Tunable delivery of siRNA from a biodegradable scaffold to promote angiogenesis in vivo.

Nelson, Christopher E; Kim, Arnold J; Adolph, Elizabeth J; Gupta, Mukesh K; Yu, Fang; Hocking, Kyle M; Davidson, Jeffrey M; Guelcher, Scott A et al. · Adv Mater · 2014

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

<b>A system has been engineered for temporally controlled delivery of siRNA from biodegradable tissue regenerative scaffolds.</b> Therapeutic application of this approach to silence prolyl hydroxylase domain 2 promoted expression of pro-angiogenic genes controlled by HIF1α and enhanced scaffold vascularization <i>in vivo</i>. This technology provides a new standard for efficient and controllable gene silencing to modulate host response within regenerative biomaterials.

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