Dicer-independent processing of small RNA duplexes: mechanistic insights and applications

E Herrera-Carrillo, B Berkhout - Nucleic acids research, 2017 - academic.oup.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play a pivotal role in the regulation of cellular gene expression via the
conserved RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism. Biogenesis of the unusual miR-451 does …

CRISPR therapy towards an HIV cure

E Herrera-Carrillo, Z Gao… - Briefings in functional …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Tools based on RNA interference (RNAi) and the recently developed clustered regularly
short palindromic repeats (CRISPR) system enable the selective modification of gene …

Delineation of the exact transcription termination signal for type 3 polymerase III

Z Gao, E Herrera-Carrillo, B Berkhout - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2018 - cell.com
Type 3 Pol III promoters such as U6 are widely used for expression of small RNAs, including
short hairpin RNA for RNAi applications and guide RNA in CRISPR genome-editing …

Short hairpin RNAs for strand-specific small interfering RNA production

P Sheng, KA Flood, M Xie - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
RNA interference (RNAi) is an effective mechanism for inhibiting gene expression at the post-
transcriptional level. Expression of a messenger RNA (mRNA) can be inhibited by a∼ 22 …

Mutation of nucleotides around the+ 1 position of type 3 polymerase III promoters: The effect on transcriptional activity and start site usage

Z Gao, A Harwig, B Berkhout, E Herrera-Carrillo - Transcription, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Type 3 RNA polymerase III (Pol III) promoters are widely used for the expression
of small RNAs such as short hairpin RNA and guide RNA in the popular RNAi and CRISPR …

RNA polymerase II activity of type 3 Pol III promoters

Z Gao, E Herrera-Carrillo, B Berkhout - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2018 - cell.com
In eukaryotes, three RNA polymerases (Pol I, II, and III) are responsible for the transcription
of distinct subsets of genes. Gene-external type 3 Pol III promoters use defined transcription …

VEGFA-targeting miR-agshRNAs combine efficacy with specificity and safety for retinal gene therapy

S Alsing, TK Doktor, AL Askou, EG Jensen… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2022 - cell.com
Retinal gene therapy using RNA interference (RNAi) to silence targeted genes requires both
efficacy and safety. Short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) are useful for RNAi, but high expression …

Recent developments in targeting genes and pathways by RNAi‐based approaches in colorectal cancer

A Jebelli, B Baradaran, J Mosafer… - Medicinal Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A wide spectrum of genetic and epigenetic variations together with environmental factors
has made colorectal cancer (CRC), which involves the colon and rectum, a challenging and …

[HTML][HTML] RIG-I recognition of RNA targets: the influence of terminal base pair sequence and overhangs on affinity and signaling

X Ren, MM Linehan, A Iwasaki, AM Pyle - Cell Reports, 2019 - cell.com
Within the complex environment of the human cell, the RIG-I innate immune receptor must
detect the presence of double-stranded viral RNA molecules and differentiate them from a …

Efficient knockdown and lack of passenger strand activity by Dicer-independent shRNAs expressed from Pol II-driven microRNA scaffolds

E Kaadt, S Alsing, CR Cecchi, CK Damgaard… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2019 - cell.com
The expression of short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) may result in unwanted activity from the co-
processed passenger strand. Recent studies have shown that shortening the stem of …