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Deciphering Novel Pathogenetic Mechanisms and Developing Therapeutic Strategies for Hereditary Hearing Impairment through Exploration of Non-Coding Dna Elements
Deciphering Novel Pathogenetic Mechanisms and Developing Therapeutic Strategies for Hereditary Hearing Impairment through Exploration of Non-Coding Dna Elements
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Primary Data
Project title
探索非轉譯區DNA序列以破譯遺傳性聽損之新致病機制暨研發治療策略
Internal ID
113-2314-B-002-084-MY3
Principal Investigator
CHEN-CHI WU
Start Date
August 1, 2025
End Date
July 31, 2026
Organizations
Otolaryngology
Partner Organizations
National Science and Technology Council
Description
Keywords
hereditary hearing impairment
non-coding elements
whole genome sequencing
canonical gene therapy
RNA-targeted therapy
Description
遺傳性聽損是導致兒童聽損之最重要成因。儘管次世代定序為兒童聽損之臨床診斷帶來顯著提升,但仍有超過40%病童的致病原因未明。近年研究顯示,人類基因體之「非轉譯序列」如:微小核醣核酸、長鏈非轉譯核醣核酸、順向調控序列、內含子和非轉譯末端側翼等,在疾病之致病機制可能扮演關鍵作用。本計畫之目的,在於檢測隱藏於非轉譯序列之致病變異位點,並在細胞與動物模式中,驗證其致病機制;其後,針對不同點位設計不同的治療策略,包括常規基因治療及新型RNA導向治療,以開發相應之新型治療方法。相關研究結果及所建構的分析流程,預期可進一步改善現有之臨床診斷,並探索具潛力的治療策略。
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