Liver-directed adeno-associated virus serotype 8 gene transfer rescues a lethal murine model of citrullinemia type 1.

abstract：:Recently developed helper virus-free methods of herpes simplex virus (HSV) amplicon vector packaging provide stocks that are virtually devoid of the cytotoxic component normally associated with traditional helper virus-based packaging methods. These approaches involve cotransfection of amplicon plasmid DNA with either...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Bowers WJ,Howard DF,Brooks AI,Halterman MW,Federoff HJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Schwann cells (SCs) in an injured peripheral nerve form pathways for regenerating axons. Although these cells initially support regeneration, SCs lose their pro-regenerative properties following a prolonged period of denervation. Gene transfer to SC can enhance their therapeutic potential. In this article, we compared...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hoyng SA,De Winter F,Gnavi S,van Egmond L,Attwell CL,Tannemaat MR,Verhaagen J,Malessy MJ

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many gene therapy applications the effective titre of retroviral vectors is a limiting factor both in vitro and in vivo. Purification and concentration of retrovirus from packaging cell supernatant can overcome this problem. To this end we have investigated a novel procedure which involves complexing retrovirus to...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Darling D,Hughes C,Galea-Lauri J,Gäken J,Trayner ID,Kuiper M,Farzaneh F

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defensins are small cationic proteins that harbor broad-spectrum microbicidal activity against bacteria, fungi and viruses. This study examines the effects on pathogens of the epidermis engineered to express human beta-defensin 3 (HBD3) to combat bacterial infections. First, we examined the localization of HBD3 in the...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Sawamura D,Goto M,Shibaki A,Akiyama M,McMillan JR,Abiko Y,Shimizu H

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracardiac gene transfer and gene therapy have been investigated with different vector systems. Here we used adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors to deliver either a reporter gene or a therapeutic gene into the heart of golden Syrian hamsters. The method of gene delivery was direct infusion of the AAV2 vectors into ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Li J,Wang D,Qian S,Chen Z,Zhu T,Xiao X

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：:Gene therapy is an attractive method for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. However, using current strategies, induction of gene expression at therapeutic levels is often inefficient. In this study, we show a novel electroporation (EP) method to enhance the delivery of a plasmid expressing an angiogenic growth f...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Marshall WG Jr,Boone BA,Burgos JD,Gografe SI,Baldwin MK,Danielson ML,Larson MJ,Caretto DR,Cruz Y,Ferraro B,Heller LC,Ugen KE,Jaroszeski MJ,Heller R

更新日期：2010-03-01 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：:Gene therapy is thought to be a promising method for the treatment of various diseases. One gene therapy strategy involves the manipulations on a process of formation of new vessels, commonly defined as angiogenesis. Angiogenic and antiangiogenic gene therapy is a new therapeutic approach to the treatment of cardiovas...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Malecki M,Kolsut P,Proczka R

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic engineering of T cells for adoptive immunotherapy in cancer patients has shown significant promise. To ensure optimal antitumor activity and safety, the simultaneous expression of multiple genes is frequently required, and short viral-derived 2A sequences are increasingly preferred for this purpose. Concerns e...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Arber C,Abhyankar H,Heslop HE,Brenner MK,Liu H,Dotti G,Savoldo B

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce a lung inflation-fixation protocol to examine the distribution and gene transfer efficiency of fluorescently tagged lipoplexes using fluorescence confocal microscopy within thick lung tissue sections. Using this technique, we tested the hypothesis that factors related to lipoplex distribution were the pre...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Uyechi LS,Gagné L,Thurston G,Szoka FC Jr

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is currently an urgent need to develop efficient gene-delivery systems for the lung that are free of inflammatory effects. The LID vector is a synthetic gene delivery system, comprised of lipofectin (L), an integrin-targeting peptide (I) and DNA (D) that has previously been shown to have high transfection effici...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jenkins RG,Meng QH,Hodges RJ,Lee LK,Bottoms SE,Laurent GJ,Willis D,Ayazi Shamlou P,McAnulty RJ,Hart SL

更新日期：2003-06-01 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：: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：:Recently, there has been an increasing level of interest in electroporation for gene delivery due to the site-specific nature of the delivery, as well as the high efficiency of the method. Electroporation involves the application of a pulsed electric field to cells to enhance cell permeability, resulting in the transi...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Liu F,Huang L

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the past decade, both in vitro and in vivo studies have provided new insights into the cellular and molecular mechanisms that govern angiogenesis and arteriogenesis. However, therapeutic angiogenesis clinical trials using recombinant protein or gene therapy formulations of single angiogenic growth factors have ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Vincent KA,Jiang C,Boltje I,Kelly RA

更新日期：2007-05-01 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：:Adenoviral vectors deleted of E1 are attractive vehicles for in vivo gene therapy because efficient gene transfer can be achieved. Immune responses to the vector and vector-transduced cells lead to destruction of target cells, inflammation and difficulties with vector readministration. Immune effectors have been ident...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Jooss K,Turka LA,Wilson JM

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The CMV promoter drives high transgene expression and is one of the most commonly used promoters for gene transfer. Tissue-specific mammalian promoters provide an alternative, and it would be useful to have a system to directly compare them to viral promoters free from potential confounding vector-related effects. In ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kachi S,Esumi N,Zack DJ,Campochiaro PA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adenovirus vectors have great potential in cancer gene therapy. Targeting of cancer-testis (CT) antigens, which are specifically presented at the surface of tumor cells by human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class I molecules, is an attractive option. In this study, a single-chain T-cell receptor (scTCR) directed against th...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： de Vrij J,Uil TG,van den Hengel SK,Cramer SJ,Koppers-Lalic D,Verweij MC,Wiertz EJ,Vellinga J,Willemsen RA,Hoeben RC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men of the western world. To date, no effective treatment exists for metastatic prostate cancer and consequently, there is an urgent need to develop new and improved therapeutics. In recent years, the therapeutic potential of RNA interference (RNAi) has been extensively exp...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Evans JC,McCarthy J,Torres-Fuentes C,Cryan JF,Ogier J,Darcy R,Watson RW,O'Driscoll CM

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracerebral administration of recombinant adeno-associated vector (AAV) has been performed in several clinical trials. However, delivery into the brain requires multiple injections and is not efficient to target the spinal cord, thus limiting its applications. To assess widespread and less invasive strategies, we te...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hordeaux J,Dubreil L,Deniaud J,Iacobelli F,Moreau S,Ledevin M,Le Guiner C,Blouin V,Le Duff J,Mendes-Madeira A,Rolling F,Cherel Y,Moullier P,Colle MA

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Overexpression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its cognate receptor KDR has been linked to a more aggressive phenotype of human prostate carcinomas. The importance of signal transduction through the VEGF receptor 2 is illustrated by use of soluble KDR, which binds to VEGF and sequesters this ligand be...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kaliberov SA,Kaliberova LN,Buchsbaum DJ

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although particle-mediated gene transfer using gene gun technology has been applied for gene transfer into epidermis, applications of this technology to visceral tissues have not been well investigated. Although all helium gas-driven gene gun instruments have used macrocarriers to discharge DNA-coated microprojectiles...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kuriyama S,Mitoro A,Tsujinoue H,Nakatani T,Yoshiji H,Tsujimoto T,Yamazaki M,Fukui H

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report examines the commercialization of gene therapy in the context of innovation theories that posit a relationship between the maturation of a technology through its life cycle and prospects for successful product development. We show that the field of gene therapy has matured steadily since the 1980s, with th...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Ledley FD,McNamee LM,Uzdil V,Morgan IW

更新日期：2014-02-01 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：:Human pluripotent stem cell-derived neural progenitor (hNP) cells are an excellent resource for understanding early neural development and neurodegenerative disorders. Given that many neurodegenerative disorders can be correlated with defects in the mitochondrial genome, optimal utilization of hNP cells requires an ab...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Iyer S,Xiao E,Alsayegh K,Eroshenko N,Riggs MJ,Bennett JP Jr,Rao RR

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell transplantation holds promise as a potential treatment for cardiac dysfunction. Our group has isolated populations of murine skeletal muscle-derived stem cells (MDSCs) that exhibit stem cell-like properties. Here, we investigated the fate of MDSCs after transplantation into the hearts of dystrophin-deficient mdx ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Payne TR,Oshima H,Sakai T,Ling Y,Gharaibeh B,Cummins J,Huard J

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intramuscular (i.m.) injection of a plasmid encoding human carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) elicited immunity against transplanted syngeneic (C57BL/6) CEA-positive Lewis lung carcinoma (CEA/LLC) cells, but tumors still appeared in all mice. In wild-type mice, coinjection of an IL-12 plasmid markedly enhanced anti-CEA hu...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Song K,Chang Y,Prud'homme GJ

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00