RNA interference and its therapeutic potential
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Anubrata Ghosal1, Ahmad Humayan Kabir2*, Abul Mandal3
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
RNA interference is a technique that has become popular in the past few years. This is a biological method to detect the activity of a specific gene within a cell. RNAi is the introduction of homologous double stranded RNA to specifically target a gene’s product resulting in null or hypomorphic phenotypes. This technique involves the degradation of specific mRNA by using small interfering RNA. Both microRNA (miRNA) and small interfering RNA (siRNA) are directly related to RNA interference. RNAi mechanism is being explored as a new technique for suppressing gene expression. It is an important issue in the treatment of various diseases. This review considers different aspects of RNAi technique including its history of discovery, molecular mechanism, gene expression study, advantages of this technique against previously used techniques, barrier associated with this technique, and its therapeutic application.
Cent. Eur. J. Med. , 6(2) , 2011 , 137-147 Received 3 October 2010; Accepted 21 December 2010
