Herpes simplex virus 1 recombinant virions exhibiting the amino terminal fragment of urokinase-type plasminogen activator can enter cells via the cognate receptor.

abstract：:In vitro culture systems of human myogenic cells contribute greatly to elucidation of the molecular mechanisms underlying terminal myogenic differentiation and symptoms of neuromuscular diseases. However, human myogenic cells have limited ability to proliferate in culture. We have established an improved immortalizati...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Shiomi K,Kiyono T,Okamura K,Uezumi M,Goto Y,Yasumoto S,Shimizu S,Hashimoto N

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：:Adenovirus (Ad) vectors are of utility for many therapeutic applications. Strategies have been developed to alter adenoviral tropism to achieve a cell-specific gene delivery capacity employing fiber modifications allowing genetic incorporation of targeting motifs. In this regard, single chain antibodies (scFv) represe...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hedley SJ,Auf der Maur A,Hohn S,Escher D,Barberis A,Glasgow JN,Douglas JT,Korokhov N,Curiel DT

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Defects of the mitochondrial genome cause a wide variety of clinical disorders. Except for rare cases where surgery or transplant is indicated, there is no effective treatment for patients. Genetic-based therapies are consequently being considered. On account of the difficulties associated with mitochondrial (mt) tran...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kyriakouli DS,Boesch P,Taylor RW,Lightowlers RN

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For successful cancer gene therapy via intravenous (i.v.) administration, it is essential to optimize the stability of carriers in the systemic circulation and the cellular association after the accumulation of the carrier in tumor tissue. However, a dilemma exists regarding the use of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), whi...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hatakeyama H,Akita H,Kogure K,Oishi M,Nagasaki Y,Kihira Y,Ueno M,Kobayashi H,Kikuchi H,Harashima H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism whereby cationic lipids destabilize cell membranes to facilitate the intracellular delivery of macromolecules such as plasmid DNA or antisense oligonucleotides is not well understood. Here, we show that cationic lipids can destabilize lipid bilayers by promoting the formation of nonbilayer lipid structur...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hafez IM,Maurer N,Cullis PR

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy of cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease needs highly efficient delivery and long-lasting complementation of the CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) gene into the respiratory epithelium. The development of lentiviral vectors has been a recent advance in the field of gene transfer and th...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Copreni E,Penzo M,Carrabino S,Conese M

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic modification of tumor cells with the gene for the B7.1 or with the genes for cytokines results in increased tumor cell immunogenicity. In the work reported here, immunization of naive animals with either B7.1 or gamma-IFN gene-modified MCA106 tumor cells effectively protects the host from subsequent challenge ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Yang S,Vervaert CE,Seigler HF,Darrow TL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The clinical efficacy and safety as well as the application range of gene therapy will be broadened by developing systems capable of finely modulating the expression of therapeutic genes. Transgene regulation will be crucial for maintaining appropriate levels of a gene product within the therapeutic range, thus preven...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Toniatti C,Bujard H,Cortese R,Ciliberto G

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

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：:Replicating viruses for cancer gene therapy have beneficial antitumor effects, however, in the setting of an enzyme/prodrug system, the interactions between these viruses and the activated agents are complex. A replicating vaccinia virus expressing the cytosine deaminase gene (VVCD), which converts the prodrug 5-FC in...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： McCart JA,Puhlmann M,Lee J,Hu Y,Libutti SK,Alexander HR,Bartlett DL

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because periodontal ligament (PDL) cells are reported to contain progenitor or stem cell populations, they are considered a beneficial cell source for clinical periodontal regeneration. Both bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) and human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) have essential roles in the modulation of...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mi HW,Lee MC,Fu E,Chow LP,Lin CP

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to characterize protein targeting signals in polarized postmitotic cortical neurones in vitro, we have developed recombinant and amplicon type vectors derived from herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV1) to transfer genes into these cells. We examined the targeting of both bacterial proteins, which lack specific target...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Lowenstein PR,Bain D,Morrison EE,Preston CM,Clissold P,Fournel S,Epstein A,Castro MG

更新日期：1994-01-01 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

abstract：:We have developed a novel gene transfer drug, HIV-IT(V), for the treatment of HIV infection in humans. HIV-IT(V) is a retroviral vector encoding the HIV-1 IIIB env and rev genes and a neomycin resistance marker gene (neor). We have recently reported that HIV-IT(V) administered intramuscularly to male mice localizes pr...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kamantigue E,Edwards W 3rd,Chada S,Brumm D,Austin M,Irwin M,Mento S,Kowal K,Sajjadi N

更新日期：1996-02-01 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：: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：: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

abstract：:Cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter is often present in recombinant adenovirus vectors (AdVs) suitable for gene therapy, ensuring high levels of transgene production in a wide range of hosts. Despite this characteristic, the presence of the AdV genome in target cells and tissues typically lasts longer than transgene produc...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gaetano C,Catalano A,Palumbo R,Illi B,Orlando G,Ventoruzzo G,Serino F,Capogrossi MC

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：:We have compared the efficacy of daily injection of recombinant leptin protein (rh-leptin) with adenovirus-mediated delivery of the murine or human leptin gene (Ad-leptin) for treatment of obesity in the obese (ob/ob) mouse model. We demonstrate an improved correction profile for obesity and associated surrogate marke...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Morsy MA,Gu MC,Zhao JZ,Holder DJ,Rogers IT,Pouch WJ,Motzel SL,Klein HJ,Gupta SK,Liang X,Tota MR,Rosenblum CI,Caskey CT

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In utero somatic gene transfer may be a useful therapeutic strategy for a variety of inherited disorders. In the present study, we demonstrate transgene expression in the airways of fetal lamb lungs, 2-3 weeks after injection of Moloney murine leukemia retrovirus based vectors containing cDNA for beta-galactosidase (l...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Pitt BR,Schwarz MA,Pilewski JM,Nakayama D,Mueller GM,Robbins PD,Watkins SA,Albertine KH,Bland RD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to restrict gene delivery and expression to particular cell types is of paramount importance for many types of gene therapy, especially in the lung. The alveolar epithelial type I (ATI) cell, in particular, is an attractive cell type to target, as it comprises 95% of the internal surface area of the lung. ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gottfried L,Lin X,Barravecchia M,Dean DA

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic gene transfer to the pulmonary endothelium may be a useful strategy for modifying the phenotype of endothelium and/or vascular smooth muscle in disorders such as primary pulmonary hypertension, ARDS or pulmonary metastatic disease. Adenoviral (Ad) vectors, although highly efficient in liver gene transfer, have...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ma Z,Mi Z,Wilson A,Alber S,Robbins PD,Watkins S,Pitt B,Li S

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple antitumor modalities may be necessary to overcome lung tumor-mediated immunosuppression and effectively treat non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). To evaluate a multimodality gene therapy approach for control of local tumor growth, a weakly immunogenic murine alveolar cell carcinoma, L1C2, was transduced with ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sharma S,Miller PW,Stolina M,Zhu L,Huang M,Paul RW,Dubinett SM

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) is an incretin hormone that regulates blood glucose level post-prandially. It has been proposed that GLP-1 can be used in type 2 diabetes (T2D) mellitus treatment because of its insulinotropic action. Despite its remarkable advantages, GLP-1 suffers the disadvantage of an extremely shor...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jean M,Alameh M,Buschmann MD,Merzouki A

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urothelial bladder cancer is the most common malignancy of the urinary tract. Although most cases are initially diagnosed as non-muscle-invasive, more than 80% of patients will develop recurrent or metastatic tumors. No effective therapy exists currently for late-stage metastatic tumors. By intravesical application, l...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Zhang KX,Matsui Y,Lee C,Osamu O,Skinner L,Wang J,So A,Rennie PS,Jia WW

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Successful keratinocyte gene therapy requires the development of efficient methods of gene transfer to keratinocytes. Jet injection of a solution containing DNA can be used to transfer genes to several tissues in vivo. In this article, we tried to introduce DNA into rat and human keratinocytes using this method. First...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sawamura D,Ina S,Itai K,Meng X,Kon A,Tamai K,Hanada K,Hashimoto I

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adeno-associated virus (AAV) derived vectors are considered highly eligible vehicles for human gene therapy. Not only do they possess many great potential for clinical applications due to their wide range of tissue targets but also their excellent preclinical safety profile makes them particularly suitable candidates ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Le Bec C,Douar AM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00