Multifunctional cationic nanosystems for nucleic acid therapy of thoracic aortic dissection

Thoracic aortic dissection has a high fatality rate and no effective treatment. Here, the authors develop cationic nanoparticles for the delivery of miR-145 and show that they stabilize vascular structures and prevent further deterioration of the aorta in mouse models of the disease.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chen Xu, Yanzhenzi Zhang, Ke Xu, Jing-Jun Nie, Bingran Yu, Sijin Li, Gang Cheng, Yulin Li, Jie Du, Fu-Jian Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11068-1