| Literature DB >> 17976683 |
Jack M Sullivan1, Edwin H Yau, R Thomas Taggart, Mark C Butler, Tiffany A Kolniak.
Abstract
Development of post-transcriptional gene silencing (PTGS) agents for therapeutic purposes is an immense challenge in modern biology. Established technologies used to knockdown a specific target RNA and its cognate protein: antisense, ribozyme, RNAi, all conditionally depend upon an initial, critical annealing event of the PTGS ligand to a target RNA. In this review we address the nature of the bottlenecks, emphasizing the biocomplexity of target RNA structure, that currently limit PTGS therapeutic development. We briefly review existing and emerging technologies designed to release these constraints to realize the potential of PTGS agents in gene based therapies.Mesh:
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Year: 2007 PMID: 17976683 PMCID: PMC3388035 DOI: 10.1016/j.visres.2007.09.011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Vision Res ISSN: 0042-6989 Impact factor: 1.886