-Out Cellular Platform for Screening DMD Exon Skip** Xenopeptide–PMO Conjugates

AL Lessl, J Pöhmerer, Y Lin, U Wilk… - Bioconjugate …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Phosphorodiamidate morpholino oligomers (PMOs) are a special type of antisense
oligonucleotides (ASOs) that can be used as therapeutic modulators of pre-mRNA splicing …

Long noncoding RNA metastasis-associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1 promotes HIV-1 replication through modulating microRNAs in macrophages

Z Yuan, Y Huang, RT Sadikot - Journal of virology, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Macrophages can serve as a reservoir for human immunodeficiency-1 (HIV-1) virus in host
cells, constituting a barrier to eradication, even in patients who are receiving antiretroviral …

EGFR-targeted cellular delivery of therapeutic nucleic acids mediated by boron clusters

D Kaniowski, J Suwara, K Ebenryter-Olbińska… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
New boron carriers with high boron content and targeted cancer-cell delivery are considered
the first choice for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) for cancer treatment. Previously …