Summary of Symposium, Antisense Oligonucleotides: Strategies and Successes

Antisense Oligonucleotides: Strategies and Applications

Antisense Oligonucleotides: Treatment Strategies and Cellular Internalization.

The clinical applicaton of antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) is becoming more of a reality as several drugs have been approved for the treatment of human disorders and many others are in various phases in development and clinical trials. ASOs are short DNA/RNA oligos which are heavily modified to increase their stability in biological fluids and retain the properties of creating RNA-RNA and DNA...

Designing Antisense Oligonucleotides

Antisense Oligonucleotides Targeting Protein

Designing Antisense Oligonucleotides

Antisense oligonucleotides have been used for a number of years to modify the expression of specific genes both in vivo and in vitro (Scanlon et al., 1995). The most potent mode of antisense activity is through RNase H–mediated degradation of RNA (Figure 1). The RNase H– endonuclease specifically cleaves RNA only when it is hybridized as a heteroduplex with DNA. In general, oligonucleotides tha...