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ArticleNano letters2021

Photoresponsive miR-34a/Nanoshell Conjugates Enable Light-Triggered Gene Regulation to Impair the Function of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells.

Megan N Dang, Carolina Gomez Casas, Emily S Day

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Article in Nano letters, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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13citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. [Expression and regulatory mechanism of miR-34a in neonatal rat model of bron-chopulmonary dysplasia induced by hyperoxia].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Megan N DangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4222-3355
Carolina Gomez CasasDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-7548-2978
Emily S DayDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8707-826X
University of Delaware · US

Funding

Predictive Modeling & Optimal Control Framework for Model-Based Epidemic Response in DelawareP20GM103446 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI MELINDA K DUNCAN · 2012 to 2026
$67.2M
Chemistry-Biology Interface Predoctoral Training Grant 2024-2029T32GM133395 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI Catherine Leimkuhler Grimes · 2019 to 2026
$3.7M
Maximizing the delivery and efficacy of miRNA therapeutics through nanocarrier designR35GM119659 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI DAY, EMILY S · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103446NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM119659NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM133395
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive disease that requires new interventions. A promising approach to improve patient prognosis is to introduce tumor suppressive miR-34a into TNBC cells. Unfortunately, naked miR-34a is not effective therapeutically because it is degraded by nucleases and cannot passively enter cells. Nanocarriers designed to increase miR-34a stability and cellular entry have lacked specificity and potency. To overcome these limitations, we conjugated miR-34a to photoresponsive gold nanoshells (NS), which can release tethered miR-34a upon excitation with continuous wave (CW) or nanosecond (ns) pulsed near-infrared light to facilitate on-demand gene regulation. We demonstrate that miR-34a/NS can regulate downstream miR-34a targets following irradiation to reduce TNBC cell viability, proliferation, and migration. Further, we show ns pulsed light releases miRNA more effectively than CW light, and that released miR-34a is as potent as transfected miR-34a. These findings signify miR-34a/NS as promising tools for precisely controlled gene regulation of TNBC.

Indexed as

MicroRNAsNanoshellsTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsCell Line, TumorCell ProliferationGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansPrognosisMicroRNAsmicroRNAnanomedicinenanoparticlesnear-infrared laserphototherapyRNA interference

Identifiers

PMID33306406
PMCPMC7855941
OpenAlexW3113041522

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