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Concise Review: Application of Chemically Modified mRNA in Cell Fate Conversion and Tissue Engineering.

ABSTRACT: Chemically modified RNA (cmRNA) has potential as a safe and efficient tool for nucleic acid-based therapies and regenerative medicine. Modifications in the chemistry of mRNA can enhance stability, reduce immunogenicity, and thus facilitate mRNA-based nucleic acid therapy, which eliminates risk of insertional mutagenesis. In addition to these valuable advantages, the mRNA-based method showed significantly higher efficacy for reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotency compared with DNA- or protein-based methods. These findings suggest cmRNA can provide a powerful and safe tool for cell programming and reprogramming. Delivery methods, particularly using lipid nanoparticles, provide strategies for cell and organ-specific targeting. The present study comprehensively compares studies that have used cmRNAs for cell fate conversion and tissue engineering. The information should be useful for investigators looking to choose the most efficient and straightforward cmRNA-based strategy and protocol for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine research. Stem Cells Translational Medicine 2019;8:833&843.

SUBMITTER: Badieyan ZS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6646692 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Concise Review: Application of Chemically Modified mRNA in Cell Fate Conversion and Tissue Engineering.

Badieyan Zohreh Sadat ZS Evans Todd T

Stem cells translational medicine 20190319 8

Chemically modified RNA (cmRNA) has potential as a safe and efficient tool for nucleic acid-based therapies and regenerative medicine. Modifications in the chemistry of mRNA can enhance stability, reduce immunogenicity, and thus facilitate mRNA-based nucleic acid therapy, which eliminates risk of insertional mutagenesis. In addition to these valuable advantages, the mRNA-based method showed significantly higher efficacy for reprogramming somatic cells to pluripotency compared with DNA- or protei ...[more]

PMID: 30891922

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Concise Review: Application of Chemically Modified mRNA in Cell Fate Conversion and Tissue Engineering.

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Concise Review: Application of Chemically Modified mRNA in Cell Fate Conversion and Tissue Engineering.

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