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. 2024 Jul 1;22:386. doi: 10.1186/s12951-024-02648-5

Fig. 24.

Fig. 24

Preparation of spherical nucleic acids (SNAs) conjugated with flare sequences: (A) Functionalization of Au nanoparticles (13 ± 1 nm) surface with propylthiol-terminated antisense DNA, hybridizing with short complementary fluorophore-labeled DNA (Flare). (B) Upon incubation of the prepared nano-conjugates (A) with complementary miRNA targets, RISC (miRISC) was loaded, and the fluorescence signal increased. (C) The DNA/LNA gapmer sequences (target and control) served as antisense strands (Note: The underlined bases are LNA), and the flare sequence was applied to form nanoflare conjugates. This figure was redrawn with permission from ref [162]