Engineering ligand-responsive gene-control elements: lessons learned from natural riboswitches.

abstract：:Hydrodynamic gene delivery to the liver is an attractive approach for clinical liver gene therapy, but critical aspects of technique remain uncertain. There has not been to date any report of high levels of hydrodynamic gene delivery to the liver, except in rodents. Regional hydrodynamic delivery to individual lobes/s...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sawyer GJ,Zhang X,Fabre JW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

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：:In muscle, mutant genes can be targeted and corrected directly by intramuscular (i.m.) injection of corrective DNA, or by ex vivo delivery of DNA to myogenic cells, followed by cell transplantation. Short fragment homologous replacement (SFHR) has been used to repair the exon 23 nonsense transition at the Xp21.1 dys l...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kapsa RM,Quigley AF,Vadolas J,Steeper K,Ioannou PA,Byrne E,Kornberg AJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One factor limiting the ability to modify human repopulating hematopoietic cells genetically with retroviral vectors is the relatively low expression of the cognate viral receptor. We have tested sequential transduction of human hematopoietic cells with an adenoviral vector encoding the ecotropic retroviral receptor f...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Nathwani AC,Persons DA,Stevenson SC,Frare P,McClelland A,Nienhuis AW,Vanin EF

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth and metastasis of solid tumors relies on the activities of polypeptide growth factors to recruit stromal tissue and expand the tumor mass. Pleiotrophin (PTN) is a secreted growth factor with angiogenic activity that has been found to contribute to the growth and metastasis of tumors including melanoma. Here...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Malerczyk C,Schulte AM,Czubayko F,Bellon L,Macejak D,Riegel AT,Wellstein A

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Hydrodynamic gene delivery is an attractive option for non-viral liver gene therapy, but requires evaluation of efficacy, safety and clinically applicable techniques in large animal models. We have evaluated retrograde delivery of DNA to the whole liver via the isolated segment of inferior vena cava (IVC) draining the...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Fabre JW,Grehan A,Whitehorne M,Sawyer GJ,Dong X,Salehi S,Eckley L,Zhang X,Seddon M,Shah AM,Davenport M,Rela M

更新日期：2008-03-01 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：: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：:This study was designed to evaluate the utility of positron emission tomography (PET) to quantify the magnitude and spatial distribution of transgene expression after different methods of adenoviral vector delivery (with surfactant- and saline-based vehicles) within rat lungs. In all, 17 animals (eight in the surfacta...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Richard JC,Factor P,Welch LC,Schuster DP

更新日期：2003-12-01 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：:Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS), where suspected autoimmune attack causes nerve demyelination and progressive neurodegeneration and should benefit from both anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective strategies. Although neuroprotection strategies are relatively une...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Baker D,Hankey DJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reactive oxygen species (ROS) have been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), while antioxidant enzymes, such as extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) and catalase, block radical-induced events. The present study tested if the ex vivo transfer of EC-SOD and catalase genes alone or in combi...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Dai L,Claxson A,Marklund SL,Feakins R,Yousaf N,Chernajovsky Y,Winyard PG

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin gene therapy in clinical medicine is currently hampered by the inability to regulate insulin secretion in a physiological manner, the inefficiency with which the gene is delivered, and the short duration of gene expression. To address these issues, we injected the liver of streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kim YD,Park KG,Morishita R,Kaneda Y,Kim SY,Song DK,Kim HS,Nam CW,Lee HC,Lee KU,Park JY,Kim BW,Kim JG,Lee IK

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vessel wall inflammation and matrix destruction are critical to abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) formation and rupture. We have previously shown that urokinase plasminogen activator (uPA) is highly expressed in experimental AAA and is essential for AAA formation and expansion. In this study, we examined the effects of ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Qian HS,Gu JM,Liu P,Kauser K,Halks-Miller M,Vergona R,Sullivan ME,Dole WP,Deng GG

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A major concern of using viral gene therapy is the potential for uncontrolled vector propagation and infection that might result in serious deleterious effects. To enhance the safety, several viral vectors, including vectors based on Sindbis virus, were engineered to lose their capability to replicate and spread after...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Tseng JC,Daniels G,Meruelo D

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:Catheter-based percutaneous transluminal gene delivery (PTGD) into the coronary artery still falls behind the expectations of an efficient myocardial gene delivery system. In this study gene delivery was applied by selective pressure-regulated retroinfusion through the coronary veins to prolong adhesion of replication...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Boekstegers P,von Degenfeld G,Giehrl W,Heinrich D,Hullin R,Kupatt C,Steinbeck G,Baretton G,Middeler G,Katus H,Franz WM

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virotherapy is currently being developed for many different types of viruses including replication-competent murine leukaemia virus (MLV) as a novel tool in cancer therapy. However, there is the risk of insertional mutagenesis associated with this virus, making careful preclinical studies necessary before its first ap...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Duerner LJ,Schwantes A,Schneider IC,Cichutek K,Buchholz CJ

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked, lethal muscular disorder caused by a defect in the DMD gene. AAV vector-mediated micro-dystrophin cDNA transfer is an attractive approach to treatment of DMD. To establish effective gene transfer into skeletal muscle, we examined the transduction efficiency of an AAV v...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Yuasa K,Sakamoto M,Miyagoe-Suzuki Y,Tanouchi A,Yamamoto H,Li J,Chamberlain JS,Xiao X,Takeda S

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complexes of DNA and cationic lipid offer potential advantages for gene transfer to airway epithelia. However, we found that application of DNA-lipid (DMRIE-DOPE) complexes to primary cultures of human ciliated airway epithelia or explants of rabbit trachea generated only low levels of gene transfer. In contrast, when...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Fasbender A,Zabner J,Zeiher BG,Welsh MJ

更新日期：1997-11-01 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：:The expression of naked plasmid DNA coding for firefly luciferase (pRSVluc) or a secreted protein, human-alpha-1-antitrypsin (pRcCMVhAAT) in mouse skeletal muscle was characterized following administration by an improved intramuscular injection technique. Injection guided by intense illumination along the longitudinal...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Levy MY,Barron LG,Meyer KB,Szoka FC Jr

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is an autosomal dominant congenital disorder characterized by progressive heterotopic bone formation. Currently, no definitive treatment exists for FOP. The activin receptor type IA / activin-like kinase 2 (ACVR1/ALK2) gene has been identified as the responsible gene for FOP...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Takahashi M,Katagiri T,Furuya H,Hohjoh H

更新日期：2012-07-01 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：:Regulated gene delivery systems are usually made of two elements: an inducible promoter and a transactivator. In order to optimize gene delivery and regulation, a single viral vector ensuring adequate stoichiometry of the two elements is required. However, efficient regulation is hampered by interferences between the ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Chtarto A,Bender HU,Hanemann CO,Kemp T,Lehtonen E,Levivier M,Brotchi J,Velu T,Tenenbaum L

更新日期：2003-01-01 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

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：:Studies reviewed show that lentiviral gene therapy directed either at inhibiting the synthesis of brain acetaldehyde generated from ethanol or at degrading brain acetaldehyde fully prevent ethanol intake by rats bred for their high alcohol preference. However, after animals have chronically consumed alcohol, the above...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Yedy Israel,Quintanilla ME,Ezquer F,Morales P,Rivera-Meza M,Karahanian E,Ezquer M,Herrera-Marschitz M

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short hairpin RNA (shRNA)-mediated gene regulation is a commonly used technique for gene manipulation. An efficient and safe delivery system is indispensable when shRNA is delivered into living organisms for gene therapy. Previous studies have proved that DNA and protein can be delivered into dendritic cells (DCs) by ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Zhang L,Zhang T,Wang L,Shao S,Chen Z,Zhang Z

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00