ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Distribution of intravenously injected small interfering RNAs in organs and tissues

Kuzevanova AYu1, Luneva AS2, Maslov MA2, Karpukhin AV1, Alimov AA
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1 Laboratory of Molecular Genetics of Complexly Inherited Diseases,
Research Centre of Medical Genetics, Moscow, Russia

2 Preobrazhensky Department of Chemistry and Technology of Bioactive Compounds,
Institute of Fine Chemical Technologies, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Andrei Alimov
ul. Moskvorechie, d. 1, Moscow, Russia, 115478; ur.xednay@0102vomila.ierdna

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Acknowledgements: authors thank Olga Konyaeva and Natalia Kulbachevskaya of Blokhin Russian Cancer Research Center for providing consultations and technical assistance with the animals.

Contribution of the authors to this work: Kuzevanova AYu — analysis of literature, data collection, analysis, and interpretation; Luneva AS — preparation of liposomes; Maslov MA — research planning, preparation of liposomes; Karpukhin AV — analysis of literature, research planning, data interpretation, drafting of a manuscript; Alimov AA — analysis of literature, research planning, data collection, analysis and interpretation, drafting of a manuscript. All authors participated in editing of the manuscript.

Received: 2017-06-20 Accepted: 2017-06-24 Published online: 2017-07-19
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Accumulation of siRNA in the organs of mice after the intravenous injection. Differences between the experimental and control groups were significant for liver, spleen, kidney and lung tissues (p < 0.05). (A) Administered dose of 2.5 mg/kg. (B) Administered dose of 7.5 mg/kg