Hongzhang Deng

Dr. Hongzhang Deng

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Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

9Years (2018-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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19 February 2020 in Nano Letters
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Hongzhang DengHongzhang Deng
Hongzhang Deng
ZZZijian Zhou
Zijian Zhou
WYWeijing Yang
Weijing Yang
LLLi-Sen Lin
Li-Sen Lin
SWSheng Wang
Sheng Wang
XCXiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen

26 December 2019 in ACS Nano
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WYWeijing Yang
Weijing Yang
Fuwu ZhangFuwu Zhang
Fuwu Zhang
Hongzhang DengHongzhang Deng
Hongzhang Deng
LLLisen Lin
Lisen Lin
SWSheng Wang
Sheng Wang
XCXiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen

21 August 2020 in Journal of the American Chemical Society
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LLLisen Lin
Lisen Lin
SWSheng Wang
Sheng Wang
Hongzhang DengHongzhang Deng
Hongzhang Deng
WYWeijing Yang
Weijing Yang
LRLang Rao
Lang Rao
XCXiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen

1 January 2022 in Journal of Controlled Release
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CZCaiyan Zhao
Caiyan Zhao
XPXiaoyu Pang
Xiaoyu Pang
ZYZuo Yang
Zuo Yang
SWSheng Wang
Sheng Wang
Hongzhang DengHongzhang Deng
Hongzhang Deng
XCXiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen

11 December 2023 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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CWChangrong Wang
Changrong Wang
CZCaiyan Zhao
Caiyan Zhao
WWWeipeng Wang
Weipeng Wang
XLXiaoqing Liu
Xiaoqing Liu
Hongzhang DengHongzhang Deng
Hongzhang Deng
Although the tremendous progress has been made for mRNA delivery based on classical cationic carriers, the excess cationic charge density of lipids was necessary to compress mRNA through electrostatic interaction, and with it comes inevitably adverse events including the highly inflammatory and cytotoxic effects. How to develop the disruptive technologies to overcome cationic nature of lipids remains a major challenge for safe and efficient mRNA delivery. Here, we prepared noncationic thiourea lipids nanoparticles (NC-TNP) to compress mRNA by strong hydrogen bonds interaction between thiourea groups of NC-TNP and the phosphate groups of mRNA, abandoning the hidebound and traditional electrostatic force to construct mRNA-cationic lipids formulation. NC-TNP was a delivery system for mRNA with simple, convenient, and repeatable preparation technology and showed negligible inflammatory and cytotoxicity side effects. Furthermore, we found that NC-TNP could escape the recycling pathway to inhibit the egress of internalized nanoparticles from the intracellular compartment to the extracellular milieu which was a common fact in mRNA-LNP (lipid nanoparticles) formulation. Therefore, NC-TNP-encapsulated mRNA showed higher gene transfection efficiency in vitro and in vivo than mRNA-LNP formulation. Unexpectedly, NC-TNP showed spleen targeting delivery ability with higher accumulation ratio (spleen/liver), compared with traditional LNP. Spleen-targeting NC-TNP with mRNA exhibited high mRNA-encoded antigen expression in spleen and elicited robust immune responses. Overall, our work establishes a proof of concept for the construction of a noncationic system for mRNA delivery with good inflammatory safety profiles, high gene transfection efficiency, and spleen-targeting delivery to induce permanent and robust humoral and cell-mediated immunity for disease treatments.

16 December 2022 in Advanced Materials
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PHPei Huang
Pei Huang
LJLingsheng Jiang
Lingsheng Jiang
HPHui Pan
Hui Pan
LDLingwen Ding
Lingwen Ding
BZBo Zhou
Bo Zhou
XCXiaoyuan Chen
Xiaoyuan Chen