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Nanoscale platforms for messenger RNA delivery

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Li, Bin, Zhang, Xinfu, Dong, Yizhou·2019·WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology

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Messenger RNA (mRNA) has become a promising class of drugs for diverse therapeutic applications in the past few years. A series of clinical trials are ongoing or will be initiated in the near future for the treatment of a variety of diseases. Currently, mRNA-based therapeutics mainly focuses on ex vivo transfection and local administration in clinical studies. Efficient and safe delivery of therapeutically relevant mRNAs remains one of the major challenges for their broad applications in humans. Thus, effective delivery systems are urgently needed to overcome this limitation. In recent years, numerous nanoscale biomaterials have been constructed for mRNA delivery in order to protect mRNA from extracellular degradation and facilitate endosomal escape after cellular uptake. Nanoscale platforms have expanded the feasibility of mRNA-based therapeutics, and enabled its potential applications to protein replacement therapy, cancer immunotherapy, therapeutic vaccines, regenerative medicine, and genome editing. This review focuses on recent advances, challenges, and future directions in nanoscale platforms designed for mRNA delivery, including lipid and lipid-derived nanoparticles, polymer-based nanoparticles, protein derivatives mRNA complexes, and other types of nanomaterials. This article is categorized under: Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Lipid-Based Structures Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Nucleic Acid-Based Structures.

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  1. Pascolo S (2017). Messenger RNA the inexpensive biopharmaceutical. Journal of Multidisciplinary Engineering Science and Technology, 4, 6937– 6941.

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Authors
Li, B., Zhang, X., & Dong, Y.
Affiliations
  • The Ohio State University (US)
  • The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Dong, Yizhou
Venue
WIREs Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2018-05-04
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
e1530-e1530
ISSN
  • 1939-0041 (ISSN-L)
  • 1939-5116
OpenAlex
W2802041199
Cited by
170
References
125
Citations by year
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FWCI
1.77
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Nanomedicine and Nanobiotechnology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  • American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists
  • National PKU Alliance
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
  • Life Sciences › Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics › Pharmaceutical Science › Advanced Drug Delivery Systems
Keywords
mRNA delivery, nanocarriers, lipid nanoparticles, polymeric nanoparticles, protein derivatives, endosomal escape, mRNA therapeutics, cancer immunotherapy, therapeutic vaccines, genome editing, protein replacement therapy, regenerative medicine
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Lipids, Proteins, RNA, Messenger, Gene Transfer Techniques, Nanotechnology, Nanoparticles

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