Synthetic nanomaterials for spleen-specific mRNA delivery.

In recent years, mRNA vaccine has achieved increasing interest owing to its high potency, safety, ease of production, and low-cost manufacturing. Currently approved mRNA vaccines are administered intramuscularly to transfect local antigen-presenting cells (APCs) to initiate low to moderate immune responses. Spleen, the largest secondary lymphoid organ in the body which contains a large number of APCs close to B and T lymphocytes, could be the ideal site for effective initiation of an enhanced immune response.

Delivery of nucleic acids using nanomaterials.

The increasing number of approved nucleic acid therapeutics demonstrates the potential for the prevention and treatment of a broad spectrum of diseases. This trend underscores the significant impact and promise of nucleic acid-based treatments in the field of medicine. Nevertheless, employing nucleic acids as therapeutics is challenging due to their susceptibility to degradation by nucleases and their unfavorable physicochemical characteristics that hinder delivery into cells.

[Regulation of Mitochondria on Platelet Apoptosis and Activation].

Objective: To explore the regulation of mitochondria on platelet apoptosis and activation, and the relationship between platelet apoptosis and activation.

Methods: Platelets were isolated from peripheral venous blood of healthy volunteers. Cyclosporin A (CsA), which has a protective effect on the function of platelet mitochondria, BAPTA, which can chelate calcium ions across membranes in platelets, and NAC, an antioxidant that reduces the level of intracellular reactive oxygen species, were selected for coincubation with washed platelets, respectively.

Crystal structure of poly[(N,N-di-methyl-acetamide-κO)(μ4-5-methyl-isophthalato-κ(5) O:O,O':O'':O''')manganese(II)].

The title compound, poly[(N,N-di-methyl-acetamide-κO)(μ4-5-methyl-isophthalato-κ(5) O,O':O',O'':O'')manganese(II)], [Mn(C9H6O4)(C3H7NO)] n , was obtained from a mixture containing MnCl2·4H2O and 5-methyl-isophthalic acid in N,N-di-methyl-acetamide solution. The Mn(2+) ion is coordinated by five O atoms from four bridging 5-methyl-isophthalate ligands and one O atom from one N,N-di-methyl-acetamide ligand, defining a considerably distorted coordination polyhedron with one very long Mn-O bond of 2.623 (2) Å.