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ReviewBiomaterials research2021

Design and clinical developments of aptamer-drug conjugates for targeted cancer therapy.

Do-Hun Kim, Jin-Myung Seo, Kyung-Ju Shin, Su-Geun Yang

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Review in Biomaterials research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Advances in Aptamer Drug Delivery Systems for Treatment of Glioblastoma.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Predicting Single-Stranded DNA Oligonucleotides 3D Structures: An Open Issue.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026
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  8. Exosome-Based Therapies in Dermatology.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025
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  12. Protocol for Testing the Effects of ssDNA Aptamer in HeLa and MCF-7.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2025
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  20. Current RNA strategies in treating cardiovascular diseases.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Do-Hun Kim *Department of Biomedical Science, BK21 FOUR Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, 22212, South Korea.
Jin-Myung Seo *Department of Biomedical Science, BK21 FOUR Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, 22212, South Korea.
Kyung-Ju ShinDepartment of Biomedical Science, BK21 FOUR Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, 22212, South Korea.
Su-Geun YangDepartment of Biomedical Science, BK21 FOUR Program in Biomedical Science and Engineering, Inha University College of Medicine, Incheon, 22212, South Korea. sugeun.yang@inha.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5278-8723

Funding

National Research Foundation of Korea 2018R1A6A1A03025523National Research Foundation of Korea 2019M3E5D1A02069623National Research Foundation of Korea 2020R1A2B5B02002377
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAptamer has been called "chemical antibody" which displays the specific affinity to target molecules compared to that of antibodies and possesses several therapeutic advantages over antibodies in terms of size, accessibility to synthesis, and modification. Based on the attractive properties, aptamers have been interested in many directions and now are emerged as new target-designed cancer drug. MAIN BODY: Currently, new types of aptamers have been reported and attracted many scientists' interesting. Due to simplicity of chemical modification and ready-made molecular engineering, scientists have developed newly designed aptamers conjugated with a wide range of therapeutics, aptamer-drug conjugates; ApDCs, from chemotherapy to phototherapy, gene therapy, and vaccines. ApDCs display synergistic therapeutic effects in cancer treatment.

conclusionIn this paper, we reviewed various kinds of ApDCs, i.e., ApDC nucleotide analogs, ApDC by drug intercalation, and ApDC by using chemical linker. Current data prove these ApDCs have sufficient potential to complete clinical development soon. Advanced technology of cancer drug delivery and combination treatment of cancers enables aptamer and conjugated drug (ApDCs) efficient means for targeted cancer treatment that reduces potential toxicity and increases therapeutic efficacy.

Indexed as

Aptamer drug conjugates (ApDCs)AptamersCancer therapyTargeted treatment

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PMID34823601
PMCPMC8613924

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