Discovering the first microRNA-targeted drug

M Lindow, S Kauppinen - 2012 - rupress.org
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are important post-transcriptional regulators of nearly every biological
process in the cell and play key roles in the pathogenesis of human disease. As a result …

Miravirsen (SPC3649) can inhibit the biogenesis of miR-122

LFR Gebert, MAE Rebhan, SEM Crivelli… - Nucleic acids …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are short noncoding RNAs, which bind to messenger RNAs and
regulate protein expression. The biosynthesis of miRNAs includes two precursors, a primary …

Treatment of HCV infection by targeting microRNA

HLA Janssen, HW Reesink, EJ Lawitz… - … England Journal of …, 2013 - Mass Medical Soc
Background The stability and propagation of hepatitis C virus (HCV) is dependent on a
functional interaction between the HCV genome and liver-expressed microRNA-122 (miR …

A locked nucleic acid oligonucleotide targeting microRNA 122 is well-tolerated in cynomolgus monkeys

ES Hildebrandt-Eriksen, V Aarup, R Persson… - Nucleic acid …, 2012 - liebertpub.com
MicroRNA 122 (miR-122) is liver specific, fine-tunes lipid metabolism, and is required for
hepatitis C virus (HCV) abundance. Miravirsen, an oligonucleotide with locked nucleic acid …

The liver-specific microRNA miR-122: biology and therapeutic potential

W Filipowicz, H Großhans - Epigenetics and Disease: Pharmaceutical …, 2011 - Springer
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small noncoding RNAs that regulate the expression of a large
fraction of genes in animals, plants, and protozoa. miRNA-mediated gene repression occurs …

The race of 10 synthetic RNAi-based drugs to the pharmaceutical market

R Titze-de-Almeida, C David… - Pharmaceutical …, 2017 - Springer
Ten years after Fire and Melo's Nobel Prize for discovery of gene silencing by double-
stranded RNA, a remarkable progress was achieved in RNA interference (RNAi). Changes …

MicroRNA therapeutics: towards a new era for the management of cancer and other diseases

R Rupaimoole, FJ Slack - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
In just over two decades since the discovery of the first microRNA (miRNA), the field of
miRNA biology has expanded considerably. Insights into the roles of miRNAs in …

Therapeutic potential for microRNAs

CC Esau, BP Monia - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
MiRNAs are a conserved class of non-coding RNAs that negatively regulate gene
expression post-transcriptionally. Although their biological roles are largely unknown …

MicroRNA therapeutics: a new niche for antisense nucleic acids

SM Hammond - Trends in molecular medicine, 2006 - cell.com
MicroRNA molecules (miRNAs) are naturally occurring triggers of the RNA-interference
pathway. The first identified miRNA, lin-4, was discovered in Caenorhabditis elegans> 20 …

microRNAs: a new emerging class of players for disease diagnostics and gene therapy

B Zhang, MA Farwell - Journal of cellular and molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
• Introduction‐Brief history, biogenesis and the regulated mechanism of miRNAs• Roles of
miRNAs in human disease and miRNAs as a novel biomarker for cancer and disease …