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Artificial miRNAs targeting CAG repeat expansion in ORFs cause rapid deadenylation and translation inhibition of mutant transcripts.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 1 Feb 2021
Ciesiolka Adam, Stroynowska-Czerwinska Anna, Joachimiak Paweł, Ciolak Agata, Kozlowska Emilia, Michalak Michal, Dabrowska Magdalena, Olejniczak Marta, Raczynska Katarzyna D, Zielinska Dominika, Wozna-Wysocka Magdalena, Krzyzosiak Wlodzimierz J, Fiszer Agnieszka
Abstract excerpt
Polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases are incurable neurological disorders caused by CAG repeat expansion in the open reading frames (ORFs) of specific genes. This type of mutation in the HTT gene is responsible for Huntington's disease (HD). CAG repeat-targeting artificial miRNAs (art-miRNAs) were shown as attractive therapeutic approach for polyQ disorders as they caused allele-selective decrease in the level of...
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