Nonviral Vectors for Gene Therapy
Physical Methods and Medical Translation
- 1st Edition, Volume 89 - January 8, 2015
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Leaf Huang, Dexi Liu, Ernst Wagner
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 2 2 7 2 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 2 4 7 0 - 6
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- Includes methods for testing with ethical, legal, and social implications
- Critically analyzes future directions
- Written and edited by recognized leaders in the field
Molecular geneticists, clinical geneticists, neurologists, neuroscientists, molecular biologists, and biochemists.
Chapter One. Physical Methods for Gene Transfer
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Most Commonly Used Physical Methods
- 3. Future Perspectives
Chapter Two. Nonviral Gene Delivery Systems by the Combination of Bubble Liposomes and Ultrasound
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Microbubbles and Ultrasound
- 3. Bubble Liposomes
- 4. In vitro pDNA Delivery with BLs
- 5. In vivo pDNA Delivery with BLs
- 6. In vitro/In vivo Small Interfering RNA Delivery with BLs
- 7. siRNA-Loaded BLs
- 8. MicroRNA-Loaded BLs
- 9. Endosomal Escape Enhanced by BLs
- 10. Conclusions
Chapter Three. Electroporation-Mediated Gene Delivery
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theory of Membrane Electroporation
- 3. Mechanism(s) of Electroporation-Mediated Gene Delivery
- 4. Pulse Parameters
- 5. Electrodes
- 6. Tissues that can be Directly Injected: Liver and Skeletal Muscle
- 7. Electroporation of Skeletal Muscle: DNA Vaccines and Use as Bioreactors
- 8. Electroporation of Skin: Vaccination, Wound Healing, and Cancer
- 9. Electroporation of the Cardiovascular System
- 10. Gene Delivery into the Lung Using Electroporation
- 11. Conclusions
Chapter Four. Hydrodynamic Delivery
- 1. Fundamentals of Hydrodynamic Delivery
- 2. Applications of Hydrodynamic Gene Delivery
- 3. Hydrodynamic Delivery in Large Animals—Toward Clinic Application
- 4. Future Prospective
Chapter Five. Sustained Expression from DNA Vectors
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Immune Responses
- 3. Preventing Epigenetic Silencing
- 4. Position Effect
- 5. Persistent Nonintegrating Episomal DNA Vectors
- 6. Episomal DNA Vectors Based on Replication-Deficient Viruses
- 7. Episomal DNA Vectors Based on Chromosomal Elements
- 8. Mammalian Artificial Chromosomes
- 9. Episomally Maintained pDNA Vectors
- 10. Scaffold/Matrix Attachment Regions
- 11. Insulator Function
- 12. Transcription Augmentation
- 13. Mitotic Stability
- 14. Persistent Expression Mediated by S/MAR DNA Vectors
- 15. Alternative Elements to Modulate Transcription Levels of DNA Vectors
- 16. Optimization of Episomal Vectors for Gene Therapy
- 17. Promoters and Enhancers
- 18. The CMV Promoter
- 19. The UbC Promoter
- 20. The AAT Promoter
- 21. Enhancers
- 22. Posttranscriptional Regulation
- 23. Effect of CpG Depletion
- 24. Studies Demonstrating Passive Episomal State of Minicircles In vivo
- 25. Conclusions
Chapter Six. Noncoding Oligonucleotides: The Belle of the Ball in Gene Therapy
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Noncoding Oligonucleotides-Based Therapeutics in Gene Therapy
- 3. Challenges for Successful Gene Therapy Using Noncoding Oligonucleotides
- Conflict of Interest Statement
Chapter Seven. Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccines
- 1. Introduction
- 2. History of Nucleic Acid Vaccines
- 3. Introduction to mRNA Vaccines
- 4. Self-Amplifying mRNA
- 5. Delivery of Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccines
- 6. Production and Purification of Self-Amplifying mRNA
- 7. Stability of mRNA
- 8. Future Prospects for Nonviral Delivery of Self-Amplifying mRNA Vaccines
Chapter Eight. Gene Electrotransfer Clinical Trials
- 1. Introduction
- 2. GET in Clinical Trials
- 3. Summary and Conclusions
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 89
- Published: January 8, 2015
- No. of pages (Hardback): 296
- No. of pages (eBook): 296
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780128022726
- eBook ISBN: 9780128024706
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Leaf Huang
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A.DL
Dexi Liu
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Georgia College of Pharmacy, Georgia, U.S.A.EW
Ernst Wagner
Affiliations and expertise
Munich Center for System-based Drug Research, Center for Nanoscience, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, GermanyRead Nonviral Vectors for Gene Therapy on ScienceDirect