Tumor targeting by an aptamer

BJ Hicke, AW Stephens, T Gould… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2006 - Soc Nuclear Med
Aptamers are small oligonucleotides that are selected to bind tightly and specifically to a
target molecule. We sought to determine whether aptamers have potential for in vivo …

[HTML][HTML] Tenascin-C aptamers are generated using tumor cells and purified protein

BJ Hicke, C Marion, YF Chang, T Gould… - Journal of Biological …, 2001 - ASBMB
Tenascin-C (TN-C) is an extracellular matrix protein that is overexpressed during tissue
remodeling processes, including tumor growth. To identify an aptamer for testing as a tumor …

Aptamer-based technology for radionuclide targeted imaging and therapy: A promising weapon against cancer

L Filippi, O Bagni, C Nervi - Expert Review of Medical Devices, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction aptamers are short artificial, single-strand oligonucleotide sequences (DNA,
RNA or modified RNA), capable of binding to biological molecules with high affinity and …

Advances in aptamer-based nuclear imaging

W Song, Y Song, Q Li, C Fan, X Lan, D Jiang - European Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Aptamers are short oligonucleotides that bind to specific target molecules. They have been
extensively explored in biomedical applications, including biosensing, medical imaging, and …

[HTML][HTML] A comparative analysis of cell surface targeting aptamers

L Kelly, KE Maier, A Yan, M Levy - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Aptamers represent a potentially important class of ligands for the development of
diagnostics and therapeutics. However, it is often difficult to compare the function and …

Current progress of aptamer-based molecular imaging

AZ Wang, OC Farokhzad - Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 2014 - Soc Nuclear Med
Aptamers, single-stranded oligonucleotides, are an important class of molecular targeting
ligand. Since their discovery, aptamers have been rapidly translated into clinical practice …

[HTML][HTML] Superior performance of aptamer in tumor penetration over antibody: implication of aptamer-based theranostics in solid tumors

D Xiang, C Zheng, SF Zhou, S Qiao, PHL Tran, C Pu… - Theranostics, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Insufficient penetration of therapeutic agents into tumor tissues results in inadequate drug
distribution and lower intracellular concentration of drugs, leading to the increase of drug …

Aptamer applications for targeted cancer therapy

AS Barbas, J Mi, BM Clary, RR White - Future oncology, 2010 - Future Medicine
Aptamers are single-stranded DNA or RNA oligonucleotides that assume specific 3D
structures and bind to target molecules with high affinity. The unique specificity of aptamers …

[HTML][HTML] Aptamers: Cutting edge of cancer therapies

S Shigdar, B Schrand, PH Giangrande… - Molecular Therapy, 2021 - cell.com
The development of an aptamer-based therapeutic has rapidly progressed following the first
two reports in the 1990s, underscoring the advantages of aptamer drugs associated with …

Applications of aptamers in targeted imaging: state of the art

CA Dougherty, W Cai, H Hong - Current topics in medicinal …, 2015 - ingentaconnect.com
Aptamers are single-stranded oligonucleotides with high affinity and specificity to the target
molecules or cells, thus they can serve as an important category of molecular targeting …