MnSOD mediated by HSV vectors in the periaqueductal gray suppresses morphine withdrawal in rats.

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：:Transplantation faces several major obstacles that could be overcome by expression of immunomodulatory proteins through application of gene therapy techniques. Gene therapy strategies to prolong graft survival involve gene transfer of immunosuppressive or graft-protecting molecules. Very promising results have been ob...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Guillot C,Le Mauff B,Cuturi MC,Anegon I

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In high-risk patients, the ideal cardiovascular gene therapy requires a strategy that provides long-term protection of myocardium against episodes of ischemic/reperfusion injury. We report the development of an efficient, long-lasting pre-emptive gene therapy strategy in a rat model of ischemic-reperfusion (I/R) injur...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Agrawal RS,Muangman S,Layne MD,Melo L,Perrella MA,Lee RT,Zhang L,Lopez-Ilasaca M,Dzau VJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 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：:Citrullinemia type 1 (CTLN1) is an autosomal recessive disorder of metabolism caused by a deficiency of argininosuccinate synthetase. Despite optimal management, CTLN1 patients still suffer from lethal metabolic instability and experience life-threatening episodes of acute hyperammonemia. A murine model of CTLN1 (fold...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Chandler RJ,Tarasenko TN,Cusmano-Ozog K,Sun Q,Sutton VR,Venditti CP,McGuire PJ

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) is released from neuroendocrine cells in the intestine in the postprandial state and augments glucose-stimulated insulin secretion from pancreatic beta cells. To develop non-beta cells that exhibit physiologically regulated insulin secretion, we coexpressed the GLP-1 receptor and human ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wu L,Nicholson W,Wu CY,Xu M,McGaha A,Shiota M,Powers AC

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapies have demonstrated durable and potentially curative therapeutic efficacy against B-cell leukemia in clinical trials. A CAR strategy can target any tumor surface antigens as long as an antigen-binding receptor can be generated. New CARs that target solid tumors and have t...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wu MR,Zhang T,DeMars LR,Sentman CL

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) and its analogue exendin-4 (Ex4) have displayed potent glucose homeostasis-modulating characteristics in type 2 diabetes (T2D). However, there are few reports of effectiveness in type 1 diabetes (T1D) therapy, where there is massive loss of beta cells. We previously described a novel GL...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Soltani N,Kumar M,Glinka Y,Prud'homme GJ,Wang Q

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia initiates an adaptive physiological response in all organisms and plays a role in the pathogenesis of several human diseases. The hypoxia/HIF-inducible factor-1 (HIF-1) transcription factor mediates transcriptional responses to hypoxia by binding to a cis-acting hypoxia-responsive element (HRE) present within ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Post DE,Van Meir EG

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the longevity of gene expression provided by autonomously replicating vectors. The vectors contain segments of human genomic DNA that provide efficient replication initiation and sequences derived from Epstein-Barr virus that provide nuclear retention. In order to monitor gene expression, the vectors also ca...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Wohlgemuth JG,Kang SH,Bulboaca GH,Nawotka KA,Calos MP

更新日期：1996-06-01 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：:Somatic transgenesis can be used to confer endogenous production of proteins with therapeutic properties. One such product, recombinant soluble human CD4 (sCD4), has been shown to be an efficient inhibitor of human immunodeficiency virus 1 (HIV-1) in vitro, but its too short half-life in vivo has impaired long-term cl...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Valere T,Bohl D,Klatzmann D,Danos O,Sonigo P,Heard JM

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the intracellular barriers to efficient gene transfer, we studied the intracellular trafficking of biotinylated plasmid DNA complexed with either fluorescein-conjugated lactosylated or mannosylated polylysine by confocal microscopy. Both are known to be taken up by cystic fibrosis airway epithelial cells (...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Grosse S,Tremeau-Bravard A,Aron Y,Briand P,Fajac I

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the identification of stem cell plasticity several years ago, multiple reports raised hopes that tissue repair by stem cell transplantation could be within reach in the near future. Krause et al reported that a single purified hematopoietic stem cell not only repopulated the bone marrow of a host animal, but also...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Kashofer K,Bonnet D

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that antigen-specific tolerance could be induced by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated B cells retrovirally transduced with an immunoglobulin-antigen (or epitope-containing peptide) fusion construct. To investigate the mechanism of this gene therapy system, we now adapted this appro...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Song L,Wang J,Wang R,Yu M,Sun Y,Han G,Li Y,Qian J,Scott DW,Kang Y,Soukhareva N,Shen B

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:The efficiency with which adenoviral vectors infect airway epithelial cells in vivo is unclear despite extensive preclinical and clinical studies. Our hypothesis is that gene transfer is limited by vector internalization which is mediated by binding of a fiber with a cellular receptor and the RGD motif of the penton b...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Goldman M,Su Q,Wilson JM

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chimeric oligonucleotides have been used successfully to correct point and frameshift mutations in several cell types, as well as in animal and plant models. However, their application to primitive human blood cells has been limited. In this investigation, chimeric oligonucleotides designed to direct a site-specific n...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Liu H,Agarwal S,Kmiec E,Davis BR

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human adipose tissue mesenchymal stromal cells (AMSCs) share common traits, including similar differentiation potential and cell surface markers, with their bone marrow counterparts. Owing to their general availability, higher abundance and ease of isolation AMSCs may be convenient autologous delivery vehicles for loc...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Vilalta M,Dégano IR,Bagó J,Aguilar E,Gambhir SS,Rubio N,Blanco J

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We introduce an injectable system for the formation of a biodegradable DNA-containing implant that releases DNA over a 2-month period to provide a robust and prolonged gene expression at the site. Sustained delivery of the appropriate plasmid DNA resulted in sustained expression of luciferase, the persistent appearanc...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Eliaz RE,Szoka FC Jr

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Rescue of dystrophic skeletal muscle in mdx and utrophin/dystrophin-deficient (dko) mouse models by reintroduction of dystrophin has validated gene therapy as a potential therapeutic approach for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. However, the size of the dystrophin gene exceeds the capacity of adeno-associated viral (AAV) ...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Gardner KL,Kearney JA,Edwards JD,Rafael-Fortney JA

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cultured keratinocyte allografts from unrelated donors can be readily grown as sheets in large-scale cell culture and have been used as an immediate skin cover for severely burned patients. Despite the absence of passenger leukocytes and the unlimited amount of material that can be obtained for permanent skin coverage...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mhashilkar AM,Doebis C,Seifert M,Busch A,Zani C,Soo Hoo J,Nagy M,Ritter T,Volk HD,Marasco WA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal excitation-contraction coupling is a key pathophysiologic component of heart failure (HF), and at a molecular level reduced expression of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+) ATPase (SERCA2a) is a major contributor. Previous studies in small animals have suggested that restoration of SERCA function is benef...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Byrne MJ,Power JM,Preovolos A,Mariani JA,Hajjar RJ,Kaye DM

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：:Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) or CD80 transduction of tumor cells individually reduces tumorigenicity and enhances antitumor responses. Here, we report that the combination of IFN-alpha and CD80 cancer gene therapy in poorly immunogenic murine tumor models, the colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line MC38, and the methylch...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Hiroishi K,Tüting T,Tahara H,Lotze MT

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work demonstrates that electrical muscle stimulation markedly increases the transfection efficiency of an intramuscular injection of plasmid DNA. In soleus or extensor digitorum longus muscles of adult rats the percentage of transfected fibers increased from about 1 to more than 10. The number of transfected fibe...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Mathiesen I

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene transfer technology has opened novel treatment avenues toward the treatment of damaged musculoskeletal tissues, and may be particularly beneficial to articular cartilage. There is no natural repair mechanism to heal damaged or diseased cartilage. Existing pharmacologic, surgical and cell based treatments may offe...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Trippel SB,Ghivizzani SC,Nixon AJ

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis are clinical syndromes associated with severe pain that is difficult to manage. Thus, seeking additional pain reduction therapies is warranted. Excessive alcohol consumption over an extended period of time is the primary causal agent in pancreatitis. The efficacy of a replica...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Westlund KN

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Virus-directed enzyme prodrug therapy utilizing the bacterial enzyme nitroreductase delivered by a replication-defective adenovirus vector to activate the prodrug CB1954 is a promising strategy currently undergoing clinical trials in patients with a range of cancers. Similarly, selectively replicating oncolytic adenov...

journal_title：Gene therapy

authors： Palmer DH,Chen MJ,Searle PF,Kerr DJ,Young LS

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00