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Nanoparticle‐motivated gene delivery for ophthalmic application
Author(s) -
Mitra Rajendra Narayan,
Zheng Min,
Han Zongchao
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
wiley interdisciplinary reviews: nanomedicine and nanobiotechnology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1939-0041
pISSN - 1939-5116
DOI - 10.1002/wnan.1356
Subject(s) - gene delivery , nucleic acid , genetic enhancement , nanotechnology , therapeutic modalities , rna , gene , biology , gene expression , small interfering rna , computational biology , bioinformatics , medicine , genetics , materials science , physical therapy
Ophthalmic gene therapy is an intellectual and intentional manipulation of desired gene expression into the specific cells of an eye for the treatment of ophthalmic (ocular) genetic dystrophies and pathological conditions. Exogenous nucleic acids such as DNA , small interfering RNA , micro RNA , and so on, are used for the purpose of managing expression of the desired therapeutic proteins in ocular tissues. The delivery of unprotected nucleic acids into the cells is limited because of exogenous and endogenous degradation modalities. Nanotechnology, a promising and sophisticated cutting edge tool, works as a protective shelter for these therapeutic nucleic acids. They can be safely delivered to the required cells in order to modulate anticipated protein expression. To this end, nanotechnology is seen as a potential and promising strategy in the field of ocular gene delivery. This review focused on current nanotechnology modalities and other promising nonviral strategies being used to deliver therapeutic genes in order to treat various devastating ocular diseases. WIREs Nanomed Nanobiotechnol 2015, 8:160–174. doi: 10.1002/wnan.1356 This article is categorized under: Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology