RNA interference: a potential therapeutic tool for silencing splice isoforms linked to human diseases

RNA interference: a potential therapeutic tool for silencing splice isoforms linked to human diseases.

Alternative splicing of precursor messenger RNAs (pre-mRNAs) is one of the most important sources of protein diversity in vertebrates. An estimated 35%-70% of human genes generate transcripts that are alternatively spliced, and defects in this process are linked to numerous human genetic diseases and various forms of cancer. The discovery that 21-23 nucleotide RNA duplexes, known as small inter...

Rna Interference: Tool for Gene Silencing

Over the past two decades, dramatic advances in the role of RNA in normal health and disease have been greatly expanded. During development Small RNA molecules regulate eukaryotic gene expression and also during responses to stress including viral infection. RNA interference (RNAi) is a highly conserved process in eukaryotes that leads to post-transcriptional gene silencing through degradation ...

Bcr-abl Silencing by Specific Small-Interference RNA Expression Vector as a Potential Treatment for Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Background: RNA interference (RNAi) is the mechanism of gene silencing-mediated messenger RNA degradation by small interference RNA (siRNA), which becomes a powerful tool for in vivo research, especially in the areas of cancer. In this research, the potential use of an expression vector as a specific siRNA producing tool for silencing of Bcr-abl in K562 cell line has been investigated. Methods:...

Unlocking the potential of RNA interference as a therapeutic tool

bcr-abl silencing by specific small-interference rna expression vector as a potential treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia

background: rna interference (rnai) is the mechanism of gene silencing-mediated messenger rna degradation by small interference rna (sirna), which becomes a powerful tool for in vivo research, especially in the areas of cancer. in this research, the potential use of an expression vector as a specific sirna producing tool for silencing of bcr-abl in k562 cell line has been investigated. methods:...