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SUBMITTER: Leachman SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2839285 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leachman Sancy A SA Hickerson Robyn P RP Schwartz Mary E ME Bullough Emily E EE Hutcherson Stephen L SL Boucher Kenneth M KM Hansen C David CD Eliason Mark J MJ Srivatsa G Susan GS Kornbrust Douglas J DJ Smith Frances Jd FJ McLean Wh Irwin WI Milstone Leonard M LM Kaspar Roger L RL
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 20091124 2
The rare skin disorder pachyonychia congenita (PC) is an autosomal dominant syndrome that includes a disabling plantar keratoderma for which no satisfactory treatment is currently available. We have completed a phase Ib clinical trial for treatment of PC utilizing the first short-interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapeutic for skin. This siRNA, called TD101, specifically and potently targets the keratin 6a (K6a) N171K mutant mRNA without affecting wild-type K6a mRNA. The safety and efficacy of TD1 ...[more]