RNAi therapeutic and its innovative biotechnological evolution

Y Weng, H Xiao, J Zhang, XJ Liang, Y Huang - Biotechnology advances, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and European
Commission (EC) approved Alnylam Pharmaceuticals' RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic …

siRNA vs. shRNA: similarities and differences

DD Rao, JS Vorhies, N Senzer, J Nemunaitis - Advanced drug delivery …, 2009 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is a natural process through which expression of a targeted gene
can be knocked down with high specificity and selectivity. Using available technology and …

Current progress of siRNA/shRNA therapeutics in clinical trials

JC Burnett, JJ Rossi, K Tiemann - Biotechnology journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Through a mechanism known as RNA interference (RNAi), small interfering RNA (siRNA)
molecules can target complementary mRNA strands for degradation, thus specifically …

Killing the messenger: short RNAs that silence gene expression

DM Dykxhoorn, CD Novina, PA Sharp - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2003 - nature.com
Short interfering RNAs can be used to silence gene expression in a sequence-specific
manner in a process that is known as RNA interference. The application of RNA interference …

Unlocking the potential of the human genome with RNA interference

GJ Hannon, JJ Rossi - Nature, 2004 - nature.com
The discovery of RNA interference (RNAi) may well be one of the transforming events in
biology in the past decade. RNAi can result in gene silencing or even in the expulsion of …

Suppression of RNA interference by adenovirus virus-associated RNA

MG Andersson, PCJ Haasnoot, N Xu… - Journal of …, 2005 - Am Soc Microbiol
We show that human adenovirus inhibits RNA interference (RNAi) at late times of infection
by suppressing the activity of two key enzyme systems involved, Dicer and RNA-induced …

Methods and compositions for enhancing the efficacy and specificity of RNAi

PD Zamore, G Hutvagner, D Schwarz… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
The present invention provides methods of enhancing the e? icacy and speci? city of RNAi.
The invention also provides compositions for mediating RNAi. In particular, the invention …

[HTML][HTML] Modulation of the classical multidrug resistance (MDR) phenotype by RNA interference (RNAi)

C Nieth, A Priebsch, A Stege, H Lage - FEBS letters, 2003 - Elsevier
For reversal of MDR1 gene-dependent multidrug resistance (MDR), two small interfering
RNA (siRNA) constructs were designed to inhibit MDR1 expression by RNA interference …

“Smart” delivery of antisense oligonucleotides by anionic pH-sensitive liposomes

E Fattal, P Couvreur, C Dubernet - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2004 - Elsevier
Antisense oligonucleotides are molecules that are able to inhibit gene expression being,
therefore, potentially active for the treatment of viral infections cancer or inflammatory …

Short interfering RNAs as a tool for cancer gene therapy

M Izquierdo - Cancer gene therapy, 2005 - nature.com
There are mainly two types of short RNAs that target complementary messengers in animals:
small interfering RNAs and micro-RNAs. Both are produced by the cleavage of double …