Pre-emptive gene therapy using recombinant adeno-associated virus delivery of extracellular superoxide dismutase protects heart against ischemic reperfusion injury, improves ventricular function and prolongs survival.

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and its receptor (IGF-IR) are essential for normal ocular development and are expressed in numerous ocular cell types including lens epithelial cells, retinal pigment epithelial cells, Müller cells and endothelial cells. Endothelial cell proliferation is a common feature of prolife...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Shaw LC,Pan H,Afzal A,Calzi SL,Spoerri PE,Sullivan SM,Grant MB

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Injury-induced neointimal development results from migration and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (SMC). Cell migration requires controlled proteolytic degradation of extracellular matrix surrounding the cell. Plasmin is a major contributor to this process by degrading various matrix proteins directly, or...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Lamfers ML,Lardenoye JH,de Vries MR,Aalders MC,Engelse MA,Grimbergen JM,van Hinsbergh VW,Quax PH

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) are among the most potent antigen-presenting cells known and play an important role in the initiation of antigen-specific T-lymphocyte responses. Several recent studies have demonstrated that DC expressing vector-encoded tumor-associated antigens can induce protective and therapeutic immunity in m...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Diao J,Smythe JA,Smyth C,Rowe PB,Alexander IE

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are emerging as promising therapeutic tools. However, the widespread clinical application of such molecules as modulators of gene expression is still dependent on several aspects that limit their bioavailability. One of the most promising strategies to overcome the barriers faced by gen...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Dharmapuri S,Peruzzi D,Marra E,Palombo F,Bett AJ,Bartz SR,Yong M,Ciliberto G,La Monica N,Buser CA,Toniatti C,Aurisicchio L

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soluble receptors to vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can inhibit its angiogenic effect. Since angiogenesis is involved in wound repair, we hypothesized that adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of a soluble form of VEGF receptor 2 (Flk-1) would attenuate wound healing in mice. C57Bl/6J and genetically diabetic ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jacobi J,Tam BY,Sundram U,von Degenfeld G,Blau HM,Kuo CJ,Cooke JP

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proteasome is a multisubunit cytosolic protein complex responsible for degrading cytosolic proteins. Several studies have implicated its involvement in the processing of viral particles used for gene delivery, thereby limiting the efficiency of gene transfer. Peptide-based nonviral gene delivery systems are suffic...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kim J,Chen CP,Rice KG

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on systemic delivery and long-term biological effects of apolipoprotein E (apoE) obtained by intramuscular (i.m.) plasmid DNA injection. ApoE plays an important role in lipoprotein catabolism and apoE knock-out mice develop severe hypercholesterolemia and diffuse atherosclerosis. We have injected apoE-defici...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Rinaldi M,Catapano AL,Parrella P,Ciafrè SA,Signori E,Seripa D,Uboldi P,Antonini R,Ricci G,Farace MG,Fazio VM

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both replication-incompetent and replication-selective adenoviruses are being developed for the treatment of cancer and other diseases. Concerns have been raised about the safety of intra-vascular adenovirus administration following a patient death on a clinical trial with a replication-defective adenovirus. In additi...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Reid T,Galanis E,Abbruzzese J,Sze D,Andrews J,Romel L,Hatfield M,Rubin J,Kirn D

更新日期：2001-11-01 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：:Radiosensitization of human gastrointestinal tumors by 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) has been studied in vitro and clinically in human cancer therapy trials. The bacterial enzyme cytosine deaminase (CD) converts the nontoxic prodrug 5-fluorocytosine (5-FC) into 5-FU. Human colon cancer cells stably expressing CD have been sho...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Stackhouse MA,Pederson LC,Grizzle WE,Curiel DT,Gebert J,Haack K,Vickers SM,Mayo MS,Buchsbaum DJ

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that various forms of oligonucleotides, chimeric RNA-DNA oligonucleotide (RDO) and single-stranded oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN), are capable of chromosomal gene alterations in mammalian cells. Using two ODNs we corrected an inactivating mutation in the tyrosinase gene and introduced an activating mutation ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Alexeev V,Igoucheva O,Yoon K

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introducing exogenous genes into cells is one of the most important molecular techniques to study gene functions. Comparing to other type of cells, neurons are more difficult to transfect with cDNAs because they are very sensitive to microenvironmental changes. Among various gene transfer techniques, the Ca(2+)-phosph...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jiang M,Deng L,Chen G

更新日期：2004-09-01 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：:The umbilical cord provides a rich source of primitive mesenchymal stem cells (human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (HUMSCs)), which have the potential for transplantation-based treatments of Parkinson's Disease (PD). Our pervious study indicated that adenovirus-associated virus-mediated intrastriatal delivery ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Xiong N,Zhang Z,Huang J,Chen C,Zhang Z,Jia M,Xiong J,Liu X,Wang F,Cao X,Liang Z,Sun S,Lin Z,Wang T

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:Sustainable correction of severe human genetic disorders of self-renewing tissues, such as the blistering skin disease junctional epidermolysis bullosa (JEB), is facilitated by stable genomic integration of therapeutic genes into somatic tissue stem cells. While integrating viral vectors can achieve this, they suffer ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ortiz-Urda S,Lin Q,Yant SR,Keene D,Kay MA,Khavari PA

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tumor-suppressor gene PTEN encodes a multifunctional phosphatase that is mutated in a variety of human cancers. PTEN inhibits the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase pathway and downstream functions, including activation of Akt/protein kinase B (PKB), cell survival, and cell proliferation in tumor cells carrying mutant-...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Saito Y,Swanson X,Mhashilkar AM,Oida Y,Schrock R,Branch CD,Chada S,Zumstein L,Ramesh R

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus-mediated gene therapy of bladder diseases has been limited by the inability to transduce the urothelium successfully using adenoviral vectors. We have sought to identify agents that would increase adenovirus-mediated transgene expression in the bladder. We have utilized a rat model to screen compounds for t...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Connor RJ,Engler H,Machemer T,Philopena JM,Horn MT,Sutjipto S,Maneval DC,Youngster S,Chan TM,Bausch J,McAuliffe JP,Hindsgaul O,Nagabhushan TL

更新日期：2001-01-01 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：:Replication-deficient retroviruses have been successfully utilized as vectors, offering an efficient, stable method of therapeutic gene delivery. Many examples exist proving this mode of integrative gene transfer is both effective and safe in cultured systems and clinical trials. Along with their success, severe side ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Papayannakos C,Daniel R

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sindbis virus expression has been used for in vitro investigations of antigen processing, presentation and epitope mapping. The recent development of a replication-deficient recombinant Sindbis virus expression vector has made in vivo expression possible with minimal pathogenic risk. Advantages of Sindbis virus over o...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Altman-Hamamdzic S,Groseclose C,Ma JX,Hamamdzic D,Vrindavanam NS,Middaugh LD,Parratto NP,Sallee FR

更新日期：1997-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous approaches in gene therapy of human cancers are focused on the establishment of cell type specific or inducible expression vectors allowing the targeted and regulated expression of therapeutic genes. Various conditionally active vectors have been created carrying promoters responding to certain factors or the...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Walther W,Wendt J,Stein U

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in genetic analysis and a greater understanding of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) molecular pathogenesis have identified critical viral targets for gene interference strategies. RNase P molecules have been proposed as a novel approach for gene targeting based upon their potent catalytic activity, as well ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hnatyszyn H,Spruill G,Young A,Seivright R,Kraus G

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sinusoidal fenestrae may restrict the transport of gene transfer vectors according to their size. Using Vitrobot technology and cryo-electron microscopy, we show that the diameter of human adenoviral serotype 5 vectors is 93 nm with protruding fibers of 30 nm. Thus, a diameter of fenestrae of 150 nm or more is likely ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Snoeys J,Lievens J,Wisse E,Jacobs F,Duimel H,Collen D,Frederik P,De Geest B

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Breast cancer is the leading cancer diagnosed in women and the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. Current limitations to standard chemotherapy in the clinic are extensively researched, including problems arising from repeated treatments with the same drugs. The phenomenon that cancer cells become ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jones SK,Merkel OM

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silencing of gene expression by small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) is rapidly becoming a powerful tool for genetic analysis of mammalian cells. The use of DNA-based plasmid vectors to achieve transient and stable expression of siRNA has been developed to avoid the problems of double-stranded oligonucleotides transfection...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sabbioni S,Callegari E,Manservigi M,Argnani R,Corallini A,Negrini M,Manservigi R

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ideal methods for human gene therapy will eventually include direct gene transfer to defective tissues in a patient in vivo. Toward that goal, we have used high titer, pseudotyped retroviral vectors expressing genes for the Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (lacZ) or hepatitis B virus surface antigen (HBsAg) to infe...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Miyanohara A,Yee JK,Bouic K,LaPorte P,Friedmann T

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal AAV8-mediated Factor IX (F.IX) gene delivery was applied as a model for exploring mechanisms of tolerance induction during immune ontogeny. Intraperitoneal delivery of AAV8/ Factor IX (hF.IX) during weeks 1-4 of life, over a 20-fold dose range, directed stable hF.IX expression, correction of coagulopathy in F...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Shi Y,Falahati R,Zhang J,Flebbe-Rehwaldt L,Gaensler KM

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The failure of pharmacological approaches to cure infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has renewed the interest in gene-based therapies. Among the various strategies that are currently explored, the blockade of HIV entry into susceptible T cells and macrophages promises to be the most powerful interve...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Schambach A,Schiedlmeier B,Kühlcke K,Verstegen M,Margison GP,Li Z,Kamino K,Bohne J,Alexandrov A,Hermann FG,von Laer D,Baum C

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent surge of DNA sequence information resulting from the efforts of agencies interested in deciphering the human genetic code has facilitated technological developments that have been critical in the identification of genes associated with numerous disease pathologies. In addition, these efforts have opened the...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gruenert DC,Novelli G,Dallapiccola B,Colosimo A

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00