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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Joshua Moses
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-2221 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Moses Joshua J Goodchild Amber A Rivory Laurent P LP
RNA (New York, N.Y.) 20091221 2
Transcriptional gene silencing has been reported with siRNA targeting the promoter region of genes. We tested several siRNAs directed against the human VEGF promoter. Of these, siVFp(-992) exhibited > or =50% suppression of VEGF production in two human cell lines. To determine the specificity of this siRNA-mediated suppression, plasmids were prepared to express a luciferase reporter under the control of VEGF promoters featuring wild-type, mutated, or deleted target sequences. siRNA transfection ...[more]