siRNA and the lung: research tool or therapeutic drug?

Abstract:

:Oligonucleotide-based therapeutics have been hailed as 'the next great wave of the biotechnology revolution' starting with antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) nearly 20 years ago to RNA interference (RNAi) currently. Is RNAi just the latest research tool or does it have real potential as a therapeutic drug modality? As a research tool, it is evident that RNAi has revolutionized the biological sciences by allowing selective silencing of messenger RNA (mRNA) expression. With the advent of the postgenomic era, RNAi offers a therapeutic platform on which to identify potential picomolar active drug candidates to any target, including those that are conventionally undruggable. In this review, we will discuss the progress made in developing RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of respiratory diseases.

journal_name

Curr Opin Pharmacol

authors

de Fougerolles A,Novobrantseva T

doi

10.1016/j.coph.2008.04.005

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2008-06-01 00:00:00

pages

280-5

issue

3

eissn

1471-4892

issn

1471-4973

pii

S1471-4892(08)00059-3

journal_volume

8

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