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Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy2022ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

1. mRNA-based therapeutics: powerful and versatile tools to combat diseases

Qin S, Tang X, Chen Y, Et Al.

mRNA therapeutics have fuelled hope to combat incurable diseases, but insufficient understanding of mRNA instability, immunogenicity, and delivery has impeded progress. The review argues that mRNA-based drugs—especially after the COVID-19 vaccine success—can become powerful, versatile tools, and that mRNA…

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2022ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

2. Nanotechnology-enabled immunoengineering approaches to advance therapeutic applications

Chuang St, Conklin B, Stein Jb, Pan G, Lee K-B.

Immunotherapy has improved outcomes in cancer and infectious disease, but off-target effects, systemic toxicities, and variable efficacy remain limiting. Nanoscale engineering offers ways to manipulate immune cell functions—enhancing immunity against cancers and pathogens, controlling the site of immune response, and…

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Materials Today Advances2022ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

3. Targeting strategies for mRNA delivery

Randall A. Meyer, Sarah Y. Neshat, Jordan J. Green, Jose Luis Santos, And Anthony D. Tuesca

mRNA gene therapy has broad therapeutic potential (protein replacement, vaccines, regenerative medicine, oncology), but clinical translation is limited by inadequate understanding of how to target specific organs or cell types for protein expression. Reports on material properties and administration routes are…

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Poly (beta-amino ester) as an in vivo nanocarrier for therapeutic nucleic acids.2022ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

4. Poly (beta‐amino ester) as an in vivo nanocarrier for therapeutic nucleic acids

Sadeqi Nezhad, M

Therapeutic nucleic acids require safe and effective in vivo delivery vectors. Most gene and cell therapies rely on ex vivo gene delivery, which is laborious, time-consuming, and costly. PBAE is a promising biodegradable synthetic cationic polymer for in vivo gene delivery due to its transfection efficiency…

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Seminars in Immunology2021ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

5. Nanoparticles for generating antigen-specific T cells for immunotherapy

Est-Witte Se, Livingston Nk, Omotoso Mo, Green Jj, Schneck Jp.

T cell therapies (TIL, TCR, CAR T) show clinical efficacy but are limited by high cost, lengthy ex vivo manufacturing, patient variability, and poor persistence. Nanoparticles offer a modular, universal platform to improve T cell therapy at every stage—from antigen presentation and T cell activation to T cell…

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Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews2021ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

6. Self-assembled mRNA vaccines

Kim J, Eygeris Y, Gupta M, Sahay G.

mRNA vaccines are promising but naked mRNA is fragile, susceptible to enzymatic degradation, poorly taken up by cells due to electrostatic repulsion, and can trigger innate immune responses. Self-assembly offers a versatile approach to prepare delivery vehicles with customisable properties. The review discusses…

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Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery2020ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

7. Poly(beta-amino ester)s as gene delivery vehicles challenges and opportunities

Karlsson, J.; Rhodes, K. R.; Green, J. J.; Tzeng, S. Y

Non-viral gene delivery needs safe and efficient carriers. PBAEs are biodegradable cationic polymers with promising transfection activity, but they face challenges such as instability in physiological fluids, positive-charge toxicity, and limited systemic delivery. This review summarises PBAE properties, advantages…

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Pharmaceutics2020ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

8. Role of Lipid-Based and Polymer-Based Non-Viral Vectors in Nucleic Acid Delivery for Next-Generation Gene Therapy

Wahane A, Waghmode A, Kapphahn A, Dhur K, Gupta A, Bahal R

Nucleic acid analogs and genome-editing proteins have broad therapeutic potential, but clinical translation is limited by poor cell- and organ-specific delivery, endosomal entrapment, enzymatic degradation, and short bioavailability. The review examines lipid- and polymer-based non-viral vectors as strategies to…

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Bioconjugate Chemistry (likely; based on formatting and page range)2019ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

9. The Endosomal Escape of Nanoparticles: Toward More Efficient Cellular Delivery

Samuel A. Smith, Laura I. Selby, Angus P. R. Johnston, And Georgina K. Such

Many emerging therapies require delivery of biological cargo into the cytosol, but nanoparticle delivery systems are hindered by entrapment and degradation in the endo/lysosomal pathway. Endosomal escape remains a rate-determining step for non-viral delivery. The review highlights the need for greater understanding…

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Molecules2019ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

10. Biodegradable Polymers for Gene Delivery

Thomas, T. J.; Tajmir-Riahi, H.-A.; Pillai, C. K. S

Gene therapy requires efficient delivery of genetic material, but viral vectors carry risks of immunogenicity, toxicity, and cancer formation. Cationic polymers such as polyethyleneimine (PEI) can condense DNA and facilitate delivery, but their lack of biodegradation causes significant toxicity due to polymer…

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Journal of Controlled Release2019ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

11. Poly(β-amino ester)-based gene delivery systems From discovery to therapeutic applications

Cordeiro, R. A.; Serra, A.; Coelho, J. F. J.; Faneca, H

Gene therapy requires safe and effective delivery vectors. PBAEs are biodegradable cationic polymers with excellent gene delivery properties, but a comprehensive and critical overview of their use as gene carriers is lacking. This review provides the first comprehensive and critical overview of PBAE-based gene…

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Current Opinion in Biomedical Engineering2018ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

12. Polymeric Nucleic Acid Delivery for Immunoengineering

Tzeng Sy, Green Jj

Nucleic acids can be used to engineer the immune system, but their clinical use requires better specificity and intracellular delivery efficiency. Viral vectors have manufacturing, cargo-capacity, safety, and immunological drawbacks; therefore, polymers are being developed as non-viral delivery vehicles whose…

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Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews2016ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

13. PEGylation as a strategy for improving nanoparticle-based drug and gene delivery

Suk, J. S.; Xu, Q.; Kim, N.; Hanes, J.; Ensign, L. M

PEGylation is widely used to improve nanoparticle drug and gene delivery by reducing aggregation, opsonisation, and phagocytic clearance, thereby prolonging circulation. However, the field lacks a consolidated understanding of how PEG molecular weight, surface density, conformation, core properties, administration…

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Accounts of Chemical Research2008ReviewNon-viral Gene Delivery

14. A Combinatorial Polymer Library Approach Yields Insight into Nonviral Gene Delivery

Green, J. J.; Langer, R.; Anderson, D. G

Gene therapy has enormous therapeutic potential, but delivery remains the central bottleneck. Viral vectors are efficient but carry serious safety, immunogenicity, manufacturing, and cargo-capacity limitations. Nonviral vectors are safer and more scalable but typically orders of magnitude less effective. This Account…

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