Modifications in small interfering RNA that separate immunostimulation from RNA interference

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 180, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 3229-3237

  Eberle, Florian ^a   Gießler, Kerstin ^b   Deck, Christopher ^b   Heeg, Klaus ^a   Peter, Mirjam ^a   Richert, Clemens ^b   Dalpke, Alexander H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' DEOXYNUCLEOSIDE; ADENOSINE; ALPHA INTERFERON; DEOXYURIDINE; METHYL GROUP; NUCLEIC ACID BASE; RIBOSE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; THYMIDINE; URIDINE; 1,2 DIOLEOYLOXY 3 (TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM)PROPANE; 1,2-DIOLEOYLOXY-3-(TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM)PROPANE; DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HETERODUPLEX; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; N(6) CYCLOHEXYL 2 O METHYLADENOSINE; N(6)-CYCLOHEXYL-2-O-METHYLADENOSINE; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA INTERFERENCE; CELL LINE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFORMATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MONONUCLEAR CELL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SECRETION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADENOSINE; CELL LINE; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GENE SILENCING; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; OLIGORIBONUCLEOTIDES; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; THYMIDINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; URIDINE;

EID: 48549105152     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: 15506606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.180.5.3229     Document Type: Article

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