IMR Press / FBS / Volume 11 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.2741/S526

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Review
Delivery of siRNA therapeutics: PLGA nanoparticles approach
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1 Department of Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon Zouk Mikael
Send correspondence to: Rita Maalouf, Department of Sciences, Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences, Notre Dame University - Louaize, Zouk Mosbeh, Lebanon P.O.Box: 72, Zouk Mikael, Tel: 961-9 208745, Fax: 961-9 218771, E-mail: rita.maalouf@ndu.edu.lb
Front. Biosci. (Schol Ed) 2019, 11(1), 56–74; https://doi.org/10.2741/S526
Published: 1 March 2019
Abstract

RNA interference is currently one of the most advanced genomic tools providing promising insight to manage countless pathophysiological conditions that seemed unapproachable few years ago. Researchers across the globe have devised numerous methods in which small RNA molecules can be administered into target cells to manipulate cellular functions at the molecular level and eradicate defects that lead to pronounced phenotypes, which might sometimes be as fatal as malignant tumors. The present review provides an overview of the non-viral delivery approaches for siRNA therapeutics with an emphasis on the PLGA polymeric strategy and its use in different biological applications. Due to its versatile surface, PLGA is not only used in tissue engineering such as remodeling of bone and cartilage, but it indeed plays a crucial role as chemical carrier for a broad range of therapeutic agents. It is greatly implicated in gene therapies and inherited genetic defects.

Keywords
RNA interference
siRNA
gene therapy
Non-Viral Delivery
PLGA nanoparticles
Review
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