... approach to genetherapyfor AIDS The persistence of transduced cell per 103 circulating cells before SIV challenge was correlated with low plasma virus load and the maintenance of CD4+ and CD8+ cell ... hematopoietic stem cells This method has been proposed for the treatment of HIV infection [40,41] The transduction of these cells, which are able to generate all the main HIV target cells, will ... transgene copies per cell The detection threshold of the PCR assay used was estimated and found to be one copy of the IFN-β gene per 105 cells Hematological and immunological follow-up of infused...
... particular that of stem cells, and the biomaterials, for cartilage tissue engineering will be addressed 2.3.1 Stemcell based Approaches for Cartilage Tissue Engineering The aforementioned weaknesses ... Limitations……………… … 11 2.3 Cartilage Tissue Engineering …………………………………………… ….13 2.3.1 Stemcell based Approaches for Cartilage Tissue Engineering ……… 13 2.3.1.1 MSC Chondrogenesis…………………………………… ……… 14 2.3.1.2 ... encourage the investigation on stem cells with chondrogenic potential for articular cartilage repair Both pluripotent and multipotent stem cells have been reported for studying cartilage repair(Hwang...
... Martinez-Serrano A: Stemcelltherapyfor human neurodegenerative disorders–how to make it work Nat Med 2004, 10(suppl):S42-50 Shyu WC, Lee YJ, Liu DD, Lin SZ, Li H: Homing genes, celltherapy and stroke ... neural stemcell transplant A: reddish brown coloration of caspase III immunoreactivity along the ventricular lining of cells of ischemic rat having undergone neural stemcell transplant for four ... al.: Modulation of the major histocompatibility complex by neural stem cell- derived neurotrophic factors usedfor regenerative therapy in a rat model of stroke Journal of Translational Medicine...
... for min, and then 30 cycles at 94°C for 45 s, 54°C for min, 72°C for and a final extension cycle of 72°C for The house-keeping gene b-actin was taken as a loading control HEK293T cells were used ... typically, several major cell types are used in vitro for testing including phagocytic, epithelial, endothelial and various cancer cell lines [20] Therefore, besides the renal cancer cell OS-RC-2, we ... surface charge of polyplex is necessary for binding to the anionic cell surface, which enables the entering of complexes into cells by cellular uptake [19] Genetherapy effects mediated by PEI-derived...
... for min, and then 30 cycles at 94°C for 45 s, 54°C for min, 72°C for and a final extension cycle of 72°C for The house-keeping gene b-actin was taken as a loading control HEK293T cells were used ... typically, several major cell types are used in vitro for testing including phagocytic, epithelial, endothelial and various cancer cell lines [20] Therefore, besides the renal cancer cell OS-RC-2, we ... surface charge of polyplex is necessary for binding to the anionic cell surface, which enables the entering of complexes into cells by cellular uptake [19] Genetherapy effects mediated by PEI-derived...
... progenitor cells are an essential ingredient for HIV genetherapy In view of the need for CD34 cells for HIV genetherapy as well as for other hematopoietic disorders, if one can produce these cells ... the area of stemcellgenetherapyfor AIDS [12] A primary goal of many ongoing studies is to introduce an effective anti-HIV gene into hematopoietic stem cells [16-18] As these cells possess ... capacity of hES cell derived CD34 cells to give rise to lymphoid and myeloid lineages thus paving the way for utilization of these cells for hematopoietic celltherapy [20,27-29] For the effective...
... current gene transfer vector systems, inadequate weak promoters to drive transgene expression Therefore, so far, only three cancer genetherapy protocols had reached phase III trials before being ... approach for modulation of oncogenic gene function in cancer cells [18] In this study, we investigated the possibility whether RNAi could silence EGFR gene in commonly used NSCLC cancer cell lines, ... ng/ml for another 24 h MTT of 20 µl (1 mg/ ml) was added to each well for h at 37°C to allow MTT to form formazan crystals by reacting with metabolically active cells Subsequently the formazan...
... these genes The ability of human pluripotent stem cells such as human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) to generate virtually any differentiated cell type provides the possibility of using these cells ... production of cell therapeutics is a prerequisite for the widespread application of celltherapy Thus, standardization in generating human iPSC-derived cells offers the potential for manufacturing ... tumor-targeted genetherapy that improves the treatment of patients with breast cancer and overcomes the hurdles faced by stem cell- based genetherapy via two main objectives: 1) To develop therapeutic genes...
... of cells It is believed that stem cells also form reservoirs of repair cells to replace cells and tissues that degenerate over the life span of the organism The dual capacity of stem cells for ... Guidelines for Human Embryonic StemCell Research http://www.nap.edu/catalog/11278.html GUIDELINES FOR HUMAN EMBRYONIC STEMCELL RESEARCH Committee on Guidelines for Human Embryonic StemCell Research ... stemcell lines, so the ability to share cell lines will create greater access for qualified scientists to participate in human stemcell research A uniform set of criteria for deriving hES cell...
... disruption of Ptb in ES cells Ptb) ⁄ flox ES cells were generated by expression of Cre in Ptb) ⁄ flox-hyg ES cells Ptb) ⁄ ) ES cells were generated by infection of Ptb) ⁄ flox ES cells with a retroviral ... elucidate the function of PTB in ES cells, we generated Ptb) ⁄ ) ES cells Although Ptb) ⁄ ) ES cells are viable, they form compact colonies and exhibit severe defects in cell proliferation without precocious ... blue-staining-negative cells to that of total cells Cells (3 · 105) were seeded on growth medium and counted every day for days of culture The circles indicate the values for wild-type cells and the triangles...
... HEMATOPOIETIC STEM AND PROGENITOR CELLS AS TARGETS FORGENETHERAPY 143 144 GENETHERAPYFOR HEMATOLOGICAL DISORDERS restoration of cellular and humoral immunity were documented after genetherapy ... lymphoproliferation Lancet 345:9–13, 1995 Hematopoietic StemCellGeneTherapy Dunbar CE Gene transfer to hematopoietic stem cells: Implications forgenetherapy of human disease Annu Rev Med 47:11–20, ... appropriate for target cells that cannot REQUIREMENTS FORGENE TRANSFER INTO HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS 135 TABLE 6.1 Relevant Targets and Applications forGeneTherapy of Hematopoietic or Immune System Disorders...
... hand, it is necessary for any vehicle usedfor in 156 GENETHERAPYFOR LIVER DISEASE vivo hepatic genetherapy to reach the liver efficiently For systemic application, the gene vectors are ideally ... expression of the therapeutic gene. Alternatively, different viral vectors as well as liposomes can be usedfor ex vivo gene transfer GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR HEPATIC GENETHERAPY 155 Collagenase treatment ... expression GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR HEPATIC GENETHERAPY 157 therapy is that only dividing cells are efficiently transduced To circumvent this problem, researchers have performed partial hepatectomies before...
... for anti-HIV-1 gene therapies The pluripotent hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) generate all cells of lymphoid and myeloid origin Therefore, these cells are the ultimate candidates for use in gene ... target cells, albeit at low levels in HSCs Thus, retroviral-mediated gene transfer is currently the optimal gene transfer system available for use in HIV-1 genetherapy The 282 GENETHERAPYFOR ... based on observations that CD8 T cells can inhibit replication of HIV-1 in human PBL in vitro PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF GENETHERAPYFOR HIV Cellular Targets forGeneTherapy The dominant reservoir...
... COMPONENTS OF CELL AND GENETHERAPYFOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS Embryonic or adult nervous system EGF Multipotent stemcell EGF, bFGF Progenitor cells bFGF Neuronal precursor cells Glial precursor cells ... OF CELL AND GENETHERAPYFOR NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS CLINICAL TRIALS TESTING GENETICALLY MODIFIED CELLS AND NEUROTROPHIC FACTORS FOR NEURODEGENERATION Therapeutic options for human neurodegeneration ... therefore remain as isolated tissue masses These types of cells are foreign to the brain and we not know the longterm consequences of these foreign cells within the CNS The ideal cells usedfor cell...
... plasmid 2.3 Cell Culture and Gene Transfer into Cells COS-7 cells (a monkey kidney cell line, RCB accession no RCB0539), HeLa cells (a human cervix, RCB accession no RCB0271) and CHO cells (a Chinese ... protocol can be usedfor all adherent cell types For suspension type cells, cells need to be spun down before changing the medium at a speed suitable for the cell type to be transfected Switch on ... tenable for about mo Passage OVCAR-3 or COS-7 cells or other cell types 3–4 d before the transfection experiment Detach the cells with trypsin–EDTA solution, and determine the cell number and cell...
... Type 1-Based Vectors forGene Delivery to Human Hematopoietic Stem Cells Ali Ramezani and Robert G Hawley 467 Semliki Forest Viral Vectors forGene Transfer Jarmo Wahlfors and Richard A Morgan ... Krisky, D., Oligino, T., et al (2000) Genetically modified CD34+ cells as cellular vehicles forgene delivery into areas of angiogenesis in a rhesus model Gene Ther 7, 43–52 140 Laquerre, S., Anderson, ... classes of genes; the IE or α genes, the early (E) or β genes, and the late (L) or γ genes (2) There are five IE genes; infected cell polypeptides (ICP) 0, 4, 22, 27, and 47 Four of these IE genes...
... assay for permissivity to Adenovirus replication or transduction using a wild type or recombinant virus frequently used as oncolytic and genetherapy vectors for experimental cancer therapies Cell ... existence of cancer cells with “anti-viral” capacity has potential relevance to viral genetherapy approaches Adenoviruses and Adeno-Associated viruses are used to deliver genes to tumor cells with the ... important for the resistance to possible introduction of genes using viral vectors or for the resistance to oncolytic genetherapy We believe that this finding can be of crucial interest for the...