The promises and pitfalls of RNA-interference-based therapeutics

D Castanotto, JJ Rossi - Nature, 2009 - nature.com
The discovery that gene expression can be controlled by the Watson–Crick base-pairing of
small RNAs with messenger RNAs containing complementary sequence—a process known …

Current progress of siRNA/shRNA therapeutics in clinical trials

JC Burnett, JJ Rossi, K Tiemann - Biotechnology journal, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Through a mechanism known as RNA interference (RNAi), small interfering RNA (siRNA)
molecules can target complementary mRNA strands for degradation, thus specifically …

Cellular localization of long non-coding RNAs affects silencing by RNAi more than by antisense oligonucleotides

KA Lennox, MA Behlke - Nucleic acids research, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Thousands of long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been identified in mammalian cells.
Some have important functions and their dysregulation can contribute to a variety of disease …

RNAi therapeutics: principles, prospects and challenges

L Aagaard, JJ Rossi - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2007 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) was discovered less than a decade ago and already there are
human clinical trials in progress or planned. A major advantage of RNAi versus other …

Systemic administration of optimized aptamer-siRNA chimeras promotes regression of PSMA-expressing tumors

JP Dassie, X Liu, GS Thomas, RM Whitaker… - Nature …, 2009 - nature.com
Prostate cancer cells expressing prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) have been
targeted with RNA aptamer–small interfering (si) RNA chimeras, but therapeutic efficacy in …

Analysis of microRNA turnover in mammalian cells following Dicer1 ablation

MP Gantier, CE McCoy, I Rusinova… - Nucleic acids …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Although microRNAs (miRNAs) are key regulators of gene expression, little is known of their
overall persistence in the cell following processing. Characterization of such persistence is …

[HTML][HTML] Nano-scale delivery systems for siRNA delivery in cancer therapy: New era of gene therapy empowered by nanotechnology

N Ebrahimi, MS Manavi, A Nazari, A Momayezi… - Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
RNA interference (RNAi) is a unique treatment approach used to decrease a disease's
excessive gene expression, including cancer. SiRNAs may find and destroy homologous …

Chemical Modification of siRNAs for In Vivo Use

MA Behlke - Oligonucleotides, 2008 - liebertpub.com
Well over a hundred reports have been published describing use of synthetic small-
interfering RNAs (siRNAs) in animals. The majority of these reports employed unmodified …

Progress towards in vivo use of siRNAs

MA Behlke - Molecular Therapy, 2006 - cell.com
RNA interference (RNAi) has become the method of choice to suppress gene expression in
vitro. It is also emerging as a powerful tool for in vivo research with over 90 studies …

Multifunctional RNA nanoparticles

KA Afonin, M Viard, AY Koyfman, AN Martins… - Nano …, 2014 - ACS Publications
Our recent advancements in RNA nanotechnology introduced novel nanoscaffolds
(nanorings); however, the potential of their use for biomedical applications was never fully …