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A Discovery with Potential to Revitalize Hammerhead Ribozyme Therapeutics for Treatment of Inherited Retinal Degenerations

  • Alexandria J. Trujillo
  • , Jason M. Myers
  • , Zahra S. Fayazi
  • , Mark C. Butler
  • , Jack M. Sullivan
  • SUNY Buffalo

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Abstract

Hammerhead ribozymes (hhRzs), RNA enzymes capable of site-specific cleavage of arbitrary target mRNAs, have faced significant hurdles in development and optimization as gene therapeutics for clinical translation. Chemical and biological barriers must be overcome to realize an effective therapeutic. A new Facilitated ribozyme has been identified with greatly enhanced kinetic properties that lead new insight on the capacity of ribozymes to target mutant genes to treat inherited retinal degenerations.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
PublisherSpringer
Pages119-124
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019

Publication series

NameAdvances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
Volume1185
ISSN (Print)0065-2598
ISSN (Electronic)2214-8019

Keywords

  • Gene therapy
  • Hammerhead ribozyme
  • Inherited retinal degenerations
  • Noncoding RNA
  • RNA biologic therapies
  • Retinitis pigmentosa

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