El siRNA administrado por vía oral dirigido al macrófago Map4k4 suprime la inflamación sistémica

Myriam Aouadi1, Gregory J Tesz, Sarah M Nicoloro

  • 1Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts 01605, USA.

Nature
|May 2, 2009
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron partículas de siRNA encapsuladas con beta1,3-D-glucano (GeRPs) para su administración oral. Estos GeRPs efectivamente silencian los genes en los macrófagos, ofreciendo una nueva estrategia terapéutica para las enfermedades inflamatorias.

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