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RNAi-mediated gene silencing in non-human primates 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Zimmermann TS Lee AC Akinc A Bramlage B Bumcrot D Fedoruk MN Harborth J Heyes JA Jeffs LB John M Judge AD Lam K McClintock K Nechev LV Palmer LR Racie T Röhl I Seiffert S Shanmugam S Sood V Soutschek J Toudjarska I Wheat AJ Yaworski E Zedalis W Koteliansky V Manoharan M Vornlocher HP MacLachlan I 《Nature》2006,441(7089):111-114
The opportunity to harness the RNA interference (RNAi) pathway to silence disease-causing genes holds great promise for the development of therapeutics directed against targets that are otherwise not addressable with current medicines. Although there are numerous examples of in vivo silencing of target genes after local delivery of small interfering RNAs (siRNAs), there remain only a few reports of RNAi-mediated silencing in response to systemic delivery of siRNA, and there are no reports of systemic efficacy in non-rodent species. Here we show that siRNAs, when delivered systemically in a liposomal formulation, can silence the disease target apolipoprotein B (ApoB) in non-human primates. APOB-specific siRNAs were encapsulated in stable nucleic acid lipid particles (SNALP) and administered by intravenous injection to cynomolgus monkeys at doses of 1 or 2.5 mg kg(-1). A single siRNA injection resulted in dose-dependent silencing of APOB messenger RNA expression in the liver 48 h after administration, with maximal silencing of >90%. This silencing effect occurred as a result of APOB mRNA cleavage at precisely the site predicted for the RNAi mechanism. Significant reductions in ApoB protein, serum cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein levels were observed as early as 24 h after treatment and lasted for 11 days at the highest siRNA dose, thus demonstrating an immediate, potent and lasting biological effect of siRNA treatment. Our findings show clinically relevant RNAi-mediated gene silencing in non-human primates, supporting RNAi therapeutics as a potential new class of drugs. 相似文献
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Summary In an elliptical billiard there exists, in contrast to a circular one, an exception toPoincaré's recurrence theorem, in as much as the path of a billiard-ball that goes through a focus of the ellipse converges toward the long axis. 相似文献
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Genome-wide association studies of 14 agronomic traits in rice landraces 总被引:20,自引:0,他引:20
Huang X Wei X Sang T Zhao Q Feng Q Zhao Y Li C Zhu C Lu T Zhang Z Li M Fan D Guo Y Wang A Wang L Deng L Li W Lu Y Weng Q Liu K Huang T Zhou T Jing Y Li W Lin Z Buckler ES Qian Q Zhang QF Li J Han B 《Nature genetics》2010,42(11):961-967
Uncovering the genetic basis of agronomic traits in crop landraces that have adapted to various agro-climatic conditions is important to world food security. Here we have identified ~ 3.6 million SNPs by sequencing 517 rice landraces and constructed a high-density haplotype map of the rice genome using a novel data-imputation method. We performed genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for 14 agronomic traits in the population of Oryza sativa indica subspecies. The loci identified through GWAS explained ~ 36% of the phenotypic variance, on average. The peak signals at six loci were tied closely to previously identified genes. This study provides a fundamental resource for rice genetics research and breeding, and demonstrates that an approach integrating second-generation genome sequencing and GWAS can be used as a powerful complementary strategy to classical biparental cross-mapping for dissecting complex traits in rice. 相似文献
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Over the last two decades the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying T cell activation, expansion, differentiation,
and memory formation have been intensively investigated. These studies revealed that the generation of memory T cells is critically
impacted by a number of factors, including the magnitude of the inflammatory response and cytokine production, the type of
dendritic cell [DC] that presents the pathogen derived antigen, their maturation status, and the concomitant provision of
costimulation. Nevertheless, the primary stimulus leading to T cell activation is generated through the T cell receptor [TCR]
following its engagement with a peptide MHC ligand [pMHC]. The purpose of this review is to highlight classical and recent
findings on how antigen recognition, the degree of TCR stimulation, and intracellular signal transduction pathways impact
the formation of effector and memory T cells. 相似文献
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Maize HapMap2 identifies extant variation from a genome in flux 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Chia JM Song C Bradbury PJ Costich D de Leon N Doebley J Elshire RJ Gaut B Geller L Glaubitz JC Gore M Guill KE Holland J Hufford MB Lai J Li M Liu X Lu Y McCombie R Nelson R Poland J Prasanna BM Pyhäjärvi T Rong T Sekhon RS Sun Q Tenaillon MI Tian F Wang J Xu X Zhang Z Kaeppler SM Ross-Ibarra J McMullen MD Buckler ES Zhang G Xu Y Ware D 《Nature genetics》2012,44(7):803-807
Whereas breeders have exploited diversity in maize for yield improvements, there has been limited progress in using beneficial alleles in undomesticated varieties. Characterizing standing variation in this complex genome has been challenging, with only a small fraction of it described to date. Using a population genetics scoring model, we identified 55 million SNPs in 103 lines across pre-domestication and domesticated Zea mays varieties, including a representative from the sister genus Tripsacum. We find that structural variations are pervasive in the Z. mays genome and are enriched at loci associated with important traits. By investigating the drivers of genome size variation, we find that the larger Tripsacum genome can be explained by transposable element abundance rather than an allopolyploid origin. In contrast, intraspecies genome size variation seems to be controlled by chromosomal knob content. There is tremendous overlap in key gene content in maize and Tripsacum, suggesting that adaptations from Tripsacum (for example, perennialism and frost and drought tolerance) can likely be integrated into maize. 相似文献
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Genome-wide association study of leaf architecture in the maize nested association mapping population 总被引:13,自引:0,他引:13
Tian F Bradbury PJ Brown PJ Hung H Sun Q Flint-Garcia S Rocheford TR McMullen MD Holland JB Buckler ES 《Nature genetics》2011,43(2):159-162
US maize yield has increased eight-fold in the past 80 years, with half of the gain attributed to selection by breeders. During this time, changes in maize leaf angle and size have altered plant architecture, allowing more efficient light capture as planting density has increased. Through a genome-wide association study (GWAS) of the maize nested association mapping panel, we determined the genetic basis of important leaf architecture traits and identified some of the key genes. Overall, we demonstrate that the genetic architecture of the leaf traits is dominated by small effects, with little epistasis, environmental interaction or pleiotropy. In particular, GWAS results show that variations at the liguleless genes have contributed to more upright leaves. These results demonstrate that the use of GWAS with specially designed mapping populations is effective in uncovering the basis of key agronomic traits. 相似文献
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Mutations of the BRAF gene in human cancer 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Davies H Bignell GR Cox C Stephens P Edkins S Clegg S Teague J Woffendin H Garnett MJ Bottomley W Davis N Dicks E Ewing R Floyd Y Gray K Hall S Hawes R Hughes J Kosmidou V Menzies A Mould C Parker A Stevens C Watt S Hooper S Wilson R Jayatilake H Gusterson BA Cooper C Shipley J Hargrave D Pritchard-Jones K Maitland N Chenevix-Trench G Riggins GJ Bigner DD Palmieri G Cossu A Flanagan A Nicholson A Ho JW Leung SY Yuen ST Weber BL Seigler HF Darrow TL Paterson H Marais R Marshall CJ Wooster R 《Nature》2002,417(6892):949-954
Cancers arise owing to the accumulation of mutations in critical genes that alter normal programmes of cell proliferation, differentiation and death. As the first stage of a systematic genome-wide screen for these genes, we have prioritized for analysis signalling pathways in which at least one gene is mutated in human cancer. The RAS RAF MEK ERK MAP kinase pathway mediates cellular responses to growth signals. RAS is mutated to an oncogenic form in about 15% of human cancer. The three RAF genes code for cytoplasmic serine/threonine kinases that are regulated by binding RAS. Here we report BRAF somatic missense mutations in 66% of malignant melanomas and at lower frequency in a wide range of human cancers. All mutations are within the kinase domain, with a single substitution (V599E) accounting for 80%. Mutated BRAF proteins have elevated kinase activity and are transforming in NIH3T3 cells. Furthermore, RAS function is not required for the growth of cancer cell lines with the V599E mutation. As BRAF is a serine/threonine kinase that is commonly activated by somatic point mutation in human cancer, it may provide new therapeutic opportunities in malignant melanoma. 相似文献
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Kurt H. Meyer Ed. H. Fischer P. Bernfeld 《Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS》1946,2(9):362-363
Summary The -amylase of hog pancreas has been purified and the degree of purity controled by electrophoresis. The active substance is a protein which can dissociate in an unstable high molecular component and a thermostable component of low molecular weight. 相似文献
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Loss of the SKI proto-oncogene in individuals affected with 1p36 deletion syndrome is predicted by strain-dependent defects in Ski-/- mice. 总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2
Clemencia Colmenares Heidi A Heilstedt Lisa G Shaffer Stuart Schwartz Michael Berk Jeffrey C Murray Ed Stavnezer 《Nature genetics》2002,30(1):106-109
Experiments involving overexpression of Ski have suggested that this gene is involved in neural tube development and muscle differentiation. In agreement with these findings, Ski-/- mice display a cranial neural tube defect that results in exencephaly and a marked reduction in skeletal muscle mass. Here we show that the penetrance and expressivity of the phenotype changes when the null mutation is backcrossed into the C57BL6/J background, with the principal change involving a switch from a neural tube defect to midline facial clefting. Other defects, including depressed nasal bridge, eye abnormalities, skeletal muscle defects and digit abnormalities, show increased penetrance in the C57BL6/J background. These phenotypes are interesting because they resemble some of the features observed in individuals diagnosed with 1p36 deletion syndrome, a disorder caused by monosomy of the short arm of human chromosome 1p (refs. 6-9). These similarities prompted us to re-examine the chromosomal location of human SKI and to determine whether SKI is included in the deletions of 1p36. We found that human SKI is located at distal 1p36.3 and is deleted in all of the individuals tested so far who have this syndrome. Thus, SKI may contribute to some of the phenotypes common in 1p36 deletion syndrome, and particularly to facial clefting. 相似文献