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Ting Zhao1, Hongping Ju2, Zihao Chen3
1Department of Clinical Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University Kunming, Yunnan, PR China.
Abstract:
Glioma is the most common malignant tumor in the central nervous system. Currently, common clinical treatments for glioma include surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy, among which the combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy has attracted wide attention. However, the ability of chemotherapeutic agents and immune checkpoint blockers to reach gliomas is limited due to the existence of blood brain/tumor barrier (BBB/BTB). RNA interference (RNAi) technology enables specific silencing of target genes associated with cancer therapy, so it has been used as an emerging potential cancer treatment strategy. However, Small interference RNA (siRNA) is easily degraded by serum endonuclease, which can be quickly filtered and cleared by the glomerulus. Therefore, design and construction of safe and effective delivery systems is conducive to improving the stability of siRNA and the efficiency of gene silencing. This review focuses on the research progress of nano delivery system based on RNA interference for glioma treatment.
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