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Chemical engineering of therapeutic siRNAs for allele-specific gene silencing in Huntington’s disease models

Authors :
Faith Conroy
Rachael Miller
Julia F. Alterman
Matthew R. Hassler
Dimas Echeverria
Bruno M. D. C. Godinho
Emily G. Knox
Ellen Sapp
Jaquelyn Sousa
Ken Yamada
Farah Mahmood
Adel Boudi
Kimberly Kegel-Gleason
Marian DiFiglia
Neil Aronin
Anastasia Khvorova
Edith L. Pfister
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-14 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

Chemically modified siRNAs distinguish between mutant and normal huntingtin based on a single nucleotide difference and lower mutant huntingtin specifically in patient derived cells and in a mouse model of Huntington’s disease.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b3726cec35ca4048a177c94f5d18c4bd
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33061-x