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An optimized ionizable cationic lipid for brain tumor-targeted siRNA delivery and glioblastoma immunotherapy
Biomaterials. 2022 Jun 22;287:121645. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2022.121645. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTGlioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common and aggressive primary brain tumor with a high mortality rate. Immunotherapy has achieved promising clinical results in multiple cancers, but shows unsatisfactory outcome in GBM patients, and poor drug delivery across the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is believed to be one of the main limitations that hinder the therapeutic efficacy of drugs. Herein, a new cationic lipid nanoparticle (LNP) that can efficiently deliver siRNA across BBB and target mouse brain is prepared fo...
Source: Biomaterials - July 2, 2022 Category: Materials Science Authors: Shuhan Liu Ji Liu Haisong Li Kuirong Mao Haorui Wang Xiandi Meng Jialiang Wang Chenxi Wu Hongmei Chen Xin Wang Xiuxiu Cong Yue Hou Ye Wang Ming Wang Yong-Guang Yang Tianmeng Sun Source Type: research

SHMT1 siRNA-Loaded hyperosmotic nanochains for blood-brain/tumor barrier post-transmigration therapy
Biomaterials. 2021 Dec 30;281:121359. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2021.121359. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe near-perivascular accumulation in solid tumors and short-lived span in circulation, derails even the most competent nanoparticles (NPs) from achieving their maximum therapeutic potential. Moreover, delivering them across the blood brain/tumor barrier (BBB/BTB) is further challenging to sought anticancer effect. To address these key challenges, we designed a linearly aligned nucleic acid-complexed polydixylitol-based polymeric nanochains (X-NCs), with inherent hyperosmotic properties enabling transmigration of th...
Source: Biomaterials - January 8, 2022 Category: Materials Science Authors: Shambhavi Pandey Myung Chul Lee Jae Woon Lim Yun-Hoon Choung Kyoung-Je Jang Sang Bae Park Jae Eun Kim Jong Hoon Chung Pankaj Garg Source Type: research

Glycogen-nucleic acid constructs for gene silencing in multicellular tumor spheroids.
Abstract The poor penetration of nanocarrier-siRNA constructs into tumor tissue is a major hurdle for the in vivo efficacy of siRNA therapeutics, where the ability of the constructs to permeate the 3D multicellular matrix is determined by their physicochemical properties. Herein, we optimized the use of soft glycogen nanoparticles for the engineering of glycogen-siRNA constructs that can efficiently penetrate multicellular tumor spheroids and exert a significant gene silencing effect. Glycogen nanoparticles from different bio-sources and with different structural features were investigated. We show that larger gl...
Source: Biomaterials - May 20, 2018 Category: Materials Science Authors: Wojnilowicz M, Besford QA, Wu YL, Loh XJ, Braunger JA, Glab A, Cortez-Jugo C, Caruso F, Cavalieri F Tags: Biomaterials Source Type: research