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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Applicants:
Scott Quenton Harper, Powell, OH (US);
Jian Liu, Columbus, OH (US);
Inventors:
Scott Quenton Harper, Powell, OH (US);
Jian Liu, Columbus, OH (US);
Assignee:
NATIONWIDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, INC., Columbus, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/01 (2006.01); A01N 63/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/86 (2006.01); C12N 15/113 (2010.01); C07K 14/47 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/86 (2013.01); C07K 14/4707 (2013.01); C12N 15/113 (2013.01); C12N 2310/141 (2013.01); C12N 2330/51 (2013.01); C12N 2750/14143 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to RNA interference-based methods for inhibiting the expression of the myotilin gene. Recombinant adeno-associated viruses of the invention deliver DNAs encoding microRNAs that knock down the expression of myotilin. The methods have application in the treatment of muscular dystrophies such as Limb Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Type 1A.