RNA interference has proven to be a powerful tool to inhibit viruses. For the prevention of viral escape, multiple short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) will have to be employed. This article describes a rapid procedure for the generation of shRNA expression cassettes by parallel cloning as well as a simple strategy for the combination of selected units. After delivery of the shRNA expression cassettes with adeno-associated virus vectors, inhibition of echovirus 30 as well as silencing of an important cellular cofactor of virus replication were achieved. The procedure has the potential to be generally applicable for silencing of multiple endogenous targets or viruses.
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Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci
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School of Graduate, Dalian Medical University, Dalian City, China.
Purpose: To investigate the effect of Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CAMKII) δ subtypes (CAMK2D) on sodium iodate (NaIO3)-induced retinal degeneration in mice.
Methods: Bioinformatics analysis and Western blot experiments were used to screen the significantly differentially expressed genes in age-related macular degeneration (AMD) disease. CAMK2D knockdown and overexpression models were constructed by lentivirus (LV) infection of adult retinal pigment epithelial cell line-19 (ARPE-19) cells in vitro.
J Intensive Med
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Department of Critical Care Medicine, The Eighth Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
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Front Vet Sci
January 2025
Fujian Key Laboratory for Avian Diseases Control and Prevention, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Fujian Animal Diseases Control Technology Development Centre, Fuzhou, China.
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January 2025
Natural Products Research Center, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Science, Chengdu, P.R. China. Electronic address:
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Ophthalmology, University of North Carolina, 130 Mason Farm Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27517, USA.
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