Zhe Zhang's research while affiliated with State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics of China and other places

Publications (8)

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Issues surrounding rapid degradation and limited therapeutic efficacy still exist in the development of native antisense oligonucleotides (ASONs). In this paper, a novel strategy of chimeric 4A2-5-ASON prodrug combined with chemotherapy for oncotherapy was proposed. The self-assembled hairpin-end prodrug structure provided a DOX loading site, while...
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Antisense oligonucleotides (ASONs) have proven potential for the treatment of various diseases. However, their limited bioavailability restricts their clinical application. New structures with improved enzyme resistance stability and efficient drug delivery are needed. In this work, we propose a novel category of ASONs bearing anisamide conjugation...
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Antisense oligonucleotides (ASONs) have proven potential for the treatment of various diseases. However, their limited bioavailability restricts their clinical application. New structures with improved enzyme resistance stability and efficient drug delivery are needed. In this work, we propose a novel category of ASONs bearing anisamide conjugation...
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Antisense oligonucleotides (ASONs) have generated widespread interest as antitumor agents. Nevertheless, the utility of natural ASONs is limited due to their rapid degradation by intracellular and extracellular nucleases. In this work, we proposed a novel prodrug-type ASON with a dumbbell conformation and a responsive disulfide switch. A degradatio...
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The potential therapeutic and diagnostic applications of oligonucleotides have attracted great attention. However, natural antisense oligonucleotides (ASONs) are susceptible to degradation by intracellular and extracellular nucleases. In this study, we developed a new class of prodrug-type ASONs, which typically bear the hairpin-end conformation wi...

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... To further confirm the antitumor effect of T6, the apoptosis of tumor cells was measured. Cell apoptosis was analyzed using our previously reported method [16]. Briefly, prepared ASONs were incubated with MCF-7 cells for 24 h. ...
... ASO-based therapy has been successfully used for human viral diseases [166,167]; in general, ASOs are single-stranded DNA sequences of~20 nucleotides in length that bind to complementary RNA via Watson-Crick base pairing [168][169][170]. ASOs can modify RNA functions through mechanisms that depend on their chemical structure and modifications [170,171]. ...