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Antisense Technology
Scientists at University of Insubria detail research in antisense technology
June 2nd, 2009
According to a study from Varese, Italy, "Antisense transcription has long been recognized as a mechanism involved in the regulation of gene expression. Therefore, several human diseases associated with abnormal patterns of gene expression might display antisense RNA-mediated pathogenetic mechanisms." "Such issue could be particularly relevant for cancer pathogenesis, since deregulated gene expression has long been established as a hallmark of cancer cells. Herein, we report on a bioinformatic search for antisense transcription in two cancer-associated regions of human chromosome 6 (6q21 and 6q27). Natural antisense transcripts (NATs) for several genes in both genomic...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-02)
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