This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for reducing lactate dehydrogenase target RNA and protein levels via use of dsRNAs, e.g., Dicer substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) agents.

Disclosed herein are compositions and pharmaceutical formulations that comprise a binding moiety conjugated to a polynucleic acid molecule and a polymer. Also described herein include methods for treating a cancer which utilize a composition or a pharmaceutical formulation comprising a binding moiety conjugated to a polynucleic acid molecule and a polymer.

Disclosed herein are molecules and pharmaceutical compositions that mediate RNA interference against KRAS. Also described herein include methods for treating a disease or disorder that comprises a molecule or a pharmaceutical composition that mediate RNA interference against KRAS.

Disclosed herein are molecules and pharmaceutical compositions that mediate RNA interference against KRAS. Also described herein include methods for treating a disease or disorder that comprises a molecule or a pharmaceutical composition that mediate RNA interference against KRAS.

The present invention relates to RNAi constructs for reducing expression of the MARC1 gene. Methods of using such RNAi constructs to treat or prevent liver fibrosis and fatty liver diseases, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, are also described.

The present invention relates to RNAi constructs for reducing expression of the MARC1 gene. Methods of using such RNAi constructs to treat or prevent liver fibrosis and fatty liver diseases, such as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, are also described.

One aspect of the present invention relates to double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent capable of inhibiting the expression of a target gene. The sense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least one thermally destabilizing nucleotide, and at least one said thermally destabilizing nucleotide occurring at a site opposite to the seed region (positions 2-8) of the antisense strand; and the antisense strand of the dsRNA agent comprises at least two modified nucleotides that provide the nucleotide a steric bulk that is less than or equal to the steric bulk of a 2′-OMe modification, wherein said modified nucleotides are separated by 11 nucleotides in length. Other aspects of the invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these dsRNA agents suitable for therapeutic use, and methods of inhibiting the expression of a target gene by administering these dsRNA agents, e.g., for the treatment of various disease conditions.

Described are novel targeting ligands that may be linked to compounds, such therapeutic compounds that are useful in directing the compounds to the in vivo target. The targeting ligands disclosed herein can serve to target expression-inhibiting oligomeric compounds, such as RNAi agents, to liver cells to modulate gene expression. The targeting ligands disclosed herein, when conjugated to a therapeutic compound, may be used in a variety of applications, including use in therapeutic, diagnostic, target validation, and genomic discovery applications. Compositions including the targeting ligands disclosed herein when linked to expression-inhibiting oligomeric compounds are capable of mediating expression of target nucleic acid sequences in liver cells, such as hepatocytes, which may be useful in the treatment of diseases or conditions that respond to inhibition of gene expression or activity in a cell, tissue, or organism.

The present invention relates to RNAi constructs for reducing expression of the SCAP gene. Methods of using such RNAi constructs to treat or prevent liver disease, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are also described.

Described are methods for treating alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) in a human patient in need of treatment, using pharmaceutical compositions that include AAT RNAi agents. The pharmaceutical compositions disclosed herein that include AAT RNAi agents, when administered to a human patient in need thereof, treat liver diseases associated with AAT deficiency such as chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis, increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, transaminitis, cholestasis, fibrosis, fulminant hepatic failure, and other liver-related diseases.