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ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS
Volume 87, Issue -, Pages 35-45Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2015.04.005
Keywords
Oligonucleotide; Delivery; Endocytosis; Trafficking; Pharmacology; Therapeutics
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- NIH [RO1 CA151964]
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Oligonucleotides manifest much promise as potential therapeutic agents. However, understanding of how oligonucleotides function within living organisms is still rather limited. A major concern in this regard is the mechanisms of cellular uptake and intracellular trafficking of both 'free' oligonucleotides and oligonucleotides associated with various polymeric or nanocarrier delivery systems. Here we review basic aspects of the mechanisms of endocytosis and intracellular trafficking and how insights from these processes can be used to understand oligonucleotide delivery. In particular we discuss opportunities for escape of oligonucleotides from endomembrane compartments and describe recent studies using small molecules to enhance oligonucleotide effects. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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