Nanoparticle-based artificial RNA silencing machinery for antiviral therapy
Wang Z, Liu H, Yang S, Wang T, Liu C, Cao Y. Nanoparticle-based artificial RNA silencing machinery for antiviral therapy. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2012, 109: 12387-12392. PMID: 22802676, PMCID: PMC3412013, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1207766109.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFundamental gene regulatory mechanismsHepatitis C virusGene regulatory mechanismsCultured cellsTarget RNA cleavageSequence-specific mannerCellular interferon responseFunctional genomicsHuman hepatoma cellsRNA interferenceArtificial RNARegulatory mechanismsMouse modelRNA cleavageCultured human hepatoma cellsSpecific mannerHCV RNA levelsRNAXenotransplantation mouse modelHepatoma cellsInterferon responsePotent antiviral activityRNA levelsMachineryProteinase activity