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ArticleNature nanotechnology2025

Electromagnetic wireless remote control of mammalian transgene expression.

Zhihua Lin, Preetam Guha Ray, Jinbo Huang, Peter Buchmann, Martin Fussenegger

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Article in Nature nanotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. Remote-controlled genetics: A new frontier in precision therapy.Clinical and translational medicine · 2025
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  7. Electrochemistry as a Tool for Redox-Based Bio-Information Processing.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Zhihua LinDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8681-6729
Preetam Guha RayDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6646-4567
Jinbo HuangDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0902-6357
Peter BuchmannDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7207-1287
Martin FusseneggerDepartment of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Basel, Switzerland. fussenegger@bsse.ethz.ch.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8545-667X

Funding

EC | EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020 | H2020 Priority Excellent Science | H2020 European Research Council (H2020 Excellent Science - European Research Council) ElectroGene 785800Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (Swiss National Science Foundation) NCCR Molecular Systems Engineering
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Communication between wireless field receivers and biological sensors remains a key constraint in the development of wireless electronic devices for minimally invasive medical monitoring and biomedical applications involving gene and cell therapies. Here we describe a nanoparticle-cell interface that enables electromagnetic programming of wireless expression regulation (EMPOWER) of transgenes via the generation of cellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) at a biosafe level. Multiferroic nanoparticles coated with chitosan to improve biocompatibility generate ROS in the cytoplasm of cells in response to a low-frequency (1-kHz) magnetic field. Overexpressed ROS-responsive KEAP1/NRF2 biosensors detect the generated ROS which is rewired to synthetic ROS-responsive promoters to drive transgene expression. In a proof-of-concept study, subcutaneously implanted alginate-microencapsulated cells stably expressing an EMPOWER-controlled insulin expression system normalized blood-glucose levels in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes in response to a weak magnetic field.

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TransgenesWireless TechnologyAnimalsBiosensing TechniquesBlood GlucoseChitosanDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalDiabetes Mellitus, Type 1HumansInsulinMiceNanoparticlesNF-E2-Related Factor 2Reactive Oxygen SpeciesBlood GlucoseChitosanInsulinNF-E2-Related Factor 2Reactive Oxygen Species

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PMID40325210
PMCPMC12373504

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