Multifunctional biomolecule nanostructures for cancer therapy

J Wang, Y Li, G Nie - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Biomolecule-based nanostructures are inherently multifunctional and harbour diverse
biological activities, which can be explored for cancer nanomedicine. The supramolecular …

Self-assembling nucleic acid nanostructures functionalized with aptamers

A Krissanaprasit, CM Key, S Pontula… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Researchers have worked for many decades to master the rules of biomolecular design that
would allow artificial biopolymer complexes to self-assemble and function similarly to the …

Splitting aptamers and nucleic acid enzymes for the development of advanced biosensors

M Debiais, A Lelievre, M Smietana… - Nucleic Acids …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In analogy to split-protein systems, which rely on the appropriate fragmentation of protein
domains, split aptamers made of two or more short nucleic acid strands have emerged as …

Exosomes as natural delivery carriers for programmable therapeutic nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs)

W Ke, KA Afonin - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
With recent advances in nanotechnology and therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs), various
nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) have demonstrated great promise in diagnostics and …

Aptamers as modular components of therapeutic nucleic acid nanotechnology

M Panigaj, MB Johnson, W Ke, J McMillan… - Therapeutic RNA …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
Nucleic acids play a central role in all domains of life, either as genetic blueprints or as
regulators of various biochemical pathways. The 826chemical makeup of ribonucleic acid …

Recent developments in aptasensors for diagnostic applications

LS Liu, F Wang, Y Ge, PK Lo - ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020 - ACS Publications
Aptamers are exciting smart molecular probes for specific recognition of disease biomarkers.
A number of strategies have been developed to convert target–aptamer binding into …

Opportunities, barriers, and a strategy for overcoming translational challenges to therapeutic nucleic acid nanotechnology

KA Afonin, MA Dobrovolskaia, G Church… - Therapeutic RNA …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
606Recent clinical successes using therapeutic nucleic acids (TNAs) have accelerated the
transition of nucleic acid nanotechnology toward therapeutic applications. Significant …

Self-assembling biomolecules for biosensor applications

J Kim, JH Kang, WH Kwon, I Lee, SJ Park… - Biomaterials …, 2023 - spj.science.org
Molecular self-assembly has received considerable attention in biomedical fields as a
simple and effective method for develo** biomolecular nanostructures. Self-assembled …

Structure and composition define immunorecognition of nucleic acid nanoparticles

E Hong, JR Halman, AB Shah… - Therapeutic RNA …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
912Nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) have evolved as a new class of therapeutics with
the potential to detect and treat diseases. Despite tremendous advancements in NANP …

Critical review of nucleic acid nanotechnology to identify gaps and inform a strategy for accelerated clinical translation

KA Afonin, MA Dobrovolskaia, W Ke… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2022 - Elsevier
With numerous recent advances, the field of therapeutic nucleic acid nanotechnology is now
poised for clinical translation supported by several examples of FDA-approved nucleic acid …