A new dual-affinity peptide nucleic acid for targeting miRNA-21 precursor rescues tumor repressor PTEN expression
Yun Lian, Anni Wang, Ruiyu Lin, Xin Ke, Xuan Zhan, Rongguang Lu, Tingli Qian, Arpita Ghosh, Alan Ann Lark Ong, Desiree‐Faye Kaixin Toh, Kiran M. Patil, Manchugondanahalli S. Krishna, Clément Dezanet, Jean‐Luc Décout, Souvik Maiti, , Gang Chen
This paper introduces a dual-affinity PNA (daPNA) platform that targets miR-21 precursor, inhibits Dicer activity, and rescues PTEN expression by blocking miR-21 maturation.
Cell Reports Physical Science · Nov 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMolecular Biology