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ReviewVision research2008

Bottlenecks in development of retinal therapeutic post-transcriptional gene silencing agents.

Jack M Sullivan, Edwin H Yau, R Thomas Taggart, Mark C Butler, Tiffany A Kolniak

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Review in Vision research, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Jack M SullivanDepartment of Ophthalmology, SUNY, University at Buffalo, Veterans Administration Western New York Healthcare System, Medical Research, Building 20, Room 245, 3495 Bailey Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14215, USA. jackmsullivanmdphd@yahoo.com
Edwin H Yau
R Thomas Taggart
Mark C Butler
Tiffany A Kolniak

Funding

A Ribozyme Rescue Strategy for Autosomal Dominant RPR01EY013433 · NEI · UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY · PI SULLIVAN, JOHN M. · 2003 to 2019
$4.0M
BLRD VA I01 BX000669NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013433NEI NIH HHS R01 EY13433
6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

RNA InterferenceGene TargetingGenetic TherapyHumansRetinal DiseasesRNA, MessengerRNA Processing, Post-TranscriptionalRNA, Small InterferingRod OpsinsRNA, MessengerRNA, Small InterferingRod Opsins

Identifiers

PMID17976683
PMCPMC3388035

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