COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING IMMUNE AND VIRAL DISORDERS AND MODULATING PROTEIN-RNA INTERACTION

• Main Authors: BOCK Florian J, TODOROVA Tanya, CHANG Paul
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.10.2016
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMES; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPIRITS; TESTING; VINEGAR; WINE

The present invention relates to methods of treating or decreasing the likelihood of developing a disorder associated with immune misregulation, such as, an autoimmune disorder, or viral or virus-associated disorder in a subject including administering to the subject a composition comprising an activator of a CCCH zinc finger-containing PARP, such as, PARP13 or PARP12. The present invention also relates to methods of treating a TRAIL-resistant disorder, such as, TRAIL-resistant cancer including administering to the subject a composition comprising an activator of a CCCH zinc finger-containing PARP, such as, PARP13 or PARP12. The present invention further relates to methods of modulating a CCCH zinc finger-containing PARP-RNA interaction including contacting a CCCH zinc finger-containing PARP protein or a CCCH zinc finger-containing PARP fusion protein with a CCCH zinc finger-containing PARP activator.