Targeting Transcription Factor Activity as a Strategy to Inhibit Pro- Inflammatory Genes Involved in Cystic Fibrosis: Decoy Oligonucleotides and Low-Molecular Weight Compounds

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The development of drugs able to inhibit the expression of pro-inflammatory genes is of great interest in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF). Chronic pulmonary inflammation in the lungs of patients affected by CF is characterized by massive intra-bronchial infiltrates of neutrophils. This process is initiated upon interaction of pathogens (including Pseudomonas aeruginosa) with surface bronchial cells....

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