Abstract
Ulcerative colitis (UC) is one of the main subtypes of inflammatory bowel disease. UC has a negative effect on patients’ quality of life, and it is an important risk factor for the development of colitis-associated cancer. Patients with UC need to take medications for their entire life because no permanent cure is available. Therefore, approaches that target messenger RNA (mRNA) of proinflammatory cytokines and/or anti-inflammatory cytokines are needed to improve the safety of UC therapy and promote intestinal mucosa recovery. The major challenge facing RNA interference-based therapy is the delivery of RNA molecules to the intracellular space of target cells. Moreover, nonspecific and systemic protein expression inhibition can result in adverse effects and low therapeutic benefit. Thus, it is important to develop an efficient delivery strategy targeting the cytoplasm of target cells to avoid side effects caused by off-target protein expression inhibition. This review focuses on the most recent advances in the targeted nano delivery systems of siRNAs and mRNA that have shown in vivo efficacy.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2904-2914 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Current Pharmaceutical Design |
Volume | 27 |
Issue number | 25 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 26 Aug 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research project was supported by a grant from the ?Research Center of the Female Scientific and Medical Colleges?, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Funding Information:
This research project was supported by a grant from the “Research Center of the Female Scientific and Medical Colleges”, Deanship of Scientific Research, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Bentham Science Publishers.
Keywords
- drug delivery system
- colitis
- RNA nanoparticles
- Pharmaceutical Science
- inflammation
- Therapeutic
- Nanoparticles
- Surface functionalization
- RNA interference
- Targeted delivery
- Inflammation
- Ulcerative colitis
- Intestinal Mucosa
- Humans
- RNA Interference
- Colitis, Ulcerative/drug therapy
- Quality of Life
- RNAi Therapeutics