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ArticleNucleic acid therapeutics2019

Duplex RNAs and ss-siRNAs Block RNA Foci Associated with Fuchs' Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy.

Jiaxin Hu, Xiulong Shen, Frank Rigo, Thahza P Prakash, V Vinod Mootha, David R Corey

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Article in Nucleic acid therapeutics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jiaxin Hu1 Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Xiulong Shen1 Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Frank Rigo2 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California.
Thahza P Prakash2 Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Carlsbad, California.
V Vinod Mootha3 Department of Ophthalmology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
David R Corey1 Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas.
Southwestern Medical Center · USIonis Pharmaceuticals (United States) · US

Funding

Recognition of Cellular Targets by single and double-stranded nucleic acidsR35GM118103 · NIGMS · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI David R Corey · 2016 to 2026
$5.7M
Laying a Foundation for Precision Medicine for Fuchs' DystrophyR01EY022161 · NEI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI MOOTHA, VENKATESWARA VINOD · 2012 to 2024
$4.8M
Core Grant for Vision ResearchP30EY020799 · NEI · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI NIEDERKORN, JERRY · 2010 to 2016
$4.1M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY020799NEI NIH HHS R01 EY022161NIGMS NIH HHS R35 GM118103
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fuchs' endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) leads to vision loss and is one of the most common inherited eye diseases. Corneal transplants are the only curative treatment available, and there is a major unmet need for treatments that are less invasive and independent of donor tissue. Most cases of FECD are associated with an expanded CUG repeat within the intronic region of TCF4 and the mutant RNA has been implicated as the cause of the disease. We previously presented preliminary data suggesting that single-stranded antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) can inhibit CUG RNA foci in patient-derived cells and tissue. We now show that duplex RNAs and single-stranded silencing RNAs (ss-siRNAs) reduce the number of cells with foci and the number of foci per cells. Potencies are similar to those that are achieved with chemically modified ASOs designed to block foci. These data widen the potential for synthetic nucleic acids to be used to treat a widely prevalent and debilitating disease.

Indexed as

Cell LineFuchs' Endothelial DystrophyGene SilencingGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansIntronsOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, Small InterferingTranscription Factor 4Trinucleotide Repeat ExpansionOligonucleotides, AntisenseRNA, Double-StrandedRNA, Small InterferingTCF4 protein, humanTranscription Factor 4Fuchs' dystrophyophthalmologyRNAisiRNAss-siRNA

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PMID30676271
PMCPMC6461152
OpenAlexW2914503191

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