Nucleic acid drugs: recent progress and future perspectives

X Sun, S Setrerrahmane, C Li, J Hu, H Xu - Signal Transduction and …, 2024 - nature.com
High efficacy, selectivity and cellular targeting of therapeutic agents has been an active area
of investigation for decades. Currently, most clinically approved therapeutics are small …

Long non-coding RNA-targeting therapeutics: discovery and development update

O Khorkova, J Stahl, A Joji, CH Volmar… - Expert opinion on …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction lncRNAs are major players in regulatory networks orchestrating multiple cellular
functions, such as 3D chromosomal interactions, epigenetic modifications, gene expression …

Endosomal escape of RNA therapeutics: How do we solve this rate-limiting problem?

SF Dowdy - Rna, 2023 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
With over 15 FDA approved drugs on the market and numerous ongoing clinical trials, RNA
therapeutics, such as small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) and antisense oligonucleotides …

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis and promising therapies

M Chang, Y Cai, Z Gao, X Chen, B Liu, C Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a severe, progressive, muscle-wasting disease,
characterized by progressive deterioration of skeletal muscle that causes rapid loss of …

Next steps for the optimization of exon therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

G Filonova, A Aartsma-Rus - Expert Opinion on Biological Therapy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction It is established that the exon-skipping approach can restore dystrophin in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. However, dystrophin restoration levels are …

The future of exon skipping for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

A Aartsma-Rus - Human Gene Therapy, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Antisense oligonucleotide (ASO)-mediated exon skipping can restore the open reading
frame of dystrophin transcripts for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) patients. This …

Cardiac therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy

MNA Shah, T Yokota - Therapeutic Advances in …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating disease that results in life-limiting
complications such as loss of skeletal muscle function as well as respiratory and cardiac …

Between hope and reality: treatment of genetic diseases through nucleic acid-based drugs

V Baylot, TK Le, D Taïeb, P Rocchi… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Rare diseases (RD) affect a small number of people compared to the general population
and are mostly genetic in origin. The first clinical signs often appear at birth or in childhood …

Persistence of exon 2 skipping and dystrophin expression at 18 months after U7snRNA-mediated therapy in the Dup2 mouse model

LV Gushchina, AJ Bradley, TA Vetter, JW Lay… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2023 - cell.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive X-linked disease caused by
mutations in the DMD gene that prevent the expression of a functional dystrophin protein …

Morpholino oligonucleotide-mediated exon skipping for DMD treatment: Past insights, present challenges and future perspectives

S Gupta, SN Sharma, J Kundu, S Pattanayak… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked genetic disease primarily affecting boys
causing loss of the dystrophin protein, ultimately leading to muscle wastage and death by …