Gene expression and pain
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1. A method for treating or managing pain in a patient comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of an oligonucleotide decoy, wherein the decoy comprises an EGR1 binding site is less than 65 base pairs in length, wherein the EGR1 binding site comprises a sequence capable of competing with SEQ ID NO:
- 41 for EGR1 binding in a quantitative competition ELISA assay.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to double-stranded oligonucleotides, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and use of such double-stranded oligonucleotides and pharmaceutical compositions to modulate nociceptive signaling in a cell or prevent and/or treat pain in a patient.
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1. A method for treating or managing pain in a patient comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of an oligonucleotide decoy, wherein the decoy comprises an EGR1 binding site is less than 65 base pairs in length, wherein the EGR1 binding site comprises a sequence capable of competing with SEQ ID NO:
- 41 for EGR1 binding in a quantitative competition ELISA assay.
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- 8. An oligonucleotide decoy comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:
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11. A method for treating or managing pain in a patient comprising administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of an oligonucleotide decoy, wherein the decoy comprises an EGR1 binding site and is less than 65 base pairs in length, wherein the EGR1 binding site has an affinity for EGR1 at least equivalent to SEQ ID NO:
- 41 as measured in a quantitative competition binding assay.
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