title: Dietary delivery: a new avenue for microRNA therapeutics?
abstract: Many people carefully monitor their food choices, adhering to the philosophy that 'you are what you eat'. Recent research adds a new wrinkle to that old adage, suggesting that dietary small RNAs (sRNAs) can control the gene expression of the consumer and may provide an effective, noninvasive, and inexpensive therapy for many human diseases.
authors.affiliation: United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)/Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1100 Bates Street, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: kendalh@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Kendal D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Hirschi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Gail J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Pruss
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vance
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000818:Animals; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D005502:Food; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D035683:MicroRNAs; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering