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Herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase gene transduction enhances tumor growth rate and cyclooxygenase-2 expression in murine colon cancer cells
Transduction of tumor cells with herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-tk) gene and subsequent treatment with the prodrug ganciclovir (GCV) is the most common system utilized to date for “suicide” gene th...
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Selective gene transfer in vitro to tumor cells via recombinant Newcastle disease virus
We developed a novel strategy to target recombinant Newcastle disease virus (NDV) to tumor cells for gene therapy. Modifying the virus with a bispecific fusion protein allowed virus receptor-independent tumor ...
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Fragile sites are preferential targets for integrations of MLV vectors in gene therapy
Following gene therapy of SCID-X1 using murine leukemia virus (MLV) derived vector, two patients developed leukemia owing to an activating vector integration near the LMO2 gene. We found that these integrations r...
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Erratum: Fragile sites are preferential targets for integrations of MLV vectors in gene therapy
Correction to: Gene Therapy (2006) 13, 1057–1059. doi:10.1038/sj.gt.3302752 Since the above publication the authors have noticed an error in the first DNA marker of FRA11E in Supplementary Table 1S. The correc...
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Antiangiogenic systemic gene therapy combined with doxorubicin administration induced caspase 8 and 9-mediated apoptosis in endothelial cells and an anti-metastasis effect
Ad-PPE-Fas-c is an adenovector that expresses Fas-c under the control of the modified pre-proendothelin-1 (PPE-1) promoter. Fas-c is a chimeric death receptor containing the extracellular portion of tumour nec...
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Erratum: Selective oncolytic effect of an attenuated Newcastle disease virus (NDV-HUJ) in lung tumors
Cancer Gene Therapy (2008) 15, 795–807; doi:10.1038/cgt.2008.31 The authors have noticed a spelling error in the author line. The correct author is shown below. E Eliahoo The authors would like to apologize fo...
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Selective oncolytic effect of an attenuated Newcastle disease virus (NDV-HUJ) in lung tumors
Newcastle disease virus (NDV), an avian paramyxovirus, has a potential oncolytic effect that may be of significance in the treatment of a variety of cancer diseases. An attenuated lentogenic isolate of NDV (HU...
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Open AccessFlowing through the CRISPR-CAScade: Will genome editing boost cell therapies?
Recent years have seen great advancements in genome editing technologies, allowing for efficient and specific targeting of DNA sequences into the genome. In parallel, advancements in stem cell research, and es...
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Open AccessMutation spectrum of Joubert syndrome and related disorders among Arabs
Joubert syndrome (JS) is a rare autosomal recessive (AR), neurological condition characterized by dysgenesis of the cerebellar vermis with the radiological hallmark of molar tooth sign, oculomotor apraxia, rec...
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Erratum: Mutation spectrum of Joubert syndrome and related disorders among Arabs
Correction to: Human Genome Variation (2014) 1, 14020; doi:10.1038/hgv.2014.20; published online 6 November 2014 After online publication of this review, the authors noticed couple of errors in Table 2 in the ...
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Open AccessA prospective, randomized, three arm, open label study comparing the safety and efficacy of PP110, a novel treatment for hemorrhoids to preparation-H® maximum strength cream in the treatment of grade 2–3 hemorrhoids
Hemorrhoids are a common disorder that affects the quality of life of millions of people worldwide. The effectiveness of OTC medication is limited and they mainly provide symptomatic relief. In order to treat ...
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Co-expression of fibulin-5 and VEGF165 increases long-term patency of synthetic vascular grafts seeded with autologous endothelial cells
Small caliber synthetic vascular grafts are commonly used for bypass surgery and dialysis access sites but have high failure rates because of neointima formation and thrombosis. Seeding synthetic grafts with e...
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Information-Theoretic Approaches to Understanding Stem Cell Variability
The purpose of this study is to outline how ideas from information theory may be used to analyze single-cell data and better understand stem cell behavior.
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Open AccessRecurrent loss of heterozygosity correlates with clinical outcome in pancreatic neuroendocrine cancer
Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs) are uncommon cancers arising from pancreatic islet cells. Here we report the analysis of gene mutation, copy number, and RNA expression of 57 sporadic well-differentiat...
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Adenovirus vector-mediated YKL-40 shRNA attenuates eosinophil airway inflammation in a murine asthmatic model
Recent studies have revealed that YKL-40 is involved in the pathogenesis of asthma. However, its specific mechanism remains unclear. The present study aims to investigate the effect of adenovirus vector-mediat...
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Open AccessMultiomics characteristics of neurogenesis-related gene are dysregulated in tumor immune microenvironment
The success of immunotherapy was overshadowed by its low response rate, and the hot or cold tumor microenvironment was reported to be responsible for it. However, due to the lack of an appropriate method, it i...
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Open AccessBroadening INPP5E phenotypic spectrum: detection of rare variants in syndromic and non-syndromic IRD
Pathogenic variants in INPP5E cause Joubert syndrome (JBTS), a ciliopathy with retinal involvement. However, despite sporadic cases in large cohort sequencing studies, a clear association with non-syndromic inher...
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Open AccessGene therapy for spinal muscular atrophy: the Qatari experience
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive neuromuscular disorder characterized by hypotonia, progressive muscle weakness, and wasting. Onasemnogene abeparvovec (Zolgensma®) is a novel gene therapy m...
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Open AccessWhole genome sequencing and in vitro splice assays reveal genetic causes for inherited retinal diseases
Inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) are a major cause of visual impairment. These clinically heterogeneous disorders are caused by pathogenic variants in more than 270 genes. As 30–40% of cases remain geneticall...
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Open AccessNucleosome footprinting in plasma cell-free DNA for the pre-surgical diagnosis of ovarian cancer
Fragmentation patterns of plasma cell-free DNA (cfDNA) are known to reflect nucleosome positions of cell types contributing to cfDNA. Based on cfDNA fragmentation patterns, the deviation in nucleosome footprin...
