The technique of lentivirus-based RNAi ( RNA interference) is a combination of the effective infec-tion and integrating characteristics of lentivirus vector and the specificity of RNAi to silence a homologous gene expression. It caused the post-transcriptional gene silencing ( PTGS) by a specific target sequence of mRNA degradation.As a kind of commonly used target cells in gene therapy, T lymphocytes play an important role in graft-versus-host disease ( GVHD) and other diseases.It is of great significance for increasing the infection efficiency of the target gene to T lymphocytes on this kind of disease for gene therapy.In this paper, we summarize the application of lentivirus-based RNAi in T lymphocytes.
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