2014
Attachment of Cell-Binding Ligands to Arginine-Rich Cell-Penetrating Peptides Enables Cytosolic Translocation of Complexed siRNA
Zeller S, Choi CS, Uchil PD, Ban HS, Siefert A, Fahmy TM, Mothes W, Lee SK, Kumar P. Attachment of Cell-Binding Ligands to Arginine-Rich Cell-Penetrating Peptides Enables Cytosolic Translocation of Complexed siRNA. Cell Chemical Biology 2014, 22: 50-62. PMID: 25544044, PMCID: PMC4320807, DOI: 10.1016/j.chembiol.2014.11.009.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
T Cell-Specific siRNA Delivery Suppresses HIV-1 Infection in Humanized Mice
Kumar P, Ban HS, Kim SS, Wu H, Pearson T, Greiner DL, Laouar A, Yao J, Haridas V, Habiro K, Yang YG, Jeong JH, Lee KY, Kim YH, Kim SW, Peipp M, Fey GH, Manjunath N, Shultz LD, Lee SK, Shankar P. T Cell-Specific siRNA Delivery Suppresses HIV-1 Infection in Humanized Mice. Cell 2008, 134: 577-586. PMID: 18691745, PMCID: PMC2943428, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2008.06.034.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionAntiviral siRNAsT cellsAnimal modelsCD4 T-cell countCD4 T-cell lossPeripheral blood mononuclear cellsSuppress HIV-1 infectionHu-HSC miceHu-PBL miceT-cell countsT cell lossHIV-1 infectionBlood mononuclear cellsNaive T cellsPreclinical animal modelsSuitable animal modelHumanized miceInfected miceMononuclear cellsSuppress viremiaCell countCell lossTherapeutic potentialHematopoietic stem cells