Open Access
Open access
Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids, volume 21, pages 192-204

Aptamers Against Live Targets: Is In Vivo SELEX Finally Coming to the Edge?

Mayte Sola 1
Ashwathi Puravankara Menon 1
B. Moreno 1
Daniel Meraviglia Crivelli 1
Mario M. Soldevilla 1
Fernando Cartón Garcia 1
Fernando Pastor 1
1
 
Molecular Therapeutics Program, Center for Applied Medical Research, CIMA, University of Navarra, Pamplona 31008, Spain
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2020-09-01
Quartile SCImago
Q1
Quartile WOS
Q1
Impact factor8.8
ISSN21622531, 21622531
Drug Discovery
Molecular Medicine
Abstract
Targeted therapeutics underwent a revolution with the entry of monoclonal antibodies in the medical toolkit. Oligonucleotide aptamers form another family of target agents that have been lagging behind in reaching the clinical arena in spite of their potential clinical translation. Some of the reasons for this might be related to the challenge in identifying aptamers with optimal in vivo specificity, and the nature of their pharmacokinetics. Aptamers usually show exquisite specificity, but they are also molecules that display dynamic structures subject to changing environments. Temperature, ion atmosphere, pH, and other variables are factors that could determine the affinity and specificity of aptamers. Thus, it is important to tune the aptamer selection process to the conditions in which you want your final aptamer to function; ideally, for in vivo applications, aptamers should be selected in an in vivo-like system or, ultimately, in a whole in vivo organism. In this review we recapitulate the implementations in systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) to obtain aptamers with the best in vivo activity.

Top-30

Citations by journals

1
2
3
Cancers
3 publications, 3.95%
Molecules
3 publications, 3.95%
International Journal of Molecular Sciences
3 publications, 3.95%
ACS Nano
3 publications, 3.95%
Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
3 publications, 3.95%
Scientific Reports
2 publications, 2.63%
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
2 publications, 2.63%
Talanta
2 publications, 2.63%
Pharmacology and Therapeutics
2 publications, 2.63%
ACS Pharmacology & Translational Science
2 publications, 2.63%
Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology
2 publications, 2.63%
Frontiers in Immunology
1 publication, 1.32%
Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
1 publication, 1.32%
Bioengineering
1 publication, 1.32%
Sensors
1 publication, 1.32%
Biomedicines
1 publication, 1.32%
Chemosensors
1 publication, 1.32%
Pharmaceuticals
1 publication, 1.32%
Biosensors
1 publication, 1.32%
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
1 publication, 1.32%
Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
1 publication, 1.32%
Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
1 publication, 1.32%
Pharmaceutics
1 publication, 1.32%
Nano-Micro Letters
1 publication, 1.32%
Analytica Chimica Acta
1 publication, 1.32%
PLoS Computational Biology
1 publication, 1.32%
Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical
1 publication, 1.32%
Sensors and Actuators Reports
1 publication, 1.32%
Biomaterials Research
1 publication, 1.32%
1
2
3

Citations by publishers

2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
16 publications, 21.05%
Elsevier
15 publications, 19.74%
Springer Nature
6 publications, 7.89%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
6 publications, 7.89%
Wiley
5 publications, 6.58%
Frontiers Media S.A.
4 publications, 5.26%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3 publications, 3.95%
Taylor & Francis
3 publications, 3.95%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
2 publications, 2.63%
Open Exploration Publishing
2 publications, 2.63%
American Scientific Publishers
1 publication, 1.32%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
1 publication, 1.32%
American Society for Microbiology
1 publication, 1.32%
IntechOpen
1 publication, 1.32%
eLife Sciences Publications
1 publication, 1.32%
Future Medicine
1 publication, 1.32%
Thieme
1 publication, 1.32%
Bentham Science
1 publication, 1.32%
Autonomous Non-profit Organization Editorial Board of the journal Uspekhi Khimii
1 publication, 1.32%
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
  • We do not take into account publications without a DOI.
  • Statistics recalculated only for publications connected to researchers, organizations and labs registered on the platform.
  • Statistics recalculated weekly.

Are you a researcher?

Create a profile to get free access to personal recommendations for colleagues and new articles.
Metrics
Share
Cite this
GOST |
Cite this
GOST Copy
Sola M. et al. Aptamers Against Live Targets: Is In Vivo SELEX Finally Coming to the Edge? // Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids. 2020. Vol. 21. pp. 192-204.
GOST all authors (up to 50) Copy
Sola M., Menon A. P., Moreno B., Meraviglia Crivelli D., Soldevilla M. M., Cartón Garcia F., Pastor F. Aptamers Against Live Targets: Is In Vivo SELEX Finally Coming to the Edge? // Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids. 2020. Vol. 21. pp. 192-204.
RIS |
Cite this
RIS Copy
TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1016/j.omtn.2020.05.025
UR - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2020.05.025
TI - Aptamers Against Live Targets: Is In Vivo SELEX Finally Coming to the Edge?
T2 - Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids
AU - Sola, Mayte
AU - Menon, Ashwathi Puravankara
AU - Moreno, B.
AU - Meraviglia Crivelli, Daniel
AU - Soldevilla, Mario M.
AU - Cartón Garcia, Fernando
AU - Pastor, Fernando
PY - 2020
DA - 2020/09/01 00:00:00
PB - Elsevier
SP - 192-204
VL - 21
SN - 2162-2531
SN - 2162-2531
ER -
BibTex
Cite this
BibTex Copy
@article{2020_Sola,
author = {Mayte Sola and Ashwathi Puravankara Menon and B. Moreno and Daniel Meraviglia Crivelli and Mario M. Soldevilla and Fernando Cartón Garcia and Fernando Pastor},
title = {Aptamers Against Live Targets: Is In Vivo SELEX Finally Coming to the Edge?},
journal = {Molecular Therapy - Nucleic Acids},
year = {2020},
volume = {21},
publisher = {Elsevier},
month = {sep},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omtn.2020.05.025},
pages = {192--204},
doi = {10.1016/j.omtn.2020.05.025}
}
Found error?