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An evaluation of oligonucleotide-based therapeutic strategies for polyQ diseases.
BMC molecular biology - 7 Mar 2012
Fiszer Agnieszka, Olejniczak Marta, Switonski Pawel M, Wroblewska Joanna P, Wisniewska-Kruk Joanna, Mykowska Agnieszka, Krzyzosiak Wlodzimierz J
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BACKGROUND: RNA interference (RNAi) and antisense strategies provide experimental therapeutic agents for numerous diseases, including polyglutamine (polyQ) disorders caused by CAG repeat expansion. We compared the potential of different oligonucleotide-based strategies for silencing the genes responsible for several polyQ diseases, including Huntington's disease and two spinocerebellar ataxias, type 1 and type 3....
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