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Applied RNAi : from fundamental research to therapeutic applications /
In this book an international panel of RNAi experts critically reviews the most interesting advances in basic applied RNAi research, highlighting the applications in RNAi-based therapies and discussing the technical hurdles that remain. Topics covering the fundamental biological aspects of applied R...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Norfolk, UK :
Caister Academic Press,
[2014]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contributors; Preface; Current books of interest; 1: Overview of Biogenesis and Applications of MicroRNA; Introduction; Mammalian microRNA biogenesis; Regulation during normal and potentially pathogenic microRNA biogenesis; Harnessing the RNAi pathway for gene silencing; Augmenting and antagonizing microRNA function; MicroRNA targets as gene regulators and sensors; MicroRNAs as prognostic and diagnostic markers; Conclusion; 2: Non-canonical MicroRNA Biogenesis and Function; Canonical microRNA biogenesis and function; Other small RNA biogenesis pathways
- Non-canonical microRNA biogenesisOther RNA modifications; Non-canonical microRNA function; Concluding remarks; 3: Non-coding RNAs and the Epigenetic Control of Gene Expression; Long non-coding RNAs epigenetic regulators in human cells; Disruption of long antisense ncRNA networks; The therapeutic potential of targeting antisense ncRNAs; Issues with using small antisense ncRNAs therapeutically; 4: From Mice to Men: Towards the Clinical Translation of MicroRNA Technologies for Somatic Cell Reprogramming; Introduction; General evidence for a role of miRNAs in pluripotency and differentiation
- Strategies for the identification of pluripotency-associated miRNAsDelivery or expression of miRNAs as novel tools to improve reprogramming; MiRNA-based systems to monitor or control pluripotency and differentiation; Outlook: the road towards clinical translation of human iPSC technologies; 5: Systems Biology Tools to Understand the Role of Host MicroRNAs in Infection: a Closer Look at HIV; Background information; Systems biology tools to investigate differential miRNA expression in HIV infection; A high-content screening approach to evaluate the role of host miRNAs in HIV infection
- Conclusions and future prospects6: Synthetic MicroRNA Blocking Agents; Introduction; Anti-miR chemistries; Mechanisms of action and delivery of anti-miRs into cells; Validation of anti-miR activity in cells and assays; Therapeutic anti-miRs and in vivo delivery; MicroRNA sponges for suppression of microRNA activity; Target protectors for inhibition of microRNA-induced mRNA degradation; MicroRNA mimics; Prospects; 7: Exploiting MicroRNAs to Regulate Transgene Expression; Introduction; Using microRNAs avoid immune response to transgene product after gene transfer
- Using microRNA to improve cell specificity and escape side-effect of gene transferNovel type of expression system using microRNAs; Conclusion; 8: Use of Artificial MicroRNAs for Gene Silencing; Introduction; Evolution of artificial miRNA as therapeutic agents; Application of amiRNA; Challenges using amiRNAs as therapeutic agents; amiRNA progress to clinic; Conclusions; 9: Harnessing RNAi for the Treatment of Viral Infections; Introduction; RNAi to treat viral hepatitis; RNAi for respiratory viruses; RNAi for haemorrhagic fever viruses; Other viruses targeted by RNAi