Nucleic acid aptamer and its research progress in glioma

Nucleic acid aptamer is an oligonucleotide generated by the systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment (SELEX) process from oligonucleotide library. Nucleic acid aptamer can bind to various targets with high specificity and can recognize or inhibit the biological activity of targeting molecular. Glioma-specific aptamers are developed by either targeting the glioma cells or known biomarkers, which can be coupled with nanoparticles, drugs or molecular probes, and can be applied in the imaging, targeted therapy and drug delivery of glioma. Key words: Glioma; Aptamers, nucleotide