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Engineering modified sirna
- In: SUBMITTED ORALS on Tuesday, 15 April 2014, 14:00-15:30
- At: PSWC, Melbourne (Australia) (2014)
- Type: Presentation
- By: KOKIL, Ganesh (The University of queensland, Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence, Brisbane, Australia)
- Co-author(s): Glanfield, Amber (The Hepatic Fibrosis Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia)
Veedu, Rakesh (School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
Wengel, Jesper (NAC, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Sout. Denmak, Odense campusvej, Denmark)
Ramm, Grant (The Hepatic Fibrosis Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia)
Parekh, Harendra (School of Pharmacy,PACE, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia) - Abstract:
The global prevalence of diabetes mellitus presently sits at over 380 million, of which T2DM accounts ≈90% cases. In T2DM, insulin resistance (IR) reduces tissue glucose uptake accompanied by an increase in hepatic glucose production. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP-1B) acts as a key driver of IR. Thus, silencing the PTP-1B gene with RNAi..
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