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The loads in the NMOFs are locked by duplex nucleic acids that are composed of anchor nucleic acids linked to the NMOFs that are hybridized with the anti-thrombin aptamer. In the presence of thrombin, the duplex gating units are separated through the formation of thrombin\u2013aptamer complexes. The unlocking of the NMOFs releases the drug (or the drug model). The release of the drug is controlled by the concentration of thrombin. The Apixaban-loaded NMOFs revealed improved inhibition, as compared to free Apixaban, toward blood clot formation. This is reflected by their longer time intervals for inducing clot formation and the decreased doses of the drug required to affect clots formation. The beneficial effects of the Apixaban-loaded NMOFs are attributed to the slow-release mechanism induced by the NMOFs carriers, where the inhibition of factor Xa in the blood clotting cycle retards the formation of thrombin, which slows down the release of the drug.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s19235260","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,29]],"date-time":"2019-11-29T10:58:21Z","timestamp":1575025101000},"page":"5260","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["Thrombin Aptamer-Modified Metal\u2013Organic Framework Nanoparticles: Functional Nanostructures for Sensing Thrombin and the Triggered Controlled Release of Anti-Blood Clotting Drugs"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Wei-Hai","family":"Chen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8684-7039","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ola","family":"Karmi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Bilha","family":"Willner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rachel","family":"Nechushtai","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Life Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Itamar","family":"Willner","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1315","DOI":"10.1039\/b802258p","article-title":"Postsynthetic modification of metal-organic frameworks","volume":"38","author":"Wang","year":"2009","journal-title":"Chem. 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