A new class of cholesterol-lowering treatments that utilize small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are currently in clinical trials. These work by binding to and degrading specific mRNAs that encode apolipoproteins (O'Donoghue et al., 2022). Which specific cells do these siRNAs have to be directed to in order to be effective? O adipose cells O hepatocytes macrophages pancreatic beta cells

A new class of cholesterol-lowering treatments that utilize small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are currently in clinical trials. These work by binding to and degrading specific mRNAs that encode apolipoproteins (O'Donoghue et al., 2022). Which specific cells do these siRNAs have to be directed to in order to be effective? O adipose cells O hepatocytes macrophages pancreatic beta cells

Biochemistry

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Author:Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham

Publisher:Reginald H. Garrett, Charles M. Grisham

Chapter32: The Reception And Transmission Of Extracellular Information

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