Many si/shRNAs can kill cancer cells by targeting multiple survival genes through an off-target mechanism
W. Putzbach, Q. Q. Gao, M. Patel, S. van Dongen, A. Haluck-Kangas, A. A. Sarshad, E. Bartom, K.-Y. A. Kim, D. M. Scholtens, M. Hafner, J. C. Zhao, A. E. Murmann, M. E. Peter
The paper shows that many si/shRNAs targeting CD95 or CD95L induce cancer cell death via an off-target mechanism called DISE by eliminating survival genes.
bioRxiv · Sep 14, 2017Cancer Biology