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Chiral Peptide Nucleic Acids with a Substituent in the N-(2-Aminoethy)glycine Backbone

Molecules, 2012
A peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a synthetic nucleic acid mimic in which the sugar-phosphate backbone is replaced by a peptide backbone. PNAs hybridize to complementary DNA and RNA with higher affinity and superior sequence selectivity compared to DNA ...
Atsushi Kittaka, Toru Sugiyama
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Plecstatin inhibits hepatocellular carcinoma tumorigenesis and invasion through cytolinker plectin

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
The ruthenium‐based metallodrug plecstatin exerts its anticancer effect in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) primarily through selective targeting of plectin. By disrupting plectin‐mediated cytoskeletal organization, plecstatin inhibits anchorage‐dependent growth, cell polarization, and tumor cell dissemination.
Zuzana Outla, Jan Kosla, Magdalena Prechova, Lukas Frick, Patricia Bortel, Yasmin Borutzki, Andrea Bileck, Christopher Gerner, Samuel M. Meier‐Menches, Selma Osmanagic‐Myers, Martin Gregor   +10 more
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Synthesis and Biological Properties of Caffeic Acid-PNA Dimers Containing Guanine

Molecules, 2013
Caffeic acid (CA; 3,4-dihydroxycinnamic acid) is endowed with high antioxidant activity. CA derivatives (such as amides) have gained a lot of attention due to their antioxidative, antitumor and antimicrobial properties as well as stable characteristics ...
Antonio Fiorentino, Luigi Russo, Brigida D'Abrosca, Valeria Severino, Severina Pacifico, Gaetano Malgieri, Maria Gaglione, Anna Messere   +7 more
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Therapeutic strategies for MMAE‐resistant bladder cancer through DPP4 inhibition

Molecular Oncology, EarlyView.
We established monomethyl auristatin E (MMAE)‐resistant bladder cancer (BC) cell lines by exposure to progressively increasing concentrations of MMAE in vitro. RNA sequencing showed DPP4 expression was increased in MMAE‐resistant BC cells. Both si‐DPP4 and the DPP4 inhibitor sitagliptin suppressed the viability of MMAE‐resistant BC cells.
Gang Li, Shuichi Tatarano, Hirofumi Yoshino, Saeki Saito, Mitsuhiko Tominaga, Junya Arima, Ikumi Fukuda, Takashi Sakaguchi, Ryosuke Matsushita, Yasutoshi Yamada, Hideki Enokida   +10 more
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Differences and Similarities in Protein and Nucleic Acid Structures and Their Biological Interactions

Current Issues in Molecular Biology
Protein and nucleic acid play central roles in biology and pharmaceuticals. Both share a similar architecture made of a backbone and side chains. Protein has a peptide backbone and various side chains, whereas nucleic acid has a phosphate backbone and ...
Tsutomu Arakawa, Taiji Oyama, Tomoto Ura, Suguru Nishinami, Kentaro Shiraki, Teruo Akuta   +5 more
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Peptides for nucleic acid delivery

Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews, 2016
Nucleic acids and their synthetic oligonucleotide (ON) analogs are a group of gene therapeutic compounds which hold enormous clinical potential. Despite their undoubted potential, clinical translation of these molecules, however, has been largely held back by their limited bioavailability in the target tissues/cells.
Lehto, T, Ezzat, K, Wood, M, El Andaloussi, S   +3 more
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Dapagliflozin prevents methylglyoxal‐induced retinal cell death in ARPE‐19 cells

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Diabetic macular oedema is a diabetes complication of the eye, which may lead to permanent blindness. ARPE‐19 are human retinal cells used to study retinal diseases and potential therapeutics. Methylglyoxal is a compound increased in uncontrolled diabetes due to elevated blood glucose.
Naina Trivedi, Zainab Quraishi, Shima Khezri Azizi Far, Madaleine Ward, Aidan Conway, Reem Abdulredha, Eman Mshari, Yousif A. Shamsaldeen   +7 more
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Smart, Bio‐Inspired Polymers and Bio‐Based Molecules Modified by Zwitterionic Motifs to Design Next‐Generation Materials for Medical Applications

Advanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Bio‐based and (semi‐)synthetic zwitterion‐modified novel materials and fully synthetic next‐generation alternatives show the importance of material design for different biomedical applications. The zwitterionic character affects the physiochemical behavior of the material and deepens the understanding of chemical interaction mechanisms within the ...
Theresa M. Lutz, Jonas De Breuck, Sahar Salehi, Meike N. Leiske   +3 more
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Targeting Multidrug-resistant Staphylococci with an anti-rpoA Peptide Nucleic Acid Conjugated to the HIV-1 TAT Cell Penetrating Peptide

Molecular Therapy: Nucleic Acids, 2016
Staphylococcus aureus infections present a serious challenge to healthcare practitioners due to the emergence of resistance to numerous conventional antibiotics.
Mostafa FN Abushahba, Haroon Mohammad, Mohamed N Seleem   +2 more
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Peptide Nucleic Acid

Acta Informatica Medica, 2011
Peptide nucleic acid (PNA) is a nucleic acid analog in which the sugar phosphate backbone of natural nucleic acid has been replaced by a synthetic peptide backbone usually formed from N-(2-amino-ethyl)-glycine units. It is chemically stable and resistant to hydrolytic enzyme cleavage and thus not expected to be degraded inside a living cell.
Chinmoy Mishra, Lipismita Samal
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