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ReviewMolecular biotechnology2012

Illuminating the gateway of gene silencing: perspective of RNA interference technology in clinical therapeutics.

Annu Sindhu, Pooja Arora, Ashok Chaudhury

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Review in Molecular biotechnology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 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

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Target, silence, replace: a review on RNA-based drugs in modern medicine.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
    Review
  3. Long noncoding RNAs in ubiquitination, protein degradation, and human diseases.Biochimica et biophysica acta. Gene regulatory mechanisms · 2024
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Annu SindhuDepartment of Bio and Nano Technology, Guru Jambheshwar University of Science and Technology, Hisar 125001, Haryana, India.
Pooja Arora
Ashok Chaudhury

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A novel laboratory revolution for disease therapy, the RNA interference (RNAi) technology, has adopted a new era of molecular research as the next generation "Gene-targeted prophylaxis." In this review, we have focused on the chief technological challenges associated with the efforts to develop RNAi-based therapeutics that may guide the biomedical researchers. Many non-curable maladies, like neurodegenerative diseases and cancers have effectively been cured using this technology. Rapid advances are still in progress for the development of RNAi-based technologies that will be having a major impact on medical research. We have highlighted the recent discoveries associated with the phenomenon of RNAi, expression of silencing molecules in mammals along with the vector systems used for disease therapeutics.

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Gene Knockdown TechniquesRNA InterferenceAnimalsAntineoplastic AgentsGene SilencingGenetic TherapyHumansMiceNeoplasmsRNA, Small InterferingAntineoplastic AgentsRNA, Small Interfering

Identifiers

PMID21947958
PMCPMC7091241

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