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ArticleMolecular therapy. Nucleic acids2021

Selective suppression of polyglutamine-expanded protein by lipid nanoparticle-delivered siRNA targeting CAG expansions in the mouse CNS.

Tomoki Hirunagi, Kentaro Sahashi, Kiyoshi Tachikawa, Angel I Leu, Michelle Nguyen, Rajesh Mukthavaram, Priya P Karmali, Padmanabh Chivukula, Genki Tohnai, Madoka Iida and 5 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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

19 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Tomoki HirunagiDepartment of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
Kentaro SahashiDepartment of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
Kiyoshi TachikawaArcturus Therapeutics, 10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Angel I LeuArcturus Therapeutics, 10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Michelle NguyenArcturus Therapeutics, 10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Rajesh MukthavaramArcturus Therapeutics, 10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Priya P KarmaliArcturus Therapeutics, 10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Padmanabh ChivukulaArcturus Therapeutics, 10628 Science Center Drive, Suite 250, San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Genki TohnaiDepartment of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
Madoka IidaDepartment of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
Kazunari OnoderaDepartment of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
Manabu OhyamaDepartment of Dermatology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Yohei OkadaDepartment of Neurology, Aichi Medical University School of Medicine, 1-1 Yazakokarimata, Nagakute-shi, Aichi 480-1195, Japan.
Hideyuki OkanoDepartment of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-8582, Japan.
Masahisa KatsunoDepartment of Neurology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Syowa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550, Japan.
Arcturus Therapeutics (United States) · USNagoya University · JPAichi Medical University · JPKeio University Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are inherited neurodegenerative disorders caused by expansion of cytosine-adenine-guanine (CAG)-trinucleotide repeats in causative genes. These diseases include spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA), Huntington's disease, dentatorubral-pallidoluysian atrophy, and spinocerebellar ataxias. Targeting expanded CAG repeats is a common therapeutic approach to polyQ diseases, but concomitant silencing of genes with normal CAG repeats may lead to toxicity. Previous studies have shown that CAG repeat-targeting small interfering RNA duplexes (CAG-siRNAs) have the potential to selectively suppress mutant proteins in

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androgen receptorCAG repeatlipid nanoparticlepolyglutamine diseasesSBMAselective suppressionsiRNAunlocked nucleic acid

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PMID33738134
PMCPMC7937577
OpenAlexW3129881290

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