Current prospects for RNA interference-based therapies

BL Davidson, PB McCray Jr - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2011 - nature.com
RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful approach for reducing expression of endogenously
expressed proteins. It is widely used for biological applications and is being harnessed to …

Targeting microRNAs in cancer gene therapy

W Ji, B Sun, C Su - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a kind of conserved small non-coding RNAs that participate in
regulating gene expression by targeting multiple molecules. Early studies have shown that …

An optimized microRNA backbone for effective single-copy RNAi

C Fellmann, T Hoffmann, V Sridhar, B Hopfgartner… - Cell reports, 2013 - cell.com
Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) technology enables stable and regulated gene repression. For
establishing experimentally versatile RNAi tools and minimizing toxicities, synthetic shRNAs …

Expression of artificial microRNAs in transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana confers virus resistance

QW Niu, SS Lin, JL Reyes, KC Chen, HW Wu… - Nature …, 2006 - nature.com
Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) regulate the abundance of target mRNAs by guiding their
cleavage at the sequence complementary region. We have modified an Arabidopsis …

MicroRNAs in disease and potential therapeutic applications

HS Soifer, JJ Rossi, P Sætrom - Molecular therapy, 2007 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are 21–24 nucleotide (nt) duplex RNAs that are created from
precursor transcripts by subsequent processing steps mediated by members of the RNAseIII …

Probing tumor phenotypes using stable and regulated synthetic microRNA precursors

RA Dickins, MT Hemann, JT Zilfou, DR Simpson… - Nature …, 2005 - nature.com
RNA interference is a powerful method for suppressing gene expression in mammalian
cells. Stable knock-down can be achieved by continuous expression of synthetic short …

Artificial microRNA-mediated virus resistance in plants

J Qu, J Ye, R Fang - Journal of virology, 2007 - Am Soc Microbiol
ABSTRACT RNA silencing in plants is a natural defense system against foreign genetic
elements including viruses. This natural antiviral mechanism has been adopted to develop …

MicroRNA let-7: an emerging next-generation cancer therapeutic

D Barh, R Malhotra, B Ravi, P Sindhurani - Current oncology, 2010 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
In recent years, various rna-based technologies have been under evaluation as potential
next-generation cancer therapeutics. Micrornas (mirnas), known to regulate the cell cycle …

RNA interference: from basic research to therapeutic applications

J Kurreck - Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient mechanism for the sequence‐specific inhibition of gene expression is RNA
interference. In this process, double‐stranded RNA molecules induce cleavage of a selected …

Oligomeric compounds and compositions for use in modulation of small non-coding RNAs

C Esau, B Lollo, CF Bennett, SM Freier… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
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