RNA INTERFERENCE MEDIATED INHIBITION OF HIV GENE EXPRESSION USING SHORT INTERFERING NUCLEIC ACID (SINA)

摘要

The present invention concerns methods and reagents useful in modulating hum an immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gene expression in a variety of applications, including use in therapeutic, diagnostic, target validation, and genomic discovery applications. Specifically, the invention relates to small nucleic acid molecules, such as short interfering nucleic acid (siNA), short interfering RNA (siRNA), double-stranded RNA (dsRNA), micro-RNA (miRNA), and short hairpin RNA (shRNA) molecules capable of mediating RNA interference (RNAi) against HIV gene expression and/or activity. The small nucleic acid molecules are useful in the treatment and diagnosis of HIV infection, AIDS, and any other disease or condition that responds to modulation of HIV expression or activity.