887 results about "Small RNA" patented technology

The invention relates relates to ribonucleic acids and oligonucleotide probes useful for detection and analysis of non-coding RNAs, such as microRNAs and small nuclear RNA (snRNA), in particular small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs), and their precursors which are associated with cancer, and which can be used for characterising breast cancers or suspected cancer.

The invention provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising short single stranded oligonucleotides, of length of between 8 and 17 nucleobases which are complementary to human microRNAs. The short oligonucleotides are particularly effective at alleviating miRNA repression in vivo. It is found that the incorporation of high affinity nucleotide analogues into the oligonucleotides results in highly effective anti-microRNA molecules which appear to function via the formation of almost irreversible duplexes with the miRNA target, rather than RNA cleavage based mechanisms, such as mechanisms associated with RNaseH or RISC.

The invention relates to compositions and methods for detecting and quantifying small RNA species such as miRNA, preferably associated with disease detection and diagnosis.

A method for encapsulating nucleic acids, particularly siRNAs, shRNAs, microRNAs, gene therapy plasmids, and other oligonucleotides in biodegradable polymers is disclosed, whereby the nucleic acids are formulated into reverse micelles composed of non-toxic and/or naturally-occurring lipids prior to nanoparticle formation by nanoprecipitation. This method can be coupled to other techniques that improve intracellular drug targeting, ultimately enhancing intracellular delivery of the aforementioned nucleic acids.

The present invention generally relates to a method for developing, generating and selecting tumor-free embryonic stem (ES)-like pluripotent cells using electroporation delivery of an inducible tumor suppressor mir-302 agent into mammalian cells. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and composition for generating a Tet-On/Off recombinant transgene capable of expressing a manually re-designed mir-302 microRNA (miRNA)/shRNA agent under the control of doxycyclin (Dox) in human somatic/cancer cells and thus inducing certain specific gene silencing effects on the differentiation-associated genes and oncogenes of the cells, resulting in reprogramming the cells into an ES-like pluripotent state.

The present invention provides extraction compositions and methods for the rapid and efficient isolation of small RNA molecules from a biological sample. In particular, the extraction compositions, when contacted with a biological sample, releases the small RNA molecules from the other molecules in a biological sample, and the released small RNA molecules may then be isolated.

The invention relates to microRNAs (miRNAs) for the diagnosis, prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart diseases. It relates in particular to SEQ ID No: 1 to SEQ ID No: 29 for the diagnosis, prophylaxis and/or treatment of heart diseases. In addition, the invention relates to the use of these sequences to produce a medicament for heart diseases and for the diagnosis thereof. Also encompassed are a method for the diagnosis of a heart disease, a kit and an expression vector comprising these sequences, a cell which contains the expression vector, and also a method for modulating a heart disease and a method for screening a pharmaceutically active compound for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a heart disease.

The present invention provides methods, nucleic acids, compositions, and kits for detecting microRNA (miRNA) in samples. The methods comprise designing mRNA-specific primers, adding a polyA tail to the miRNA, and using reverse transcription and amplification to detect the miRNA. The nucleic acids, compositions, and kits typically comprise some or all of the components necessary to practice the methods of the invention.

The invention relates to construction of rice transgenic materials and aims to provide a gene editing method for knocking out rice MIRNA393b stem-loop sequences with application of a CRISPR(clustered regulatory interspersed short palindromic repeat)-Cas9 system. The gene editing method comprises steps as follows: gRNA target sites are selected for cloning and GG linking, enzyme digestion is performed after amplification, and a product is linked with a pGREB 32 vector; escherichia coli competent cells are transformed; plasmids with a correct sequencing result are used for transforming agrobacteria, transgenic plants are obtained through mediated transformation of rice calli, and transgenic positive lines are obtained; the T0-generation mutant plant seeds are collected for seeding, and the T1-generation plants are subjected to homozygote screening; homozygous lines which are discovered to be negative through MIRNA393b expression are rice mutants completely losing the MIRNA393b stem-loop sequences and MIRNA393b stem-loop sequence expression. According to the gene editing method, MIRNA stem-loop sequences can be effectively knocked out, and loss-of-function mutants of different members in the same MIRNA family can be prepared; the mutant plant propagates to obtain a large number of seeds and is an ideal material for acquiring rice MIRNA393b gene functions successfully.

The invention provides a method of detecting small target nucleotide sequences, in particular, small RNA species that are present in a sample. The method generally comprises a poly-A polymerization step or a ligation step to add a universal sequence to the 3′-end of all RNA molecules, followed by a universal primer-mediated cDNA synthesis, solid-phase selection, assay oligo annealing, extension and PCR amplification/labeling. The method of the invention can be practiced to amplify and label a small amount of miRNA or other ncRNA. The resulting amplification product can be read out on a universal array or an array with miRNA-specific or ncRNA-specific probes. The invention has multiple embodiments, including methods, compositions, and kits. In general, the nucleic acids, compositions, and kits comprise materials that are useful in carrying out the methods of the invention or are produced by the methods, and that can be used to detect small target nucleic acid sequences present in samples, in particular, small RNA species.

The present invention relates to a method for determining the delivery rates and/or efficiency of a siRNA, miRNA or related molecule to target organs or cells, a kit and the use of proteins or lipids involved in the formation of the endolysosomal system for modulating the activity and/or the cell-to-cell transfer of RNA, small RNA, for example miRNA, siRNA and piRNA, mRNA or non-coding RNA.

It finds many applications in particular in methods for identifying the target(s) of miRNA or siRNA therapeutics, in methods for determining the efficiency of a treatment with siRNA and/or miRNA therapeutics, in methods for determining the efficiency of a treatment with siRNA and/or miRNA therapeutics, and in methods for genotyping and/or characterizing the condition of a person, a tumor or a fetus.