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ArticleResearch in pharmaceutical sciences2019

Selection and characterization of single-stranded DNA aptamers against interleukin-5.

Mina Jamalvandi, Hossein Khanahmad, Shiva Irani, Sayad Bastaminezhad

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Article in Research in pharmaceutical sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0.3field-weighted citation impact, top 39% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mina JamalvandiDepartment of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Hossein KhanahmadDepartment of Genetics and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, I.R. Iran.
Shiva IraniDepartment of Biology, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Sayad BastaminezhadDepartment of Medicine and Genetics, School of Medicine, Ilam University of Medical Sciences, Ilam, I.R. Iran.
Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch · IRIsfahan University of Medical Sciences · IRMedical University of Ilam · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Asthma as a chronic inflammatory disorder is associated with many cytokines like interleukin-5 (IL-5) which plays essential role in eosinophil differentiation and maturation. Accordingly, blockage of IL-5 using mepalizumab has been considered as a promising therapeutic approach for asthma. Despite the monocolonal antibody advantages, some restrictions provided an acceptable background for alternative agents like aptamers which could replace with antibodies. In the current study, aptamer isolation against IL-5 molecule was intended, according to the valuable benefits of aptamers over antibodies. HEK-293T/IL-5 cell was constructed to select aptamer using cell-systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) method. Integration of the IL-5 fragment to genome of the HEK-293T was verified by polymerase chain reaction on the genomic DNA of the transfected cells. Moreover, IL-5 protein expression on the cell surface was confirmed using flow cytometry analysis. Then, cell SELEX was carried out in 12 rounds and isolated aptamers were evaluated by flow cytometry analysis. The selected clones were then sequenced and assessed for any possible secondary structure. The results of this study led to the selection of 19 different single-stranded DNA clones after 12 rounds of selection which were clustered to five groups based on common structural motifs. In conclusion, the findings revealed the isolation of IL-5-specific single-stranded DNA aptamers, which can further be substituted with mepolizumab.

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AptamerAsthmaCell-SELEXHEK-293TInterleukin-5

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PMID32038731
PMCPMC6937751
OpenAlexW2996554151

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