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Suzie Hwang Pun

Washington Research Foundation Professor of Bioengineering, University of Washington
Verified email at uw.edu
Cited by 17131

Single-cell profiling of the developing mouse brain and spinal cord with split-pool barcoding

…, DJ Peeler, S Mukherjee, W Chen, SH Pun… - Science, 2018 - science.org
To facilitate scalable profiling of single cells, we developed split-pool ligation-based transcriptome
sequencing (SPLiT-seq), a single-cell RNA-seq (scRNA-seq) method that labels the …

Progress in tumor-associated macrophage (TAM)-targeted therapeutics

C Ngambenjawong, HH Gustafson, SH Pun - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
As an essential innate immune population for maintaining body homeostasis and warding
off foreign pathogens, macrophages display high plasticity and perform diverse supportive …

Transferrin-containing, cyclodextrin polymer-based particles for tumor-targeted gene delivery

NC Bellocq, SH Pun, GS Jensen… - Bioconjugate …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Transferrin is a well-studied ligand for tumor targeting due to upregulation of transferrin
receptors in numerous cancer cell types. Here, we report the development of a transferrin-…

Cyclodextrin-modified polyethylenimine polymers for gene delivery

SH Pun, NC Bellocq, A Liu, G Jensen… - Bioconjugate …, 2004 - ACS Publications
Linear and branched poly(ethylenimines), lPEI and bPEI, respectively, grafted with β-cyclodextrin
are prepared to give CD−lPEI and CD−bPEI, respectively, and are investigated as in …

Increased nanoparticle penetration in collagenase-treated multicellular spheroids

TT Goodman, PL Olive, SH Pun - International journal of …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
The extracellular matrix of solid tumors presents a transport barrier that restricts nanoparticle
penetration, thereby limiting the efficacy of nanosized delivery vehicles for cancer imaging …

Drug delivery to the central nervous system

E Nance, SH Pun, R Saigal, DL Sellers - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
Despite the rising global incidence of central nervous system (CNS) disorders, CNS drug
development remains challenging, with high costs, long pathways to clinical use and high …

Targeted delivery of proapoptotic peptides to tumor-associated macrophages improves survival

…, A Lieber, EW Raines, SH Pun - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Most current cancer therapies focus on killing malignant cells, but these cells are often genetically
unstable and can become resistant to chemotherapy. Tumor-associated macrophages …

Gold nanoparticles as a versatile platform for optimizing physicochemical parameters for targeted drug delivery

…, TT Goodman, AP Massey, SH Pun - Macromolecular …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The development of targeted vehicles for systemic drug delivery relies on optimizing both the
cell‐targeting ligand and the physicochemical characteristics of the nanoparticle carrier. A …

Extracellular Barriers to in Vivo PEI and PEGylated PEI Polyplex-Mediated Gene Delivery to the Liver

RS Burke, SH Pun - Bioconjugate chemistry, 2008 - ACS Publications
Polyplex-mediated gene therapy is a promising alternative to viral gene therapy. One challenge
to these synthetic carriers is reduced transfection efficiencies in vivo compared to those …

Evolution of a designed protein assembly encapsulating its own RNA genome

…, S Ke, GH Lenz, A Yehdego, R Ravichandran, SH Pun… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
The challenges of evolution in a complex biochemical environment, coupling genotype to
phenotype and protecting the genetic material, are solved elegantly in biological systems by …