Addition of a single E2 binding site to the human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 long control region enhances killing of HPV positive cells via HPV E2 protein-regulated herpes simplex virus type 1 thymidine kinase-mediated suicide gene therapy.

abstract：:Hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) are the primary cell type responsible for liver fibrogenesis. Transforming growth factor beta 1 (TGF-β1) and platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) are key profibrotic cytokines that regulate HSC activation and proliferation with functional convergence. Dual RNA interference against their ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Jiang Y,Zhao Y,He F,Wang H

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene electrotransfer is gaining momentum as an efficient methodology for nonviral gene transfer. In skeletal muscle, data suggest that electric pulses play two roles: structurally permeabilizing the muscle fibers and electrophoretically supporting the migration of DNA toward or across the permeabilized membrane. To in...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： André FM,Gehl J,Sersa G,Préat V,Hojman P,Eriksen J,Golzio M,Cemazar M,Pavselj N,Rols MP,Miklavcic D,Neumann E,Teissié J,Mir LM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PhD-trained biomedical scientists are moving into an increasingly diverse variety of careers within the sciences. However, graduate and postdoctoral training programs have historically focused on academic career preparation, and have not sufficiently prepared trainees for transitioning into other scientific careers. A...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Fuhrmann CN

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bystander effect is an important part of tumor kill using gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT). Recently, we have described a novel enzyme prodrug system using bacterial nitroreductase and the prodrug CB1954 (NTR/CB1954). We demonstrate here the presence of a cell-permeable cytotoxic activity in the condit...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Bridgewater JA,Knox RJ,Pitts JD,Collins MK,Springer CJ

更新日期：1997-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic inflammation in tibialis anterior muscles of mdx mice was produced by a single injection of a recombinant adenovirus vector (AV) expressing an immunogenic beta-galactosidase (beta-gal). In regions of intense beta-gal staining, mononuclear infiltrates abounded, and muscle fibers showed strong extrasynaptic utro...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Waheed I,Gilbert R,Nalbantoglu J,Guibinga GH,Petrof BJ,Karpati G

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although replication-deficient adenoviruses can efficiently transfer genes to the salivary glands, the current vectors precipitate an immediate, transient decrease in salivary function. To study the cause of this salivary hypofunction, 10(6)-10(10) plaque-forming units (pfu) of the vector AdCMV beta gal were delivered...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Adesanya MR,Redman RS,Baum BJ,O'Connell BC

更新日期：1996-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary edema is cleared via active Na(+) transport by alveolar epithelial Na(+)/K(+)-ATPases and Na(+) channels. Rats exposed to acute hyperoxia have a high mortality rate, decreased Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase function, and decreased alveolar fluid clearance (AFC). We hypothesized that Na(+)/K(+)-ATPase subunit gene overexp...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Factor P,Dumasius V,Saldias F,Brown LA,Sznajder JI

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied hematopoietic progenitors from fetal baboon blood, marrow, and liver at four time points (125, 140, 160, and 175 days) during the third trimester (gestation approximately 180 days) to determine if fetal baboons might be an appropriate model for in utero gene therapy of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs). Cells...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Winkler A,Kiem HP,Shields LE,Sun QH,Andrews RG

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gutted adenoviral (Ad) vectors have a greater cloning capacity and elicit less immune response than conventional Ad vectors. Unfortunately, clinical use of gutted vectors has been slowed by production difficulties, including low yield and a tendency for recombinant virus to emerge. These two problems are related, beca...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Hartigan-O'Connor D,Barjot C,Crawford R,Chamberlain JS

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Expression of a gene encoding the diphtheria toxin A (DT-A) fragment, controlled by tissue specific regulatory elements, has previously been used to kill selected cell populations. Here, we have examined the feasibility of controlling DT-A expression using regulatory systems from the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Harrison GS,Maxwell F,Long CJ,Rosen CA,Glode LM,Maxwell IH

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to determine the safety and antitumor activity of IFN-gamma retroviral vector in patients with advanced melanoma. Seventeen patients (9 single courses, 8 multiple courses) received a total of 363 intratumor injections of IFN-gamma retroviral vector (1 x 10(7) PFU/ml administered at 0.3, 0...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Nemunaitis J,Fong T,Burrows F,Bruce J,Peters G,Ognoskie N,Meyer W,Wynne D,Kerr R,Pippen J,Oldham F,Ando D

更新日期：1999-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to retrovirally transduce T cells by a protocol that would be simple, short, cost effective, applicable for clinical use, and efficient enough to avoid further selection of transduced T cells. Because retrovirally mediated infection is depending on the cell cycle, we first optimized the conditi...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Movassagh M,Boyer O,Burland MC,Leclercq V,Klatzmann D,Lemoine FM

更新日期：2000-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we show potent inhibition of HIV-1 replication in a human T cell line and primary human CD4(+) cells by expressing a single antiviral protein. Nullbasic is a mutant form of the HIV-1 Tat protein that was previously shown to strongly inhibit HIV-1 replication in nonhematopoietic cell lines by targeting three steps...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Apolloni A,Lin MH,Sivakumaran H,Li D,Kershaw MH,Harrich D

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SV40 is an attractive potential vector with high-efficiency gene transfer into a wide variety of human tissues, including the bone marrow, a critical target organ for the cure of many diseases. In the present study, the three SV40 capsid proteins, VP1, VP2, and VP3, were produced in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) insect ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Sandalon Z,Dalyot-Herman N,Oppenheim AB,Oppenheim A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors containing cone-specific promoters have rescued cone photoreceptor function in mouse and dog models of achromatopsia, but cone-specific promoters have not been optimized for use in primates. Using AAV vectors administered by subretinal injection, we evaluated a series of promoters ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Ye GJ,Budzynski E,Sonnentag P,Nork TM,Sheibani N,Gurel Z,Boye SL,Peterson JJ,Boye SE,Hauswirth WW,Chulay JD

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retinal gene therapy based on adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors is safe and efficient in humans. The low intrinsic DNA transfer capacity of AAV has been expanded by dual vectors where a large expression cassette is split in two halves independently packaged in two AAV vectors. Dual AAV transduction efficiency, howe...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Maddalena A,Dell'Aquila F,Giovannelli P,Tiberi P,Wanderlingh LG,Montefusco S,Tornabene P,Iodice C,Visconte F,Carissimo A,Medina DL,Castoria G,Auricchio A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) is a commonly used vector for gene therapy, but its efficacy is limited by high seroprevalence and off-target hepatic and splenic sequestration. In order to circumvent these limitations, the use of vectors derived from rare species adenoviruses is appealing. The opportunity to retarget rare spe...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Coughlan L,Uusi-Kerttula H,Ma J,Degg BP,Parker AL,Baker AH

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct arterial gene transfer has been previously achieved using double-balloon catheters and perforated balloons, in most cases facilitated by the use of cationic liposomes or viral vectors. These gene delivery systems, however, have been compromised by issues relating to efficacy and/or safety, and furthermore requi...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Riessen R,Rahimizadeh H,Blessing E,Takeshita S,Barry JJ,Isner JM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the hypothesis that innate immune mechanisms play a major role in eliminating adenovirus (Ad) vectors from the lung, the fate of adenoviral genome of an Ad vector was quantified in the first 24 h after intratracheal administration of an Ad vector coding for beta-galactosidase (beta gal) to mice. Southern a...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Worgall S,Leopold PL,Wolff G,Ferris B,Van Roijen N,Crystal RG

更新日期：1997-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, skeletal muscle and liver are the preferred target organs for gene transfer to supply a transgene product into the systemic circulation. In this respect, adipose tissue presents a number of attractive features. However, adipose tissue transduction in vivo has not been feasible by conventional methods. T...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Mizukami H,Mimuro J,Ogura T,Okada T,Urabe M,Kume A,Sakata Y,Ozawa K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Liver ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury is a multifactorial process that affects graft function after liver transplantation. Inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-6, IL-1β, and IL-18, have been shown to play key roles in the pathophysiology of liver I/R injury. Studies have in...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Zhu P,Duan L,Chen J,Xiong A,Xu Q,Zhang H,Zheng F,Tan Z,Gong F,Fang M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy studies in primates can provide important information regarding vector tropism, specific cellular expression, biodistribution, and safety prior to clinical trials. In this study, we report the assessment of transduction efficiency of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors using human postmortem...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Fradot M,Busskamp V,Forster V,Cronin T,Léveillard T,Bennett J,Sahel JA,Roska B,Picaud S

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice bearing breast tumors were treated with a single dose of an adenovirus expressing interleukin-12 (AdmIL-12.1) injected intratumorally, which produced regressions in greater than 75% of the treated tumors; approximately one-third of the animals remained tumor free. Complete regression was associated with immunity ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Bramson JL,Hitt M,Addison CL,Muller WJ,Gauldie J,Graham FL

更新日期：1996-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxycycline (DOX) is widely used as a pharmacological agent and as an effector molecule in inducible gene expression systems. For most applications, it is important to determine whether the DOX concentration reaches the level required for optimal efficacy. We developed a sensitive bioassay for measuring the DOX concen...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Kleibeuker W,Zhou X,Centlivre M,Legrand N,Page M,Almond N,Berkhout B,Das AT

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an alternative to virus-mediated gene transfer, we previously demonstrated a simple, safe, and efficient transfer of foreign gene into the central nervous system using continuous injection of a plasmid DNA-cationic liposome complex. To explore whether this approach can be applied to the treatment of certain neurolo...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Imaoka T,Date I,Ohmoto T,Nagatsu T

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Artemis is a hairpin-opening endonuclease involved in nonhomologous end-joining and V(D)J recombination. Deficiency of Artemis results in radiation-sensitive severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) characterized by complete absence of T and B cells due to an arrest at the receptor recombination stage. We have generate...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Multhaup M,Karlen AD,Swanson DL,Wilber A,Somia NV,Cowan MJ,McIvor RS

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of a drug resistance gene into hematopoietic cells is an approach being investigated to overcome the problem of myelosuppression produced by anticancer drugs. Chemotherapeutic agents are often given in combination in order to increase their effectiveness. Consequently, there is an advantage in designing v...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Beauséjour CM,Le NL,Létourneau S,Cournoyer D,Momparler RL

更新日期：1998-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoimmune destruction of islets in the pancreas leads to the development of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM). Replacement of insulin-producing tissue by transplantation of islets provides a cure to disease but requires immunosuppression or a means of controlling anti-graft immune responses. To promote islet...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Gallichan WS,Kafri T,Krahl T,Verma IM,Sarvetnick N

更新日期：1998-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic use of neurotrophic factors for neurodegenerative diseases is promising, however, optimal methods for continuous delivery of these substances to the human central nervous system (CNS) remains problematic. One approach would be to graft genetically engineered human cells that continuously secrete high l...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Lin Q,Cunningham LA,Epstein LG,Pechan PA,Short MP,Fleet C,Bohn MC

更新日期：1997-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that adenovirus-mediated manipulation of apoptotic genes such as bax could be a therapeutic option for prostate cancer. Unfortunately, the response of experimental prostate tumors to a single therapeutic gene of the apoptotic pathway is short-lived, and most of these tumors relapse after a short period o...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Zhang Y,Yu J,Unni E,Shao TC,Nan B,Snabboon T,Kasper S,Andriani F,Denner L,Marcelli M

更新日期：2002-11-20 00:00:00