Noncoding RNA therapeutics—challenges and potential solutions

M Winkle, SM El-Daly, M Fabbri, GA Calin - Nature reviews Drug …, 2021 - nature.com
Therapeutic targeting of noncoding RNAs (ncRNAs), such as microRNAs (miRNAs) and
long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), represents an attractive approach for the treatment of …

RNA circularization strategies in vivo and in vitro

S Petkovic, S Müller - Nucleic acids research, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In the plenitude of naturally occurring RNAs, circular RNAs (circRNAs) and their biological
role were underestimated for years. However, circRNAs are ubiquitous in all domains of life …

Circular RNAs as therapeutic agents and targets

LM Holdt, A Kohlmaier, D Teupser - Frontiers in physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
It has recently been reported that thousands of covalently linked circular RNAs (circRNAs)
are expressed from human genomes. circRNAs emerge during RNA splicing. circRNAs are …

The therapeutic potential of circular RNAs

E O'Leary, Y Jiang, LS Kristensen, TB Hansen… - Nature Reviews …, 2025 - nature.com
Over the past decade, research into circular RNA (circRNA) has increased rapidly, and over
the past few years, circRNA has emerged as a promising therapeutic platform. The …

Optimal design of synthetic circular RNAs

SW Choi, JW Nam - Experimental & Molecular Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Circular RNAs are an unusual class of single-stranded RNAs whose ends are covalently
linked via back-splicing. Due to their versatility, the need to express circular RNAs in vivo …

Development of nucleic acid medicines based on chemical technology

Y Kawamoto, Y Wu, Y Takahashi, Y Takakura - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics have attracted attention as an emerging modality that
includes the modulation of genes and their binding proteins related to diseases, allowing us …

[HTML][HTML] Functional nanostructures for effective delivery of small interfering RNA therapeutics

C Am Hong, YS Nam - Theranostics, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Small interfering RNA (siRNA) has proved to be a powerful tool for target-specific gene
silencing via RNA interference (RNAi). Its ability to control targeted gene expression gives …

Development of therapeutic-grade small interfering RNAs by chemical engineering

JB Bramsen, J Kjems - Frontiers in genetics, 2012 - frontiersin.org
Recent successes in clinical trials have provided important proof of concept that small
interfering RNAs (siRNAs) indeed constitute a new promising class of therapeutics. Although …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus: limitations of conventional therapies and intervention with nucleic acid-based therapeutics

GR Kokil, RN Veedu, GA Ramm, JB Prins… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Figures released in 2013 by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) state that over 382
million individuals worldwide are affected by diabetes mellitus (DM). 1 The global …

In vitro circularization of RNA

S Müller, B Appel - RNA biology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Over the past 2 decades, different types of circular RNAs have been discovered in all
kingdoms of life, and apparently, those circular species are more abundant than previously …