[HTML][HTML] Amplifying gene expression with RNA-targeted therapeutics

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Many diseases are caused by insufficient expression of mutated genes and would benefit
from increased expression of the corresponding protein. However, in drug development, it …

Development of nucleic acid medicines based on chemical technology

Y Kawamoto, Y Wu, Y Takahashi, Y Takakura - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics have attracted attention as an emerging modality that
includes the modulation of genes and their binding proteins related to diseases, allowing us …

Impact of stereopure chimeric backbone chemistries on the potency and durability of gene silencing by RNA interference

W Liu, N Iwamoto, S Marappan, K Luu… - Nucleic Acids …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Herein, we report the systematic investigation of stereopure phosphorothioate (PS) and
phosphoryl guanidine (PN) linkages on siRNA-mediated silencing. The incorporation of …

[HTML][HTML] Preclinical evaluation of WVE-004, an investigational stereopure oligonucleotide for the treatment of C9orf72-associated ALS or FTD

Y Liu, A Andreucci, N Iwamoto, Y Yin, H Yang… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2022 - cell.com
A large hexanucleotide (G 4 C 2) repeat expansion in the first intronic region of C9orf72 is
the most common genetic cause of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal …

[HTML][HTML] Recent trends in antisense therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

H Wilton-Clark, T Yokota - Pharmaceutics, 2023 - mdpi.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a debilitating and fatal genetic disease affecting
1/5000 boys globally, characterized by progressive muscle breakdown and eventual death …

Future directions for medicinal chemistry in the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics

J Hall - RNA, 2023 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
In the last decade, the field of oligonucleotide therapeutics has matured, with the regulatory
approval of several single-stranded and double-stranded RNA drugs. In this Perspective, I …

[HTML][HTML] From green innovations in oligopeptide to oligonucleotide sustainable synthesis: differences and synergies in TIDES chemistry

L Ferrazzano, D Corbisiero, A Tolomelli, W Cabri - Green Chemistry, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The growing market for therapeutic peptides and oligonucleotides (TIDES) draws attention
towards their manufacture, aiming at efficient and sustainable productive processes in view …

Targeting RNA with synthetic oligonucleotides: Clinical success invites new challenges

CR Hofman, DR Corey - Cell Chemical Biology, 2024 - cell.com
Synthetic antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) and duplex RNAs (dsRNAs) are an
increasingly successful strategy for drug development. After a slow start, the pace of success …

[HTML][HTML] Fork-and Comb-like Lipophilic Structures: Different Chemical Approaches to the Synthesis of Oligonucleotides with Multiple Dodecyl Residues

TD Zharkov, EM Mironova, OV Markov… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Lipophilic oligonucleotide conjugates represent a powerful tool for nucleic acid cellular
delivery, and many methods for their synthesis have been developed over the past few …

Long non-coding RNA-targeting therapeutics: discovery and development update

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Expert opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction lncRNAs are major players in regulatory networks orchestrating multiple cellular
functions, such as 3D chromosomal interactions, epigenetic modifications, gene expression …