Design of potential siRNA molecules for hepatitis delta virus gene silencing.
Hepatitis D is a liable reason of mortality and morbidity worldwide. It is caused by an RNA virus known as Hepatitis Delta Virus (HDV). Genetic studies of HDV have shown that delta antigen protein is responsible for replication of genome and play a foremost role in viral infection. Therefore, delta antigen protein may be used as suitable target for disease diagnosis. Viral activity can be restrained through RNA interference (RNAi) technology, an influential method for post transcriptional gene silencing in a sequence specific manner. However, there is a genetic variability in different viral isolates; it is a great challenge to design potential siRNA molecules which can silence the respective target genes rather than any other viral gene simultaneously. In current study two effective siRNA molecules for silencing of HDV were rationally designed and validated using computational methods, which may lead to knockdown the activity of virus. Thus, this approach may provide an insight for the chemical synthesis of antiviral RNA molecule for the treatment of hepatitis D, at genome level.
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, Chowk Lucknow-226003, Uttar Pradesh, India ; Bioinformatics Centre, Biotech Park, Sector-G, Jankipuram, Lucknow-226021, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Sarita
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Singh
Sunil Kumar
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Gupta
Anuradha
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Nischal
Sanjay
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Khattri
Rajendra
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Nath
Kamlesh Kumar
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Pant
Prahlad Kishore
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Seth