Designing effective antisense oligonucleotides for exon skipping

T Shimo, R Maruyama, T Yokota - Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy …, 2018 - Springer
During the past 10 years, antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping and splice
modulation have proven to be powerful tools for correction of mRNA splicing in genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Skipping multiple exons to treat DMD—promises and challenges

T Aslesh, R Maruyama, T Yokota - Biomedicines, 2018 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal disorder caused by mutations in the DMD
gene. Antisense-mediated exon-skipping is a promising therapeutic strategy that makes use …

Tips to design effective splice-switching antisense oligonucleotides for exon skipping and exon inclusion

R Maruyama, T Yokota - Exon Skipping and Inclusion Therapies: Methods …, 2018 - Springer
Antisense-mediated exon skipping and exon inclusion have proven to be powerful tools for
treating neuromuscular diseases. The approval of Exondys 51 (eteplirsen) and Spinraza …

Antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon-skipping therapies: precision medicine spreading from Duchenne muscular dystrophy

M Matsuo - JMA journal, 2021 - jstage.jst.go.jp
In 1995, we were the first to propose antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-mediated exon-
skipping therapy for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a noncurable …

Precision medicine through antisense oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping

D Li, FL Mastaglia, S Fletcher, SD Wilton - Trends in Pharmacological …, 2018 - cell.com
Clinical implementation of two recently approved antisense RNA therapeutics–Exondys51®
to treat Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne MD) and Spinraza® as a treatment for …

Antisense-mediated exon skipping: a versatile tool with therapeutic and research applications

A Aartsma-Rus, GJB Van Ommen - Rna, 2007 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Antisense-mediated modulation of splicing is one of the few fields where antisense
oligonucleotides (AONs) have been able to live up to their expectations. In this approach …

Antisense-mediated modulation of splicing: therapeutic implications for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A Aartsma-Rus - RNA biology, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
While disruption of alternative splicing underlies many diseases, modulation of splicing
using antisense oligonucleotides (AONs) can have therapeutic implications. The most …

Skipping multiple exons of dystrophin transcripts using cocktail antisense oligonucleotides

Y Echigoya, T Yokota - Nucleic acid therapeutics, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is one of the most common and lethal genetic
disorders, with 20,000 children per year born with DMD globally. DMD is caused by …

In vitro evaluation of novel antisense oligonucleotides is predictive of in vivo exon skipping activity for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

Q Wang, HF Yin, P Camelliti, C Betts… - The Journal of Gene …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Background Targeted splice modulation of pre‐mRNA transcripts by antisense
oligonucleotides (AOs) can correct the function of aberrant disease‐related genes …

Exonic sequences provide better targets for antisense oligonucleotides than splice site sequences in the modulation of Duchenne muscular dystrophy splicing

A Aartsma-Rus, H Houlleberghs… - …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Antisense-mediated exon skipping is currently the most promising therapeutic approach for
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). The rationale is to use antisense oligonucleotides …