Nature Communications (Jul 2020)

Antisense oligonucleotide modulation of non-productive alternative splicing upregulates gene expression

  • Kian Huat Lim,
  • Zhou Han,
  • Hyun Yong Jeon,
  • Jacob Kach,
  • Enxuan Jing,
  • Sebastien Weyn-Vanhentenryck,
  • Mikaela Downs,
  • Anna Corrionero,
  • Raymond Oh,
  • Juergen Scharner,
  • Aditya Venkatesh,
  • Sophina Ji,
  • Gene Liau,
  • Barry Ticho,
  • Huw Nash,
  • Isabel Aznarez

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17093-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Restoration of normal gene expression is one way to treat monogenic disorders. Here the authors target naturally occurring non-productive alternative splicing using antisense oligonucleotides to promote the production of functional proteins.