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Controlled Release Technologies for RNAi Strategies in Regenerative Medicine

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The ultimate goal in siRNA formulation for regenerative application centers around a gradual and sustained local release of intact siRNA which is adapted to the physiological requirements of the specific tissue. Although various issues in optimizing the siRNA delivery systems in terms of safety and efficiency still need to be addressed, progress towards the potential translation of RNAi-based therapies to clinical use has been made. An increasing number of promising siRNA-based gene therapies is currently in, or advancing towards clinical trials. Looking back to a period of only 17 years since the discovery of RNAi (Fire A, Xu S, Montgomery MK, Kostas SA, Driver SE, Mello CC, Nature 391(6669):806–811. doi:10.1038/35888, 1998) and the introduction of siRNAs as the underlying principle of RNAi (Elbashir SM, Harborth J, Lendeckel W, Yalcin A, Weber K, Tuschl T, Nature 411(6836):494–498. doi:10.1038/35078107, 2001), it is likely that regenerative applications will be explored in clinical studies soon as well.

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Abbreviations

ACI:

autologous chondrocyte implantation

Ago:

argonaute protein

BCL2:

B-cell lymphoma 2

BMSCs:

bone marrow stromal cells

cbfa1:

core binding factor alpha1

CD:

cyclodextrin

Chi:

chitosan

Ckip-1:

casein kinase 2-interacting protein-1

CPP:

cell penetrating peptide

DOPE:

1,2-dioleoyl-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine

DOTAP:

1,2-dioleoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane

DOTMA:

1,2-di-O-octadecenyl-3-trimethylammonium propane

ECs:

endothelial cells

EEP:

ethyl ethylene phosphate

EPR:

enhanced permeability and retention

GNAS1:

guanine nucleotide-binding protein alpha-Stimulating activity polypeptide1

HA:

hyaluronic acid

hASCs:

human adipose stromal cells

HIF-1:

hypoxia-inducible factor1

HIV:

human immunodeficiency virus

hMSCs:

human mesenchymal stem cells

LbL:

layer by layer

LSD1:

lysine (K)-specific demethylase 1A

miRNA:

micro RNA

NP:

nanoparticles

PCL:

poly-ε-caprolactone

PEC:

polyelectrolyte complex

PEI:

polyethylenimine

PEG:

polyethylene glycol

PEMs:

polyelectrolyte multilayers

PHD2:

prolyl hydroxylase domain protein 2

PLGA:

poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid)

PLA:

poly(L-lactic acid)

PLK1:

tumor survival genes polo-like kinase 1

PSMA:

progressive spinal muscular atrophy

RANK:

receptor activator of NF-κB

RNA:

ribonucleic acid

RNAi:

RNA interference

RSV:

respiratory syncytial virus

sFIt-1:

soluble fms-like tyrosine kinase-1

shRNA:

short hairpin RNA

siRNA:

small interfering RNA

TCP:

β-tricalcium phosphate

TRIB2:

tribbles homolog 2

VEGF:

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor

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Sedaghati, B., Hoyer, J., Aigner, A., Hacker, M.C., Schulz-Siegmund, M. (2016). Controlled Release Technologies for RNAi Strategies in Regenerative Medicine. In: Steinhoff, G. (eds) Regenerative Medicine - from Protocol to Patient. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28274-9_8

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