Chemistry, structure and function of approved oligonucleotide therapeutics

M Egli, M Manoharan - Nucleic Acids Research, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Eighteen nucleic acid therapeutics have been approved for treatment of various diseases in
the last 25 years. Their modes of action include antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), splice …

The current landscape of nucleic acid therapeutics

JA Kulkarni, D Witzigmann, SB Thomson… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The increasing number of approved nucleic acid therapeutics demonstrates the potential to
treat diseases by targeting their genetic blueprints in vivo. Conventional treatments …

Expanding RNAi therapeutics to extrahepatic tissues with lipophilic conjugates

KM Brown, JK Nair, MM Janas… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Therapeutics based on short interfering RNAs (siRNAs) delivered to hepatocytes have been
approved, but new delivery solutions are needed to target additional organs. Here we show …

The current state and future directions of RNAi-based therapeutics

RL Setten, JJ Rossi, S Han - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2019 - nature.com
The RNA interference (RNAi) pathway regulates mRNA stability and translation in nearly all
human cells. Small double-stranded RNA molecules can efficiently trigger RNAi silencing of …

Glycomimetics for the inhibition and modulation of lectins

S Leusmann, P Ménová, E Shanin, A Titz… - Chemical Society …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Carbohydrates are essential mediators of many processes in health and disease. They
regulate self-/non-self-discrimination, are key elements of cellular communication, cancer …

GalNAc-siRNA conjugates: leading the way for delivery of RNAi therapeutics

AD Springer, SF Dowdy - Nucleic acid therapeutics, 2018 - liebertpub.com
Short-interfering RNA (siRNA)-induced RNAi responses have great potential to treat a wide
variety of human diseases from cancer to pandemic viral outbreaks to Parkinson's Disease …

Delivery of oligonucleotides to the liver with GalNAc: from research to registered therapeutic drug

AJ Debacker, J Voutila, M Catley, D Blakey, N Habib - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Targeted delivery of oligonucleotides to liver hepatocytes using N-acetylgalactosamine
(GalNAc) conjugates that bind to the asialoglycoprotein receptor has become a …

Chemically modified platforms for better RNA therapeutics

Y Shi, X Zhen, Y Zhang, Y Li, S Koo, Q Saiding… - Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
RNA-based therapies have catalyzed a revolutionary transformation in the biomedical
landscape, offering unprecedented potential in disease prevention and treatment. However …

Current development of siRNA bioconjugates: from research to the clinic

IV Chernikov, VV Vlassov… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) acting via RNA interference mechanisms are able to
recognize a homologous mRNA sequence in the cell and induce its degradation. The main …

Selection of GalNAc-conjugated siRNAs with limited off-target-driven rat hepatotoxicity

MM Janas, MK Schlegel, CE Harbison… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) conjugated to a trivalent N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)
ligand are being evaluated in investigational clinical studies for a variety of indications. The …