Identification of polyamides that enhance adenovirus-mediated gene expression in the urothelium.

abstract：:During the past decade, both in vitro and in vivo studies have provided new insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern angiogenesis and arteriogenesis. However, therapeutic angiogenesis clinical trials using recombinant protein or gene therapy formulations of single angiogenic growth factors have ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Vincent KA,Jiang C,Boltje I,Kelly RA

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of efficient systems for in vivo gene transfer to the central nervous system (CNS) may provide a useful therapeutic strategy for the alleviation of several neurological disorders. In this study, we evaluated the feasibility of nonviral gene therapy to the CNS mediated by cationic liposomes. We present ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： da Cruz MT,Cardoso AL,de Almeida LP,Simões S,de Lima MC

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic lipid-DNA complexes (lipoplexes) have been widely used as gene transfer vectors which avoid the adverse immunogenicity and potential for viraemia of viral vectors. With the long-term aim of gene transfer into skeletal muscle in vivo, we describe a direct in vitro comparison of two commercially available catio...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Dodds E,Dunckley MG,Naujoks K,Michaelis U,Dickson G

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replicating viruses for cancer gene therapy have beneficial antitumor effects, however, in the setting of an enzyme/prodrug system, the interactions between these viruses and the activated agents are complex. A replicating vaccinia virus expressing the cytosine deaminase gene (VVCD), which converts the prodrug 5-FC in...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： McCart JA,Puhlmann M,Lee J,Hu Y,Libutti SK,Alexander HR,Bartlett DL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasmids carrying the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) latent gene EBNA1 and the EBV latent origin of replication (oriP) stay in transfected human cells as autonomously replicating extrachromosomal genetic units. They thus might represent a suitable tool for cytokine gene introduction into human tumor cells with the prospect ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mũcke S,Polack A,Pawlita M,Zehnpfennig D,Massoudi N,Bohlen H,Doerfler W,Bornkamm G,Diehl V,Wolf J

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatic fibrosis is a common outcome of chronic liver diseases. In schistosomiasis, chronic parasite egg-induced granuloma formation can lead to fibrosis, which is immunologically characterized by the dominant Th2 response. Recently, it has been shown that gene therapy is an attractive approach for the treatment of he...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Zhang LH,Pan JP,Yao HP,Sun WJ,Xia DJ,Wang QQ,He L,Wang J,Cao X

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have designed new vectors for the construction of recombinant adenoviruses containing expression cassettes in the E1 and/or E3 regions. Using a versatile set of restriction enzymes, the cassettes are cloned into small bacterial vectors and subsequently introduced into large plasmids containing the adenoviral sequen...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Danthinne X,Werth E

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, self-inactivating (SIN) retroviral vectors based on feline foamy virus (FFV) were constructed and analysed. The FFV SIN vectors were devoid of the core FFV long terminal repeat promoter plus upstream sequences but contained all structural and regulatory genes. This design allowed sensitive detection of ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Bastone P,Löchelt M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intervertebral disc degeneration (IVDD) is a multi-factorial process characterized by phenotypic and genotypic changes, which leads to low back pain and disability. Prolonged imbalance between anabolism and catabolism in discs alters their composition resulting in progressive loss of proteoglycans and hydration leadin...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sampara P,Banala RR,Vemuri SK,Av GR,Gpv S

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficiency of plasmid gene transfer to skeletal muscle can be significantly improved by the application of an electrical field to the muscle following injection of plasmid DNA. However, this electrotransfer is associated with significant muscle damage which may result in substantial loss of transfected muscle fibr...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： McMahon JM,Signori E,Wells KE,Fazio VM,Wells DJ

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late pregnant rats exhibit endogenous opioid restraint of oxytocin cells since i.v. naloxone (NLX opioid antagonist) increases oxytocin (OXT) secretion but OXT nerve terminals become desensitised to opioids. We have studied central opioid inhibition of OXT neurones in late pregnancy by measuring SON OXT neurones firin...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Douglas AJ,Johnstone LE,Neumann I,Leng G,Russell JA

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:p53 gene therapy is being tested clinically for the treatment of human cancer, however, some cancer models (in vivo and in vitro) are resistant to p53. To explore the potential use of two p53 homologues, p73 and p51/p63, in cancer gene therapy, we introduced p53, p73 and p51/p63 into colorectal cancer cell lines via a...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sasaki Y,Morimoto I,Ishida S,Yamashita T,Imai K,Tokino T

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus (Ad)-mediated delivery of anti-angiogenic molecules into tumors constitutes an appealing approach for growth inhibition. However, lack of expression on tumors of Ad receptors leads to weak tumor transduction. Therefore, to provide Ad with a new entry pathway into tumors, an NGR peptide was inserted into eit...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jullienne B,Vigant F,Muth E,Chaligné R,Bouquet C,Giraudier S,Perricaudet M,Benihoud K

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rhesus macaque tripartite motif (TRIM)5alpha potently inhibits early stages of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-1 replication, while the human orthologue has little effect on this virus. We used PCR-based random mutagenesis to construct a large library of human TRIM5alpha variants containing mutations in the PRYSPRY...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Pham QT,Bouchard A,Grütter MG,Berthoux L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant Semliki Forest virus (SFV) is an attractive viral vector system owing to its ability to allow high efficiency of viral protein expression. To produce recombinant pseudotyped human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) virions, we designed a chimeric SFV/HIV vector system that contains both the HIV-1 cis- a...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Del Vecchio C,Calistri A,Lombardi G,Celegato M,Biasolo MA,Palù G,Parolin C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential for gene therapy to be an effective treatment for cystic fibrosis has been hampered by the limited gene transfer efficiency of current vectors. We have shown that recombinant Sendai virus (SeV) is highly efficient in mediating gene transfer to differentiated airway epithelial cells, because of its capaci...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ferrari S,Griesenbach U,Iida A,Farley R,Wright AM,Zhu J,Munkonge FM,Smith SN,You J,Ban H,Inoue M,Chan M,Singh C,Verdon B,Argent BE,Wainwright B,Jeffery PK,Geddes DM,Porteous DJ,Hyde SC,Gray MA,Hasegawa M,Alton

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sendai virus (SeV) is able to transfect airway epithelial cells efficiently in vivo. However, as with other viral vectors, repeated administration leads to reduced gene expression. We have investigated the impact of inducing immunological tolerance to immunodominant T-cell epitopes on gene expression following repeate...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Griesenbach U,Boyton RJ,Somerton L,Garcia SE,Ferrari S,Owaki T,Ya-Fen Z,Geddes DM,Hasegawa M,Altmann DM,Alton EW

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its cognate receptor KDR has been linked to a more aggressive phenotype of human prostate carcinomas. The importance of signal transduction through the VEGF receptor 2 is illustrated by use of soluble KDR, which binds to VEGF and sequesters this ligand be...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kaliberov SA,Kaliberova LN,Buchsbaum DJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several of the current techniques for transfer of both oligonucleotide and plasmid DNA into the myocardium are impaired by low efficiency and toxicity. To improve gene transfer techniques, especially into the whole heart, a gene transfer method involving liposome in conjunction with a viral envelope (HVJ-liposome) was...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sawa Y,Kaneda Y,Bai HZ,Suzuki K,Fujimoto J,Morishita R,Matsuda H

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently developed helper virus-free methods of herpes simplex virus (HSV) amplicon vector packaging provide stocks that are virtually devoid of the cytotoxic component normally associated with traditional helper virus-based packaging methods. These approaches involve cotransfection of amplicon plasmid DNA with either...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Bowers WJ,Howard DF,Brooks AI,Halterman MW,Federoff HJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene encoding E. coli nitroreductase (NTR) was expressed in the luminal cells of the mammary gland of transgenic mice using the ovine beta-lactoglobulin promoter. Treatment of NTR expressing animals with the prodrug CB1954 (5-aziridin-1-yl-2-4-dinitrobenzamide) resulted in a rapid and selective killing of this pop...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Clark AJ,Iwobi M,Cui W,Crompton M,Harold G,Hobbs S,Kamalati T,Knox R,Neil C,Yull F,Gusterson B

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the influence of overexpression of arylsulfatase A (ASA) on the activity of other sulfatases in fibroblasts from patients with metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD). We demonstrated that the overexpression of ASA reduces the activity of various sulfatases by a small amount but does not induce an accumulation of...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ohashi T,Matalon R,Barranger JA,Eto Y

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microwave (MW) energy consists of electric and magnetic fields and is able to penetrate deep into biological materials. We investigated the effect of MW (2450 MHz) irradiation on gene delivery in cultured mouse myoblasts and observed enhanced transgene expression. This effect is, however, highly variable and criticall...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Doran TJ,Lu PJ,Vanier GS,Collins MJ,Wu B,Lu QL

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer to airway epithelia with amphotropic pseudotyped retroviral vectors is inefficient following apical vector application. To better understand this inefficiency, we localized the expression of Pit2, the amphotropic receptor, in polarized human airway epithelia. Pit2 was expressed on both the apical and bas...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wang G,Williams G,Xia H,Hickey M,Shao J,Davidson BL,McCray PB

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conditionally replicating adenoviruses (CRAd) are a promising class of gene therapy agents that can overcome already known glioblastoma (GBM) resistance mechanisms but have limited distribution upon direct intratumoral (i.t.) injection. Collagen bundles in the extracellular matrix (ECM) have an important role in inhib...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Thaci B,Ulasov IV,Ahmed AU,Ferguson SD,Han Y,Lesniak MS

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The broad host cell range and high expression levels of transgenes are features that have made alphaviruses attractive for gene expression studies and gene therapy applications. Particularly, Semliki Forest virus vectors have been applied for large-scale production of recombinant membrane proteins for drug screening p...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Lundstrom K

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A retroviral vector constructed from the murine leukemia virus (MLV) can only express transgenes in cells undergoing mitosis, indicating its suitability as a delivery vehicle for cancer gene therapy. However, the transduction efficiency (TE) of retroviruses embedding endogenous envelope proteins in human cancer cells ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Lee H,Song JJ,Kim E,Yun CO,Choi J,Lee B,Kim J,Chang JW,Kim JH

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy is an attractive method for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. However, using current strategies, induction of gene expression at therapeutic levels is often inefficient. In this study, we show a novel electroporation (EP) method to enhance the delivery of a plasmid expressing an angiogenic growth f...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Marshall WG Jr,Boone BA,Burgos JD,Gografe SI,Baldwin MK,Danielson ML,Larson MJ,Caretto DR,Cruz Y,Ferraro B,Heller LC,Ugen KE,Jaroszeski MJ,Heller R

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The progression of chronic renal diseases is considered as an irreversible process that eventually leads to end-stage renal failure characterized by extensive tissue fibrosis. At present, chronic renal fibrosis is incurable and the incidence of affected patients is on the rise worldwide. In this study, we demonstrate ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Yang J,Dai C,Liu Y

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CC-chemokine receptor (CCR)-5 is the principal coreceptor for the entry of macrophage (M)-tropic HIV-1 viruses into a cell, while CXC-chemokine receptor (CXCR)-4 is the principal coreceptor for T cell line (T)-tropic HIV-1. In this study, we utilized a novel intracellular chemokine (intrakine) strategy to co-inactivat...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Bai X,Chen JD,Yang AG,Torti F,Chen SY

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00