RNA knockdown as a potential therapeutic strategy in Parkinson's disease.

abstract：:A stable single vial lipoplex formulation has been developed that can be stored frozen without losing either biological activity or physical stability. This formulation was identified by systematically controlling several formulation variables and without introducing either stabilizers or surfactants. Analytical assay...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Zelphati O,Nguyen C,Ferrari M,Felgner J,Tsai Y,Felgner PL

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic oligonucleotides and DNA fragments of less than 1 kilobase (kb) have been shown to cause site-specific genetic alterations in mammalian cells in culture and in vivo. We have used a lacZ reporter gene system to compare the efficiency of episomal and chromosomal gene repair in human embryonic kidney epithelial...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Nickerson HD,Colledge WH

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alveolar bone loss associated with periodontal diseases is the result of osteoclastogenesis induced by bacterial pathogens. The mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatase 1 (MKP-1) is a critical negative regulator of immune response as a key phosphatase capable of dephosphorylating activated MAPKs. In this st...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Yu H,Li Q,Herbert B,Zinna R,Martin K,Junior CR,Kirkwood KL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of immunotherapy-based gene therapy protocols consist of ex vivo gene transfer in tumor cells. To prevent further in vivo growth, modified cells must be irradiated before reinjection into patients. The present study examines the effects of gamma-irradiation on transgene expression in transduced leukemic c...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Vereecque R,Saudemont A,Wickham TJ,Gonzalez R,Hetuin D,Fenaux P,Quesnel B

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular immunity against cancer can be achieved with viral vector- and DNA-based immunizations. In preclinical studies, cancer vaccines are very potent, but in clinical trials these potencies are not achieved yet. Thus, a rational approach to improve cancer vaccines is warranted. We previously demonstrated that the r...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ip PP,Boerma A,Walczak M,Oosterhuis K,Haanen JB,Schumacher TN,Nijman HW,Daemen T

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have used a particular folate receptor, which is overexpressed in tumor cells, for targeted DNA delivery into these cell types. This folate receptor internalizes folate through caveolae by a process named potocytosis, which is distinct from endocytosis, through clathrin-coated pits. When folate conjugated to poly-L...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gottschalk S,Cristiano RJ,Smith LC,Woo SL

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many retroviral vectors based on murine leukaemia virus (MLV) contain the first 420 nucleotides of the gag gene, as this was reported to increase vector titre by increasing the efficiency of RNA packaging. In this study, deletion of this gag sequence from its original location did not decrease the titre of two retrovi...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Zhao Y,Low W,Collins MK

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-derived growth factor-BB (PDGF-BB) stimulates repair of healing-impaired chronic wounds such as diabetic ulcers and periodontal lesions. However, limitations in predictability of tissue regeneration occur due, in part, to transient growth factor bioavailability in vivo. Here, we report that gene delivery of P...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Chang PC,Seol YJ,Cirelli JA,Pellegrini G,Jin Q,Franco LM,Goldstein SA,Chandler LA,Sosnowski B,Giannobile WV

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The efficient delivery of genetic material to the developing fetal brain represents a powerful research tool and a means to supply therapy in a number of neonatal lethal neurological disorders. In this study, we have delivered vectors based upon adenovirus serotype 5 (Ad5) and adeno-associated virus (AAV) pseudotypes ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Rahim AA,Wong AM,Ahmadi S,Hoefer K,Buckley SM,Hughes DA,Nathwani AN,Baker AH,McVey JH,Cooper JD,Waddington SN

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct gene transfer for the treatment of human diseases requires a vector which can be administered efficiently, safely and repeatedly. Cationic liposomes represent one of the few examples that can meet these requirements. Currently, more than a dozen cationic liposome formulations have been reported. These liposomes...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gao X,Huang L

更新日期：1995-12-01 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：:Lentivirus can be engineered to be a highly potent vector for gene therapy applications. However, generation of clinical grade vectors in enough quantities for therapeutic use is still troublesome and limits the preclinical and clinical experiments. As a first step to solve this unmet need we recently introduced a bac...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Lesch HP,Laitinen A,Peixoto C,Vicente T,Makkonen KE,Laitinen L,Pikkarainen JT,Samaranayake H,Alves PM,Carrondo MJ,Ylä-Herttuala S,Airenne KJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By-pass surgery and percutaneous transluminal (coronary) angioplasty, PT(C)A, are standard techniques for the treatment of vascular occlusions. Their usefulness is limited by by-pass graft failure and restenosis occurring after the procedures. Twenty percent of patients treated with PTCA/PTA need a new revascularizati...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Rutanen J,Puhakka H,Ylä-Herttuala S

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:VP22, a structural protein from herpes simplex virus type I, exhibits the unique property of intercellular trafficking. This protein is exported from primary expressing cells and subsequently imported into neighbouring cells. This property is conserved when VP22 is genetically fused to a protein, making it a promising...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Zavaglia D,Favrot MC,Eymin B,Tenaud C,Coll JL

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：:Tissue-specific promoters for gene therapy are typically too big for adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors; thus, the exploration of small effective non-viral regulatory elements is of particular interest. Wild-type AAV can specifically integrate into a region on human chromosome 19 termed AAVS1. Earlier work has deter...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Li C,Hirsch M,Carter P,Asokan A,Zhou X,Wu Z,Samulski RJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of gap junctional intercellular communication (GJIC) in bystander killing with herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) and ganciclovir (GCV) was evaluated in U251 cells expressing a dominant-negative connexin 43 cDNA (DN14), and in HeLa cells, reportedly devoid of connexin protein. These cell lines bot...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gentry BG,Im M,Boucher PD,Ruch RJ,Shewach DS

更新日期：2005-07-01 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：:We have constructed two recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors (pJJ-3GC and pJJ-3ASA) which contained either the human glucocerebrosidase (GC) or arylsulfatase A (ASA) cDNA under the control of an SV40 promoter. These plasmids were co-transfected to 293 cells with a helper plasmid containing trans-acting AAV...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wei JF,Wei FS,Samulski RJ,Barranger JA

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retroviral vectors are effective shuttle systems by introducing therapeutically relevant genes stably into the genome of proliferating cells. The majority of vectors applied for research or clinical applications use neomycin for cell selection and identification. To circumvent the time consuming and potentially toxic ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Machl AW,Planitzer S,Kubbies M

更新日期：1997-04-01 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：:Nonhealing bone defects are difficult to treat. As the bone morphogenic protein and transforming growth factor beta pathways have been implicated in bone healing, we hypothesized that percutaneous Smad7 silencing would enhance signaling through both pathways and improve bone formation. Critical sized parietal trephine...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Layliev J,Sagebin F,Weinstein A,Marchac A,Szpalski C,Saadeh PB,Warren SM

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To confer adenovirus vectors (AdV), the feature of integration into the host cell genome hybrid vectors were characterized in vitro, which express vectors derived from the prototypic foamy virus (FV) in the backbone of a high-capacity AdV. FVs constitute a subfamily of retroviruses with a distinct replication pathway ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Picard-Maureau M,Kreppel F,Lindemann D,Juretzek T,Herchenröder O,Rethwilm A,Kochanek S,Heinkelein M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inadequate antiprotease activity in the lungs due to alpha-1-antitrypsin (A1AT) deficiency is a factor of early-onset emphysema. We propose a new approach to gene therapy that involves the intratracheal delivery of macrophages expressing human A1AT (hA1AT). Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) plasmids encoding t...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Zhang D,Wu M,Nelson DE,Pasula R,Martin WJ 2nd

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that interleukin-12 (IL-12) generated a strong, albeit transient, anti-tumor response, mostly mediated by natural killer (NK) cell. T cell participation, in addition to NK cells, was essential for persistence of the anti-tumor response. Ligation of 4-1BB, a co-stimulatory receptor expressed on activated ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Martinet O,Divino CM,Zang Y,Gan Y,Mandeli J,Thung S,Pan PY,Chen SH

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy with Plasmid AMEP (antiangiogenic metargidin peptide) has recently been studied as a potential targeted therapy for melanoma. This plasmid is designed to downregulate α5β1 and αvβ3 integrins. In our study, electroporation was used as a nonviral delivery system. We investigated the antiangiogenic and direc...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Bosnjak M,Dolinsek T,Cemazar M,Kranjc S,Blagus T,Markelc B,Stimac M,Zavrsnik J,Kamensek U,Heller L,Bouquet C,Turk B,Sersa G

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report on long-term delivery of an interferon-gamma (IFN gamma) inhibitory protein by intramuscular (i.m.) gene therapy. IFN gamma is a cytokine that plays an important role in many inflammatory disorders, including autoimmune insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) in NOD mice and (in various strains) multiple ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Prud'homme GJ,Chang Y

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：: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：:Active disease of tuberculosis (TB) can be developed decades later by either a relapse of the initial infection (endogenous reactivation) or by an entrance of the secondary infection (exogenous reinfection), since the current chemotherapy cannot lead to complete elimination of tuberculosis. Although the immunotherapeu...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ha SJ,Jeon BY,Youn JI,Kim SC,Cho SN,Sung YC

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00