COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING STARGARDT'S DISEASE AND/OR RETINAL BINDING PROTEIN 4 (RBP4)-ASSOCIATED DISORDERS

    公开(公告)号:US20240309375A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18531914

    申请日:2023-12-07

    IPC分类号: C12N15/113 A61P27/02

    摘要: The present invention relates to agents which inhibit the expression and/or activity of transthyretin (TTR), e.g., a double stranded RNA (dsRNA) agent, or salt thereof, or an antisense oligonucleotide or a gene therapy targeting TTR, and the use of these agents in methods of treating or preventing Startgardt's disease, methods of decreasing Vitamin A levels or formation of toxic Vitamin A metabolites, and/or methods of halting progression of vision loss in a subject.
    The present invention also relates to RNAi agents, e.g., double stranded RNA (dsRNA) agents, targeting the retinal binding protein 4 (RBP4) gene. The invention also relates to methods of using such RNAi agents to inhibit expression of an RBP4 gene. The invention further provides the use of RNAi agent targeting RBP4 and/or nucleic acid agents targeting TTR in methods of preventing and treating an RBP4-associated disorder, e.g., an ocular disease, e.g., Stargardt's disease, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), e.g., dry AMD and wet AMD; or a metabolic disorder, e.g., a disorder of glucose and lipid homeostasis, e.g., insulin resistance associated with type II diabetes, or a cardiovascular disease.