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Today, there are emerging numbers of oligonucleotide therapies being approved by the governmental authorities. These types of therapies present a different mode of action when compared to the traditional small molecules, acting at the RNA level instead of the protein level. In drug development, drug potency is defined by the drug affinity to the target biomolecule (target engagement), together with the ability to initiate a response at the molecular, cellular, tissue, or system level (efficacy). In oligonucleotide therapies, affinity and efficacy can be both easily evaluated by gene expression analysis. Although more advanced techniques can be used, this chapter presents a protocol to evaluate splice switching oligonucleotide efficacy that can be easily applied in a molecular biology laboratory without the need of advanced equipment. It describes all steps from sample preparation to data analysis.
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Rocha, C.S.J. (2019). Antisense Oligonucleotides for Splice Modulation: Assessing Splice Switching Efficacy. In: Gissberg, O., Zain, R., Lundin, K. (eds) Oligonucleotide-Based Therapies. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2036. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-9670-4_4
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