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Yizhou Dong

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Verified email at mssm.edu
Cited by 10658

Therapeutic genome editing by combined viral and non-viral delivery of CRISPR system components in vivo

…, S Walsh, RL Bogorad, G Gao, Z Weng, Y Dong… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
The combination of Cas9, guide RNA and repair template DNA can induce precise gene
editing and the correction of genetic diseases in adult mammals. However, clinical …

Lipids and lipid derivatives for RNA delivery

…, C Sun, C Wang, KE Jankovic, Y Dong - Chemical reviews, 2021 - ACS Publications
RNA-based therapeutics have shown great promise in treating a broad spectrum of diseases
through various mechanisms including knockdown of pathological genes, expression of …

[HTML][HTML] Lipid nanoparticles for mRNA delivery

X Hou, T Zaks, R Langer, Y Dong - Nature Reviews Materials, 2021 - nature.com
Messenger RNA (mRNA) has emerged as a new category of therapeutic agent to prevent
and treat various diseases. To function in vivo, mRNA requires safe, effective and stable …

Functionalized lipid-like nanoparticles for in vivo mRNA delivery and base editing

…, M Singh, D Chen, DE Sabatino, Y Dong - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Messenger RNA (mRNA) therapeutics have been explored to treat various genetic disorders.
Lipid-derived nanomaterials are currently one of the most promising biomaterials that …

In vivo endothelial siRNA delivery using polymeric nanoparticles with low molecular weight

…, A Bader, RL Bogorad, H Yin, T Racie, Y Dong… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Dysfunctional endothelium contributes to more diseases than any other tissue in the body.
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) can help in the study and treatment of endothelial cells in …

Vitamin lipid nanoparticles enable adoptive macrophage transfer for the treatment of multidrug-resistant bacterial sepsis

…, DW McComb, S Du, C Zhang, W Li, Y Dong - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Sepsis, a condition caused by severe infections, affects more than 30 million people
worldwide every year and remains the leading cause of death in hospitals 1 , 2 . Moreover, …

Lipopeptide nanoparticles for potent and selective siRNA delivery in rodents and nonhuman primates

Y Dong, KT Love, JR Dorkin… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - National Acad Sciences
siRNA therapeutics have promise for the treatment of a wide range of genetic disorders.
Motivated by lipoproteins, we report lipopeptide nanoparticles as potent and selective siRNA …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-thermostable RNA nanoparticles for solubilizing and high-yield loading of paclitaxel for breast cancer therapy

…, S Li, S Hu, A Sparreboom, BM Evers, Y Dong… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Paclitaxel is widely used in cancer treatments, but poor water-solubility and toxicity raise
serious concerns. Here we report an RNA four-way junction nanoparticle with ultra-…

Strategies, design, and chemistry in siRNA delivery systems

Y Dong, DJ Siegwart, DG Anderson - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Emerging therapeutics that utilize RNA interference (RNAi) have the potential to treat broad
classes of diseases due to their ability to reversibly silence target genes. In August 2018, the …

Glucose-responsive microgels integrated with enzyme nanocapsules for closed-loop insulin delivery

…, TT Dang, M Ma, BC Tang, H Cheng, S Jiang, Y Dong… - ACS …, 2013 - ACS Publications
A glucose-responsive closed-loop insulin delivery system represents the ideal treatment of
type 1 diabetes mellitus. In this study, we develop uniform injectable microgels for controlled …