Development of siRNA Therapeutics for the Treatment of Liver Diseases

Anja Holm, Marianne Bengtson Løvendorf, Sakari Kauppinen

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Abstract

Small interfering RNA (siRNA)-based therapeutics holds the promise to treat a wide range of human diseases that are currently incurable using conventional therapies. Most siRNA therapeutic efforts to date have focused on the treatment of liver diseases due to major breakthroughs in the development of efficient strategies for delivering siRNA drugs to the liver. Indeed, the development of lipid nanoparticle-formulated and GalNAc-conjugated siRNA therapeutics has resulted in recent FDA approvals of the first siRNA-based drugs, patisiran for the treatment of hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis and givosiran for the treatment of acute hepatic porphyria, respectively. Here, we describe the current strategies for delivering siRNA drugs to the liver and summarize recent advances in clinical development of siRNA therapeutics for the treatment of liver diseases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDesign and Delivery of SiRNA Therapeutics
EditorsHenrik J. Ditzel, Martina Tuttolomondo, Sakari Kauppinen
Number of pages19
Volume2282
PublisherSpringer
Publication date2021
Pages57-75
ISBN (Print)978-1-0716-1297-2, 978-1-0716-1300-9
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-0716-1298-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
SeriesMethods in Molecular Biology
Volume2282
ISSN1064-3745

Keywords

  • Acetylgalactosamine/analogs & derivatives
  • Amyloid Neuropathies, Familial/genetics
  • Animals
  • Gene Transfer Techniques
  • Humans
  • Liver Diseases/genetics
  • Porphyrias, Hepatic/diagnosis
  • Pyrrolidines/therapeutic use
  • RNA Interference
  • RNA, Small Interfering/genetics
  • RNAi Therapeutics

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