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ArticlePharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Selective Delivery to Cardiac Muscle Cells Using Cell-Specific Aptamers.

Styliana Philippou, Nikolaos P Mastroyiannopoulos, Marios Tomazou, Anastasios Oulas, Matthew Ackers-Johnson, Roger S Foo, George M Spyrou, Leonidas A Phylactou

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Article in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Advantages, applications, and future directions ofMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2025
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  3. Identification of In Vivo Internalizing Cardiac-Specific RNA Aptamers.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Styliana PhilippouDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Function & Therapy, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus.
Nikolaos P MastroyiannopoulosDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Function & Therapy, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus.
Marios TomazouDepartment of Bioinformatics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-0836-5579
Anastasios OulasDepartment of Bioinformatics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus.
Matthew Ackers-JohnsonCardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
Roger S FooCardiovascular Research Institute, Centre for Translational Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117599, Singapore.
George M SpyrouDepartment of Bioinformatics, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus.ORCID 0000-0002-2470-3363
Leonidas A PhylactouDepartment of Molecular Genetics, Function & Therapy, The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics, Nicosia 2371, Cyprus.
Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics · CYNational University of Singapore · SG

Funding

A.G. Leventis Foundation n/aEuropean COST ACTION 17103 (via an ITC conference Grant) n/aThe Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics (consumables grant) n/a
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In vivo SELEX is an advanced adaptation of Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment (SELEX) that allows the development of aptamers capable of recognizing targets directly within their natural microenvironment. While this methodology ensures a higher translation potential for the selected aptamer, it does not select for aptamers that recognize specific cell types within a tissue. Such aptamers could potentially improve the development of drugs for several diseases, including neuromuscular disorders, by targeting solely the proteins involved in their pathogenesis. Here, we describe our attempt to utilize in vivo SELEX with a modification in the methodology that drives the selection of intravenously injected aptamers towards a specific cell type of interest. Our data suggest that the incorporation of a cell enrichment step can direct the in vivo localization of RNA aptamers into cardiomyocytes, the cardiac muscle cells, more readily over other cardiac cells. Given the crucial role of cardiomyocytes in the disease pathology in DMD cardiomyopathy and therapy, these aptamers hold great potential as drug delivery vehicles with cardiomyocyte selectivity.

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aptamercardiomyocytesdeliveryheartmuscular dystrophySELEX

Identifiers

PMID37765072
PMCPMC10534653
OpenAlexW4386484382

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