Non-viral vectors for RNA delivery

Y Yan, XY Liu, A Lu, XY Wang, LX Jiang… - Journal of Controlled …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
RNA-based therapy is a promising and potential strategy for disease treatment by
introducing exogenous nucleic acids such as messenger RNA (mRNA), small interfering …

Macrocyclic peptides as drug candidates: recent progress and remaining challenges

AA Vinogradov, Y Yin, H Suga - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2019‏ - ACS Publications
Peptides as a therapeutic modality attract much attention due to their synthetic accessibility,
high degree of specific binding, and the ability to target protein surfaces traditionally …

Plant antimicrobial peptides: structures, functions, and applications

J Li, S Hu, W Jian, C **e, X Yang - Botanical Studies, 2021‏ - Springer
Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a class of short, usually positively charged polypeptides
that exist in humans, animals, and plants. Considering the increasing number of drug …

Synthetic polypeptides: from polymer design to supramolecular assembly and biomedical application

Z Song, Z Han, S Lv, C Chen, L Chen, L Yin… - Chemical Society …, 2017‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic polypeptides from the ring-opening polymerization of N-carboxyanhydrides
(NCAs) are one of the most important biomaterials. The unique features of these synthetic …

Cell-penetrating peptides: design strategies beyond primary structure and amphipathicity

D Kalafatovic, E Giralt - molecules, 2017‏ - mdpi.com
Efficient intracellular drug delivery and target specificity are often hampered by the presence
of biological barriers. Thus, compounds that efficiently cross cell membranes are the key to …

Synthesis of side-chain modified polypeptides

TJ Deming - Chemical reviews, 2016‏ - ACS Publications
Proteins have long fascinated scientists since their complex sequences and diversity of
chemical functionality can lead to structurally defined folded chains with highly specific …

Functional biodegradable polymers via ring-opening polymerization of monomers without protective groups

G Becker, FR Wurm - Chemical society reviews, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Biodegradable polymers are of current interest and chemical functionality in such materials
is often demanded in advanced biomedical applications. Functional groups often are not …

Fluorinated α-helical polypeptides synchronize mucus permeation and cell penetration toward highly efficient pulmonary siRNA delivery against acute lung injury

C Ge, J Yang, S Duan, Y Liu, F Meng, L Yin - Nano Letters, 2020‏ - ACS Publications
The mucus layer and cell membrane are two major barriers against pulmonary siRNA
delivery. Commonly used polycationic gene vectors can hardly penetrate the mucus layer …

Secondary structures of synthetic polypeptide polymers

C Bonduelle - Polymer Chemistry, 2018‏ - pubs.rsc.org
Synthetic peptide-based polymers represent a unique class of macromolecules able to
mimic the properties of natural proteins in materials sciences since (1) they present the …

Cellular uptake of substrate-initiated cell-penetrating poly (disulfide) s

G Gasparini, EK Bang, G Molinard… - Journal of the …, 2014‏ - ACS Publications
Substrate-initiated, self-inactivating, cell-penetrating poly (disulfide) s (siCPDs) are
introduced as general transporters for the covalent delivery of unmodified substrates of free …