Tailor-made molecular imprints for biological event intervention.

Molecular imprints, which are crosslinked architectures containing specific molecular recognition cavities for targeting compounds, have recently transitioned from in vitro diagnosis to in vivo treatment. In current application scenarios, it has become an important topic to create new biomolecular recognition pathways through molecular imprinting, thereby inhibiting the pathogenesis and regulating the development of diseases. This review starts with a pathological analysis, mainly focusing on the corresponding artificial enzymes, enzyme inhibitors and antibody mimics with enhanced functions that are created by molecular imprinting strategies. Recent advances are highlighted in the use of molecular imprints as tailor-made nanomedicines for the prevention of three major diseases: metabolic syndrome, cancer, and bacterial/viral infections. Copyright © 2024 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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Fan Ding, Yue Ma, Wensi Fan, Jingjing Xu, Guoqing Pan. Tailor-made molecular imprints for biological event intervention. Trends in biotechnology. 2024 Sep;42(9):1097-1111

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PMID: 38604879

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