2024
Covalent Polymer‐RNA Conjugates for Potent Activation of the RIG‐I Pathway
Palmer C, Pastora L, Kimmel B, Pagendarm H, Kwiatkowski A, Stone P, Arora K, Francini N, Fedorova O, Pyle A, Wilson J. Covalent Polymer‐RNA Conjugates for Potent Activation of the RIG‐I Pathway. Advanced Healthcare Materials 2024, e2303815. PMID: 38648653, PMCID: PMC11493851, DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202303815.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChemical design principlesActivation of RIG-I.Retinoic acid-inducible gene ICovalent conjugationRIG-I pathwayNuclease degradationThioether linkageRIG-I.Gene IRNA ligandsElectrostatic interactionsRIG-IDevelopment of therapeuticsPotent activityOligonucleotide therapeuticsNucleaseRNAAnalog carrierNanoparticlesDrug delivery barriersConjugatePolymeric carriersImmunostimulatory activityThioethersIn vivo delivery
2021
Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes
Ravindra NG, Alfajaro MM, Gasque V, Huston NC, Wan H, Szigeti-Buck K, Yasumoto Y, Greaney AM, Habet V, Chow RD, Chen JS, Wei J, Filler RB, Wang B, Wang G, Niklason LE, Montgomery RR, Eisenbarth SC, Chen S, Williams A, Iwasaki A, Horvath TL, Foxman EF, Pierce RW, Pyle AM, van Dijk D, Wilen CB. Single-cell longitudinal analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infection in human airway epithelium identifies target cells, alterations in gene expression, and cell state changes. PLOS Biology 2021, 19: e3001143. PMID: 33730024, PMCID: PMC8007021, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001143.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSARS-CoV-2 infectionSARS-CoV-2Human bronchial epithelial cellsInterferon-stimulated genesCell state changesAcute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infectionSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infectionSyndrome coronavirus 2 infectionCell tropismCoronavirus 2 infectionCoronavirus disease 2019Onset of infectionCell-intrinsic expressionCourse of infectionAir-liquid interface culturesHost-viral interactionsBronchial epithelial cellsSingle-cell RNA sequencingCell typesIL-1Disease 2019Human airwaysDevelopment of therapeuticsDrug AdministrationViral replication