Mannose-6-phosphate receptor mediated gene transfer into muscle cells

摘要

The invention relates to glycoside-compound conjugates for use in antisense strategies, particularly in vivo antisense strategies. The conjugates comprise a glycoside linked to a compound, in which glycoside is a ligand capable of binding to a mannose-6-phosphate receptor of a muscle cell. For example the cells are muscle cells of a Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) patient and the conjugate comprises an antisense oligonucleotide which causes exon skipping and induces or restores the synthesis of dystrophin or variants thereof. <IMAGE>