Gene-based approaches for the repair of articular cartilage.

abstract：:Growth factor therapy is an emerging treatment modality that enhances tissue vascularization, promotes healing and regeneration and can treat a variety of inflammatory diseases. Both recombinant human growth factor proteins and their gene therapy are in human clinical trials to heal chronic wounds. As platelet-derived...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jean M,Smaoui F,Lavertu M,Méthot S,Bouhdoud L,Buschmann MD,Merzouki A

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A persistent obstacle in the use of vector systems for gene therapy has been the inability to attain high-level expression of the target gene in primary cells in vivo. The MFG retroviral vector was designed to yield improved expression over the widely used N2 or LN vectors; however, the molecular basis for this effect...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Krall WJ,Skelton DC,Yu XJ,Riviere I,Lehn P,Mulligan RC,Kohn DB

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured keratinocyte allografts from unrelated donors can be readily grown as sheets in large-scale cell culture and have been used as an immediate skin cover for severely burned patients. Despite the absence of passenger leukocytes and the unlimited amount of material that can be obtained for permanent skin coverage...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mhashilkar AM,Doebis C,Seifert M,Busch A,Zani C,Soo Hoo J,Nagy M,Ritter T,Volk HD,Marasco WA

更新日期：2002-03-01 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：:This work demonstrates that electrical muscle stimulation markedly increases the transfection efficiency of an intramuscular injection of plasmid DNA. In soleus or extensor digitorum longus muscles of adult rats the percentage of transfected fibers increased from about 1 to more than 10. The number of transfected fibe...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mathiesen I

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemically inducible gene switches that regulate expression of endogenous genes have multiple applications for basic gene expression research and gene therapy. Single-chain zinc-finger transcription factors that utilize either estrogen receptor homodimers or retinoid X receptor-alpha/ecdysone receptor heterodimers are...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Magnenat L,Schwimmer LJ,Barbas CF 3rd

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed and tested a transfection compound based on synthetic peptides. It consists of a 12 amino acid DNA binding peptide (P2) with an alkyl group added to the aminoterminus (P2lip) and a peptide derived from the hemagglutinin protein (HA). The components aggregate spontaneously to particles that proved to ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wilke M,Fortunati E,van den Broek M,Hoogeveen AT,Scholte BJ

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobilized blood CD34+ cells from cancer patients were ex vivo infected by a recombinant adenovirus vector carrying an alkaline phosphatase gene, whose expression is evaluable by flow cytometry. A mean of 40% CD34+ cells were infected by the vector, with high levels of expression of the transgene. Among attempts to imp...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Bregni M,Shammah S,Malaffo F,Di Nicola M,Milanesi M,Magni M,Matteucci P,Ravagnani F,Jordan CT,Siena S,Gianni AM

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene targeting by single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides (ssODNs) is a promising technique for introducing site-specific sequence alterations without affecting the genomic organization of the target locus. Here, we discuss the significant progress that has been made over the last 5 years in unraveling the mechanism...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Aarts M,te Riele H

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNAi represents a powerful technology to specifically downregulate the expression of target genes. For cancer research and therapy, an efficient in vivo delivery system is supposed to distribute RNAi to all tumour cells upon systemic administration. We present replication-competent murine leukaemia virus (MLV) vectors...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Schaser T,Wrede C,Duerner L,Sliva K,Cichutek K,Schnierle B,Buchholz CJ

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cationic lipid-based delivery systems such as lipoplexes or stabilized plasmid-lipid particles (SPLP) represent a safer alternative to viral systems for gene therapy applications. We studied the impact of cell cycle status on the efficiency of transfection of human ovarian carcinoma tumor cells using two cationic-lipi...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mortimer I,Tam P,MacLachlan I,Graham RW,Saravolac EG,Joshi PB

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:We recently showed that the human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) promoter induces tumor-specific Bax gene expression and selectively kills various human cancer cells both in vitro and in xenograft tumors. However, it remains unclear whether the hTERT promoter can be used to induce transgene expression in syn...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gu J,Andreeff M,Roth JA,Fang B

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenoviral gene transfer to hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs)/progenitors would provide a new approach to the treatment of hematopoietic diseases and study of the hematopoietic system. We have previously reported that an adenovirus (Ad) vector composed of whole Ad serotype 35 (Ad35), which belongs to subgroup B, shows e...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sakurai F,Kawabata K,Yamaguchi T,Hayakawa T,Mizuguchi H

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal gene therapy has been considered for Herlitz junctional epidermolysis bullosa (H-JEB), a lethal genodermatosis caused by the absence of any of the three subunits of laminin-5, resulting from birth in widespread blistering and erosions of skin and mucosae. To investigate this strategy in an animal model, adeno...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mühle C,Neuner A,Park J,Pacho F,Jiang Q,Waddington SN,Schneider H

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major concern of using viral gene therapy is the potential for uncontrolled vector propagation and infection that might result in serious deleterious effects. To enhance the safety, several viral vectors, including vectors based on Sindbis virus, were engineered to lose their capability to replicate and spread after...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Tseng JC,Daniels G,Meruelo D

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Retroviral vectors are being used increasingly in clinical gene therapy protocols but low transduction frequencies are presenting a significant obstacle to progress. In this paper we report a simple method to enhance the efficiency of ex vivo retroviral gene transfer. Calcium chloride is added to the vector stock and ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Morling FJ,Russell SJ

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have assessed whether magnetic forces (magnetofection) can enhance non-viral gene transfer to the airways. TransMAG(PEI), a superparamagnetic particle was coupled to Lipofectamine 2000 or cationic lipid 67 (GL67)/plasmid DNA (pDNA) liposome complexes. In vitro transfection with these formulations resulted in approx...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Xenariou S,Griesenbach U,Ferrari S,Dean P,Scheule RK,Cheng SH,Geddes DM,Plank C,Alton EW

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Replication defective vectors derived from simple retroviruses or the more complex genomes of lentiviruses continue to offer the advantages of long-term expression, cell and tissue specific tropism, and large packaging capacity for the delivery of therapeutic genes. The occurrence of adverse events caused by insertion...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sinn PL,Sauter SL,McCray PB Jr

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used interleukin (IL)-4 and -10-producing HSV-1 gamma(1)34.5 deletion viruses in gene therapy of a BALB/c model of experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE), a T cell-mediated demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. It is known that in EAE of mice the Th2-type cytokines are down-regulated and ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Broberg E,Setälä N,Röyttä M,Salmi A,Erälinna JP,He B,Roizman B,Hukkanen V

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We previously demonstrated that recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors based on serotype 2 (rAAV2) can direct transgene expression in salivary gland cells in vitro and in vivo. However, it is not known how other rAAV serotypes perform when infused into salivary glands. The capsids of serotypes 4 and 5 are distinct...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Katano H,Kok MR,Cotrim AP,Yamano S,Schmidt M,Afione S,Baum BJ,Chiorini JA

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphine appears to be the most active metabolite of heroin; therefore, the effects of morphine are important in understanding the ramifications of heroin abuse. Opioid physical dependence (withdrawal response) may have very long-lasting effects on the motivation for reward, including the incubation of cue-induced dru...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Iida T,Yi H,Liu S,Ikegami D,Zheng W,Liu Q,Takahashi K,Kashiwagi Y,Goins WF,Glorioso JC,Hao S

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy utilizing the bacterial enzyme nitroreductase delivered by a replication-defective adenovirus vector to activate the prodrug CB1954 is a promising strategy currently undergoing clinical trials in patients with a range of cancers. Similarly, selectively replicating oncolytic adenov...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Palmer DH,Chen MJ,Searle PF,Kerr DJ,Young LS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential of gene therapy for treatment of lung disease remains unrealised. Early model systems often resulted in promising efficiency of gene transfer, only to prove irreproducible in the clinic. While problems such as induction of host immune responses and duration of expression also need to be addressed, it is ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： McBride S,Rannie D,Harrison DJ

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin gene therapy in clinical medicine is currently hampered by the inability to regulate insulin secretion in a physiological manner, the inefficiency with which the gene is delivered, and the short duration of gene expression. To address these issues, we injected the liver of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kim YD,Park KG,Morishita R,Kaneda Y,Kim SY,Song DK,Kim HS,Nam CW,Lee HC,Lee KU,Park JY,Kim BW,Kim JG,Lee IK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In-stent restenosis results exclusively from neointimal hyperplasia due to mechanical injury and a foreign body response to the prosthesis. Inflammation mediated by monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) might therefore underlie in-stent restenosis. We recently devised a new strategy for anti-MCP-1 gene therapy by...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ohtani K,Usui M,Nakano K,Kohjimoto Y,Kitajima S,Hirouchi Y,Li XH,Kitamoto S,Takeshita A,Egashira K

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defensins are small cationic proteins that harbor broad-spectrum microbicidal activity against bacteria, fungi and viruses. This study examines the effects on pathogens of the epidermis engineered to express human beta-defensin 3 (HBD3) to combat bacterial infections. First, we examined the localization of HBD3 in the...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sawamura D,Goto M,Shibaki A,Akiyama M,McMillan JR,Abiko Y,Shimizu H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in islet transplantation have encouraged efforts to create alternative insulin-secreting cells that overcome limitations associated with current therapies. We have recently demonstrated durable correction of murine and porcine diabetes by syngeneic and autologous implantation, respectively, of primary hepatoc...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Chen NK,Tan SY,Udolph G,Kon OL

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel class of cationic hyperbranched polymers, containing branched oligoethylenimine (OEI 800 Da) as core, diacrylate esters as linkers and oligoamines as surface modification, was synthesized and evaluated regarding their structure-activity relationship as gene carriers. We show that pseudodendritic core character...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Russ V,Elfberg H,Thoma C,Kloeckner J,Ogris M,Wagner E

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00