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SUBMITTER: Peacock H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3116021 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Peacock Hayden H Fucini Raymond V RV Jayalath Prasanna P Ibarra-Soza José M JM Haringsma Henry J HJ Flanagan W Michael WM Willingham Aarron A Beal Peter A PA
Journal of the American Chemical Society 20110601 24
Immune stimulation is a significant hurdle in the development of effective and safe RNA interference therapeutics. Here, we address this problem in the context of a mimic of microRNA-122 by employing novel nucleobase and known 2'-ribose modifications. The nucleobase modifications are analogues of adenosine and guanosine that contain cyclopentyl and propyl minor-groove projections. Via a site-by-site chemical modification analysis, we identify several immunostimulatory 'hot spots' within the miRN ...[more]