2020
Next generation miRNA inhibition using short anti-seed PNAs encapsulated in PLGA nanoparticles
Malik S, Lim J, Slack FJ, Braddock DT, Bahal R. Next generation miRNA inhibition using short anti-seed PNAs encapsulated in PLGA nanoparticles. Journal Of Controlled Release 2020, 327: 406-419. PMID: 32835710, PMCID: PMC7606596, DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2020.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort PNA probesPNA probesPLGA nanoparticlesRelease profileNanoparticle formulationNanoparticlesSuperior loadingEfficient transfection efficiencyCationic domainsPotential cancer therapySystemic deliveryTarget proteinsSize distributionProbeTransfection efficiencyMiRNA-155New avenuesPNAUniform distributionProof of conceptCancer therapeuticsCancer therapyReagentsChronic toxicityMicroscopy
2017
Anti-tumor Activity of miniPEG-γ-Modified PNAs to Inhibit MicroRNA-210 for Cancer Therapy
Gupta A, Quijano E, Liu Y, Bahal R, Scanlon SE, Song E, Hsieh WC, Braddock DE, Ly DH, Saltzman WM, Glazer PM. Anti-tumor Activity of miniPEG-γ-Modified PNAs to Inhibit MicroRNA-210 for Cancer Therapy. Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids 2017, 9: 111-119. PMID: 29246289, PMCID: PMC5633812, DOI: 10.1016/j.omtn.2017.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMiR-210Human tumor xenograftsAnti-tumor activityHistopathological analysisTherapeutic approachesMicroRNA-210Tumor xenograftsOncogenic miRTumor cellsHypoxic cellsAnticancer therapyHuman cancersCell proliferationCancer therapyConsiderable necrosisSignificant delayTherapyOncogenic microRNAsInhibition strategiesCellsMicroRNAsFibrosisXenograftsNecrosisTumors