Inhibition of NF-kappaB enhances the cytotoxicity of virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy and oncolytic adenovirus cancer gene therapy.

abstract：:The bystander effect (BSE) is an interesting and important property of the herpes thymidine kinase/ganciclovir (hTK/GCV) system of gene therapy for cancer. With the BSE, not only are the hTK expressing cells killed upon ganciclovir (GCV) exposure but also neighboring wild-type tumor cells. On testing a large number of...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Touraine RL,Ishii-Morita H,Ramsey WJ,Blaese RM

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated B-cell lymphoproliferative disease (LPD) after hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation remains a life-threatening complication. Expression of the virus-encoded gene product, EBER, has been shown to prevent apoptosis via blockade of PKR activation. As PKR is a major ce...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wang PY,Currier MA,Hansford L,Kaplan D,Chiocca EA,Uchida H,Goins WF,Cohen JB,Glorioso JC,van Kuppevelt TH,Mo X,Cripe TP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are a group of clonogenic cells present among the bone marrow stroma and capable of multilineage differentiation into mesoderm-type cells such as osteoblasts, adipocytes and chondrocytes. Due to their ease of isolation and their differentiation potential, MSC are being introduced into clin...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Abdallah BM,Kassem M

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence has documented the tumor-promoting properties of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) FOXD2 adjacent opposite strand RNA 1 (FOXD2-AS1) in many cancers. However, little is known about its role in gallbladder cancer. Here, we aimed to characterize the functional relevance of lncRNA FOXD2-AS1 in gallbladder cancer and t...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gao J,Dai C,Yu X,Yin XB,Liao WJ,Huang Y,Zhou F

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral vectors have become the primary tool for gene delivery into hematopoietic cells, including T lymphocytes. Lentiviral vectors offer an advantage over Moloney murine leukemia virus (MuLV) vectors because of their ability to translocate across an intact nuclear membrane and integrate into the genome of nonprol...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Dardalhon V,Herpers B,Noraz N,Pflumio F,Guetard D,Leveau C,Dubart-Kupperschmitt A,Charneau P,Taylor N

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alphavirus vectors based on Sindbis virus and Semliki Forest virus (SFV) were characterized as potential gene transfer vectors. Initial studies were performed using vectors engineered to transfer either lacZ or green fluorescent protein (GFP). High levels of gene transfer were achieved in human primary fibroblasts, BH...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wahlfors JJ,Zullo SA,Loimas S,Nelson DM,Morgan RA

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low levels of expression in haemopoietic cells of the DNA repair protein O6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (A Tase), is associated with the dose-limiting sensitivity of these cells to the chemotherapeutic chloroethylating and related methylating agents. Thus, the use of agents which deplete ATase such as O6-benzylg...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hickson I,Fairbairn LJ,Chinnasamy N,Dexter TM,Margison GP,Rafferty JA

更新日期：1996-10-01 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：:A fully intact immune system would be expected to hinder the efficacy of oncolytic virotherapy by inhibiting viral replication. Simultaneously, however, it may also enhance antitumor therapy through initiation of proinflammatory, antiviral cytokine responses at the tumor site. The aim of this study was to investigate ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Galivo F,Diaz RM,Wongthida P,Thompson J,Kottke T,Barber G,Melcher A,Vile R

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human adenovirus (Ad) vectors are extensively used as gene transfer vehicles. However, a serious obstacle for the use of these vectors in clinical applications is due to pre-existing immunity to human Ads affecting the efficacy of gene transfer. One of the approaches to circumvent host immune response could be the dev...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Logunov DY,Ilyinskaya GV,Cherenova LV,Verhovskaya LV,Shmarov MM,Chumakov PM,Kopnin BP,Naroditsky BS

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) adenoviral vectors for the induction of osteogenesis are being developed for the treatment of bone pathology. However, it is still unknown which BMP adenoviral vector has the highest potential to stimulate bone formation in vivo. In this study, the osteogenic activities of recombinant ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Li JZ,Li H,Sasaki T,Holman D,Beres B,Dumont RJ,Pittman DD,Hankins GR,Helm GA

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structure of 'stabilized plasmid-lipid particles' (SPLP) and their properties as systemic gene therapy vectors has been investigated. We show that SPLP can be visualized employing cryo-electron microscopy to be homogeneous particles of diameter 72 +/- 5 nm consisting of a lipid bilayer surrounding a core of plasmi...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Tam P,Monck M,Lee D,Ludkovski O,Leng EC,Clow K,Stark H,Scherrer P,Graham RW,Cullis PR

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene delivery of angiogenic growth factors is a promising approach for the treatment of ischemic cardiovascular diseases. However, success of this new therapeutic principle is hindered by the lack of critical understanding as to how disease pathology affects the efficiency of gene delivery and/or the downstream signal...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Qian HS,Liu P,Huw LY,Orme A,Halks-Miller M,Hill SM,Jin F,Kretschmer P,Blasko E,Cashion L,Szymanski P,Vergona R,Harkins R,Yu J,Sessa WC,Dole WP,Rubanyi GM,Kauser K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis type I (MPSI) is an autosomic recessive, lysosomal storage disorder due to the deficit of the enzyme α-L-iduronidase (IDUA). The disease accounts for a general impairment of tissue and organ functions, mainly including heart disease, corneal clouding, organomegaly, skeletal malformations and join...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Piller Puicher E,Tomanin R,Salvalaio M,Friso A,Hortelano G,Marin O,Scarpa M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The development of lentiviral vectors that use Rev-independent mechanisms of nuclear export for their genomic RNA could facilitate the construction of novel anti-HIV vectors. We have improved the titers of Rev-independent lentiviral vectors having the SRV-1 CTE by mutating the major splice donor and acceptor sites pre...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mautino MR,Keiser N,Morgan RA

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：: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：: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：:In view of our recent findings that a truncated form of the envelope (Env) glycoprotein of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) was efficiently incorporated into MoMLV particles, we studied the generation of Moloney murine leukemia virus (MoMLV)/simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) pseudotypes. Unlike HIV-1, bot...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Indraccolo S,Minuzzo S,Feroli F,Mammano F,Calderazzo F,Chieco-Bianchi L,Amadori A

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cell (DC)-based vaccine approaches are being actively evaluated for developing immunotherapeutic agents against cancers. In this study, we investigated the use of engineered DCs expressing transgenic tumor-associated antigen hgp100 and the regulatory cytokine interleukin-21, namely DC-hgp100/mIL-21, as a the...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Aravindaram K,Wang PH,Yin SY,Yang NS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the development of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) vaccines, traditional approaches inducing virus-neutralizing antibodies have so far failed. Thus the effort is now focused on elicitation of cellular immunity. We are currently testing in clinical trials in the United Kingdom and East Africa a T-cell v...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Nkolola JP,Wee EG,Im EJ,Jewell CP,Chen N,Xu XN,McMichael AJ,Hanke T

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus-mediated gene therapy of experimental hepatocarcinoma is hindered by low transduction efficacy in vivo. We evaluated the extent of gene expression following various routes of administration of recombinant adenovirus AdCMVlacZ in diethylnitrosamine-induced rat hepatocarcinoma. We first characterized the vasc...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gérolami R,Cardoso J,Bralet MP,Cuenod CA,Clément O,Tran PL,Bréchot C

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucopolysaccharidosis type IIIA (MPS-IIIA) or Sanfilippo A syndrome is a lysosomal storage genetic disease that results from the deficiency of the N-sulfoglucosamine sulfohydrolase (SGSH) protein, a sulfamidase required for the degradation of heparan sulfate glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). The accumulation of these macromo...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Quiviger M,Arfi A,Mansard D,Delacotte L,Pastor M,Scherman D,Marie C

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

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：:In vivo approaches to liver gene therapy will require restriction of transgene expression to hepatocytes. Since targeting of viral vectors exclusively to the liver is not easy to achieve, use of liver-specific promoters for driving expression of therapeutic genes is an interesting alternative. We have shown previously...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sandig V,Löser P,Lieber A,Kay MA,Strauss M

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pressing challenge for contemporary gene therapy is to deliver enough therapeutic genes to enough cancer cells in vivo. With the aim of improving viral distribution and tumor penetration, we explored the use of decorin to enhance viral spreading and tumor tissue penetration. We generated decorin-expressing replica...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Choi IK,Lee YS,Yoo JY,Yoon AR,Kim H,Kim DS,Seidler DG,Kim JH,Yun CO

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of clinical trials using gene transfer technology, either active or under discussion, is increasing rapidly. However, little information is available describing the regulatory procedures or safety specifications that must be considered before initiation of such trials in Europe. We describe the procedure us...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Caplen NJ,Gao X,Hayes P,Elaswarapu R,Fisher G,Kinrade E,Chakera A,Schorr J,Hughes B,Dorin JR

更新日期：1994-03-01 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：: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：:Herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) is a neurotrophic human pathogen that naturally persists in neurons in a latent state and carries a large number of viral functions which can be replaced by foreign genes to create a vector for gene therapy applications. In this report we describe a two-step method for insertion/del...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Krisky DM,Marconi PC,Oligino T,Rouse RJ,Fink DJ,Glorioso JC

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00