abstract：:When transferring the human multidrug resistance 1 (MDR1) cDNA, FMEV retroviral vectors mediate high-dose multidrug resistance and, thus, background-free selection in primary human hematopoietic progenitor cells. Here, we analyzed strategies for co-expression of a second gene from an FMEV:MDR1 vector. When linking the...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Hildinger M,Fehse B,Hegewisch-Becker S,John J,Rafferty JR,Ostertag W,Baum C

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Baculovirus vectors recently have been shown to be capable of efficient transduction of human hepatoma cells and primary hepatocytes in culture. This paper describes the generation of a novel recombinant baculovirus (VGZ3) in which the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein G (VSV G) is present in the viral envelope....

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Barsoum J,Brown R,McKee M,Boyce FM

更新日期：1997-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Gyrate atrophy is a progressive blindness associated with deficiency of ornithine aminotransferase (OAT). The strategy of using an autologous keratinocyte graft, modified to express high levels of OAT as an ornithine-catabolizing skin-based enzyme sink, is investigated. Two OAT-containing retroviral vectors were const...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Jensen TG,Sullivan DM,Morgan RA,Taichman LB,Nussenblatt RB,Blaese RM,Csaky KG

更新日期：1997-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The gene therapy strategy using the hsvl-thymidine kinase gene (TK) and ganciclovir (GCV) injections that has been used for treating human glioblastomas has not been as effective as expected after the first animal experiments. A better understanding of the different steps involved in this treatment, like gene transfer...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Sturtz FG,Waddell K,Shulok J,Chen X,Caruso M,Sanson M,Snodgrass HR,Platika D

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antitumor gene therapy using herpes simplex type 1 thymidine kinase (TKh) and ganciclovir (GCV) treatment has revealed an important intratumoral bystander effect. A whole tumor can be eliminated when only a fraction of its tumor cells express TKh. We now report that the bystander effect not only acts within a tumor, b...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Kianmanesh AR,Perrin H,Panis Y,Fabre M,Nagy HJ,Houssin D,Klatzmann D

更新日期：1997-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the hypothesis that innate immune mechanisms play a major role in eliminating adenovirus (Ad) vectors from the lung, the fate of adenoviral genome of an Ad vector was quantified in the first 24 h after intratracheal administration of an Ad vector coding for beta-galactosidase (beta gal) to mice. Southern a...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Worgall S,Leopold PL,Wolff G,Ferris B,Van Roijen N,Crystal RG

更新日期：1997-09-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Serum-induced inactivation of retroviruses is the most critical limitation for in vivo gene transfer therapy. To solve this problem, we searched for reagents that protect retroviruses from inactivation. The effects of the protease inhibitors FOY-007 and FOY-305 and of an inhibitor of the complement pathway FUT-175, al...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Miyao Y,Ikenaka K,Kishima H,Tamura M,Nakamura K,Kurumi M,Hayakawa T,Shimizu K

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the potential role of dendritic cells (DCs) as adjuvants for tumor vaccination has focused primarily on techniques that load DCs with peptide tumor antigens. Our aim has been to optimize the induction of antitumor immunity by enhancing the ability of DCs to present tumor-associated antigens endogenously ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Wan Y,Bramson J,Carter R,Graham F,Gauldie J

更新日期：1997-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene delivery via murine-based recombinant retroviral vectors is currently widely used in gene therapy clinical trials. The vectors are engineered to be replication defective by replacing the structural and nonstructural genes of a cloned infectious retrovirus with a therapeutic gene of interest. The retroviral partic...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Martineau D,Klump WM,McCormack JE,DePolo NJ,Kamantigue E,Petrowski M,Hanlon J,Jolly DJ,Mento SJ,Sajjadi N

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a novel method for targeting adenovirus-mediated gene delivery. By irradiating mammalian cells prior to adenoviral transduction, adenoviral gene transfer is greatly improved and the adenoviral genome integrates into cellular DNA. In this work, human and rodent cell lines were irradiated and subsequently tran...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Zeng M,Cerniglia GJ,Eck SL,Stevens CW

更新日期：1997-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a cytokine that exhibits pleiotropic effects on lymphocytes and natural killer cells and has been shown to have promise for the immunotherapy of cancer. The combination of the immune costimulatory molecule B7.1 and IL-12 has been shown to be synergistic for T cell activation. By transfecting ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Anderson R,Macdonald I,Corbett T,Hacking G,Lowdell MW,Prentice HG

更新日期：1997-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:pZIG(hGCSFR) is a retroviral vector that can co-express two genes and also provides alternative selection markers. This retroviral vector has been constructed to incorporate an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) element to co-express two exogenous genes in mammalian cells. Two marker/selection genes have been cloned ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Saleh M

更新日期：1997-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:SV40 is an attractive potential vector with high-efficiency gene transfer into a wide variety of human tissues, including the bone marrow, a critical target organ for the cure of many diseases. In the present study, the three SV40 capsid proteins, VP1, VP2, and VP3, were produced in Spodoptera frugiperda (Sf9) insect ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Sandalon Z,Dalyot-Herman N,Oppenheim AB,Oppenheim A

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The bystander effect is an important part of tumor kill using gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy (GDEPT). Recently, we have described a novel enzyme prodrug system using bacterial nitroreductase and the prodrug CB1954 (NTR/CB1954). We demonstrate here the presence of a cell-permeable cytotoxic activity in the condit...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Bridgewater JA,Knox RJ,Pitts JD,Collins MK,Springer CJ

更新日期：1997-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Overexpression of human manganese-containing superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) activity has been demonstrated to suppress malignancy in human melanoma and breast carcinoma cells in vitro and in vivo. To study its effects on human oral squamous carcinoma cells, stable transfection and expression of MnSOD in SCC-25 cells hav...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Liu R,Oberley TD,Oberley LW

更新日期：1997-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The expanding use of adenoviral vectors for gene therapy has brought about the need for new analytical tools. We have developed an anion-exchange high-performance liquid chromatography method to analyze recombinant adenovirus serotype 5 samples. Before this assay, available analytical methods consisted of either long-...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Shabram PW,Giroux DD,Goudreau AM,Gregory RJ,Horn MT,Huyghe BG,Liu X,Nunnally MH,Sugarman BJ,Sutjipto S

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The therapeutic use of neurotrophic factors for neurodegenerative diseases is promising, however, optimal methods for continuous delivery of these substances to the human central nervous system (CNS) remains problematic. One approach would be to graft genetically engineered human cells that continuously secrete high l...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Lin Q,Cunningham LA,Epstein LG,Pechan PA,Short MP,Fleet C,Bohn MC

更新日期：1997-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Somatic gene therapy for pulmonary diseases must be accomplished in vivo, requiring the spread of a gene transfer vector across a vast expanse of respiratory epithelium. Surfactant, a naturally occurring protein and lipid mixture used to treat the respiratory distress syndrome of prematurity, disperses rapidly and eve...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Katkin JP,Husser RC,Langston C,Welty SE

更新日期：1997-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the efficiency of gene transduction and of gene expression by adenoviral vectors in human lung adenocarcinoma cells. Freshly isolated cancer cells were collected from pleural effusions in adenocarcinoma patients by centrifugation with a Percoll gradient. Adenoviral vectors resulted in effective gene trans...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Heike Y,Takahashi M,Kanegae Y,Sato Y,Saito I,Saijo N

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult T cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATL) is derived from CD4+ T cells and has a poor prognosis because of its resistance to chemotherapy. To evaluate the effectiveness of gene therapy for ATL, the effect of ganciclovir on ATL cell lines transfected with the thymidine kinase gene of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-TK) was...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Obaru K,Fujii S,Matsushita S,Shimada T,Takatsuki K

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The T cell co-stimulatory molecule B7-1 was transduced into a poorly immunogenic murine neuroblastoma cell line (Neuro-2a, N-2a) alone or in combination with MHC class II genes to test the ability of these genes to stimulate antitumor immunity. N-2a cells transduced with B7-1 exhibited reduced tumorigenicity, whereas ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Heuer JG,Tucker-McClung C,Gonin R,Hock RA

更新日期：1996-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrovirus-mediated gene transfer is currently the most common method for the application of genetic therapy to cancer and many inherited and acquired disorders. Here we report the generation of an amphotropic producer cell line (CA2) that synthesizes viral particles carrying a bicistronic cassette in which the select...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Aran JM,Licht T,Gottesman MM,Pastan I

更新日期：1996-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Mice bearing breast tumors were treated with a single dose of an adenovirus expressing interleukin-12 (AdmIL-12.1) injected intratumorally, which produced regressions in greater than 75% of the treated tumors; approximately one-third of the animals remained tumor free. Complete regression was associated with immunity ...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Bramson JL,Hitt M,Addison CL,Muller WJ,Gauldie J,Graham FL

更新日期：1996-10-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focuses on the design, construction, and evaluation of a chimeric promoter for gene therapy applications where it is desirable to have low-level basal expression of the newly transferred gene, which can be induced to higher levels of expression by the administration of pharmacologic agents that can be safel...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Suzuki M,Singh RN,Crystal RG

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant adenoviruses have received much attention as a potential vector for gene therapy because of their ability to transduce many cell types with high efficiencies in vivo. After intravenous infusion, the majority of the vector is found in hepatocytes, but vector DNA is found to varying degrees in other tissues....

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Peeters MJ,Patijn GA,Lieber A,Meuse L,Kay MA

更新日期：1996-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiencies in different steps of purine metabolism give rise to a number of human inherited disorders. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome is a severe neurological disorder, caused by a deficiency in the purine salvage enzyme hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT). HPRT-deficient mice have been generated, but have proved to...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Redhead NJ,Selfridge J,Wu CL,Melton DW

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Three dogs with deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase were treated by gene replacement therapy targeted at muscle. Direct intramuscular injections of plasmid encoding the alpha-L-iduronidase gene cDNA resulted in no detectable enzyme production, but may have resulted in immunologic sensitization to id...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Shull RM,Lu X,McEntee MF,Bright RM,Pepper KA,Kohn DB

更新日期：1996-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene-modified lymphocytes have a potential role in the therapy of cancer, infectious diseases, and genetic disorders of the immune system. Current gene therapy protocols involving gene transfer into lymphocytes utilize retroviruses with amphotropic envelope proteins. However, transduction efficiencies in lymphocytes u...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Lam JS,Reeves ME,Cowherd R,Rosenberg SA,Hwu P

更新日期：1996-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro delivery of interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha) to cultured human monocytes by means of a replication-incompetent herpesvirus vector inhibits human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) replication. To explore the possibility of IFN-alpha gene delivery by vector-infected human monocytes, monocytes were isolated and the cultu...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Weir JP,Dacquel EJ,Aronovitz J

更新日期：1996-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Although replication-deficient adenoviruses can efficiently transfer genes to the salivary glands, the current vectors precipitate an immediate, transient decrease in salivary function. To study the cause of this salivary hypofunction, 10(6)-10(10) plaque-forming units (pfu) of the vector AdCMV beta gal were delivered...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Adesanya MR,Redman RS,Baum BJ,O'Connell BC

更新日期：1996-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To target expression of toxic genes to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated tumor cells, we have developed an EBV-driven enzyme prodrug system (EDEPS) that takes advantage of the trans-activating properties of EBNA1, a latent protein expressed in all EBV-containing cells, to direct expression of cytosine deaminase (CD)...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Judde JG,Spangler G,Magrath I,Bhatia K

更新日期：1996-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of viral thymidine kinase (TK) gene coupled with the administration of ganciclovir to render cancer cell death has been studied extensively. Many of these experiments utilized retrovirus to transfer the TK gene under the control of a nonspecific promoter. Because nonspecific expression of the viral TK gene may...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Su H,Chang JC,Xu SM,Kan YW

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is a heterodimeric cytokine that plays an important role in the development of cellular immunity. Clinical applications for this lymphokine include resolution of infectious disease, cancer immunotherapy, and boosting cellular immunity in AIDS patients. When using IL-12 and other cytokines therap...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Bramson J,Hitt M,Gallichan WS,Rosenthal KL,Gauldie J,Graham FL

更新日期：1996-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Transfer of a herpes simplex virus-derived thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene into brain tumor cells and subsequent ganciclovir (GCV) treatment has been shown by others to be an effective treatment in rats with intracerebrally inoculated 9L gliosarcomas. Mechanism of action and reproducibility are, however, still a matter...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Vincent AJ,Vogels R,Someren GV,Esandi MC,Noteboom JL,Avezaat CJ,Vecht C,Bekkum DW,Valerio D,Bout A,Hoogerbrugge PM

更新日期：1996-01-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat myoblast primary cultures were tested as a model for proinsulin synthesis and processing and unregulated insulin delivery for insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) gene therapy. Three human proinsulin cDNA constructs containing genetically engineered furin endoprotease cleavage sites between the B-chain and C...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Simonson GD,Groskreutz DJ,Gorman CM,MacDonald MJ

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the major obstacles to pulmonary-directed gene therapy using adenoviral vectors is the induction of inflammation. We investigated whether the adenoviral particles that constitute the initial inoculum can serve as an inflammatory stimulus, independent of their ability to express genes that they contain. Viral pa...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： McCoy RD,Davidson BL,Roessler BJ,Huffnagle GB,Janich SL,Laing TJ,Simon RH

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop a potential gene therapy strategy for the treatment of hemophilia A, we constructed several retroviral vectors expressing a B-domain-deleted factor VIII (FVIII) cDNA. We confirmed previous reports that when the FVIII cDNA is inserted into a retroviral vector, the vector mRNA is decreased resulting in signif...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Chuah MK,VandenDriessche T,Morgan RA

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal genetic disorder for which there is currently no effective treatment. Although clinical application of adenoviral vector-mediated gene transfer has not been fully developed, it shows promise for the treatment of DMD. One significant problem posed by adenoviral vector-media...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Clemens PR,Krause TL,Chan S,Korb KE,Graham FL,Caskey CT

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy for heart diseases requires availability of an efficient vector for gene transfer into myocardium. Recombinant adenovirus expressing the Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) gene was shown to infect rat cardiocytes efficiently in vivo. However, a time course of gene expression showed that transg...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Gilgenkrantz H,Duboc D,Juillard V,Couton D,Pavirani A,Guillet JG,Briand P,Kahn A

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We evaluated the ability of a replication-deficient, recombinant adenoviral vector to transfer the bifunctional gene GAL-TEK, which expresses a marking/therapeutic gene product, to naturally occurring cat fibrosarcomas in situ. GAL-TEK contains an in-frame fusion of the bacterial LacZ gene for histochemical marking of...

journal_title：Human gene therapy

authors： Marini FC 3rd,Cannon JP,Belmont JW,Shillitoe EJ,Lapeyre JN

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00