RNA-based therapeutics: from antisense oligonucleotides to miRNAs

S Bajan, G Hutvagner - Cells, 2020 - mdpi.com
The first therapeutic nucleic acid, a DNA oligonucleotide, was approved for clinical use in
1998. Twenty years later, in 2018, the first therapeutic RNA-based oligonucleotide was …

The non-canonical aspects of microRNAs: many roads to gene regulation

CJ Stavast, SJ Erkeland - Cells, 2019 - mdpi.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are critical regulators of gene expression. As miRNAs are frequently
deregulated in many human diseases, including cancer and immunological disorders, it is …

Many roads to maturity: microRNA biogenesis pathways and their regulation

J Winter, S Jung, S Keller, RI Gregory… - Nature cell biology, 2009 - nature.com
MicroRNAs are important regulators of gene expression that control both physiological and
pathological processes such as development and cancer. Although their mode of action has …

RNA interference in the clinic: challenges and future directions

CV Pecot, GA Calin, RL Coleman… - Nature Reviews …, 2011 - nature.com
Inherent difficulties with blocking many desirable targets using conventional approaches
have prompted many to consider using RNA interference (RNAi) as a therapeutic approach …

Posttranscriptional upregulation by microRNAs

S Vasudevan - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: RNA, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
MicroRNAs are small non‐coding RNA guide molecules that regulate gene expression via
association with effector complexes and sequence‐specific recognition of target sites on …

Time-resolved small RNA sequencing unravels the molecular principles of microRNA homeostasis

B Reichholf, VA Herzog, N Fasching… - Molecular cell, 2019 - cell.com
Argonaute-bound microRNAs silence mRNA expression in a dynamic and regulated
manner to control organismal development, physiology, and disease. We employed …

Human tRNA-derived small RNAs in the global regulation of RNA silencing

D Haussecker, Y Huang, A Lau, P Parameswaran… - Rna, 2010 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
Competition between mammalian RNAi-related gene silencing pathways is well
documented. It is therefore important to identify all classes of small RNAs to determine their …

Posttranscriptional regulation of microRNA biogenesis in animals

H Siomi, MC Siomi - Molecular cell, 2010 - cell.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) control gene expression in animals, plants, and unicellular eukaryotes
by promoting degradation or repressing translation of target mRNAs. miRNA expression is …

MicroRNA therapeutics

JA Broderick, PD Zamore - Gene therapy, 2011 - nature.com
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) provide new therapeutic targets for many diseases, while their myriad
roles in development and cellular processes make them fascinating to study. We still do not …

Essential and overlap** functions for mammalian Argonautes in microRNA silencing

H Su, MI Trombly, J Chen, X Wang - Genes & development, 2009 - genesdev.cshlp.org
MicroRNA (miRNA) silencing fine-tunes protein output and regulates diverse biological
processes. Argonaute (Ago) proteins are the core effectors of the miRNA pathway. In lower …