Evidence map›Paper›PMID 12732870›Full record

ReviewGene therapy2003

Gene therapy in autoimmune, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system.

David Baker, D J R Hankey

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Review in Gene therapy, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
10citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 14% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Engineered erythrocytes covalently linked to antigenic peptides can protect against autoimmune disease.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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  10. Gene therapy for gastric cancer: a review.World journal of gastroenterology · 2003
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

David BakerInstitute of Neurology, University College London, UK.
D J R Hankey
University College London · GB

Funding

Multiple Sclerosis Society 541
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune-mediated disease of the central nervous system (CNS), where suspected autoimmune attack causes nerve demyelination and progressive neurodegeneration and should benefit from both anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective strategies. Although neuroprotection strategies are relatively unexplored in MS, systemic delivery of anti-inflammatory agents to people with MS has so far been relatively disappointing. This is most probably because of the limited capacity of these molecules to enter the target tissue, because of exclusion by the blood-brain barrier. The complex natural history of MS also means that any therapeutic agents will have to be administered long-term. Gene therapy offers the possibility of site-directed, long-term expression, and is currently being preclinically investigated in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE), an animal model of MS. While some immune effects may be targeted in the periphery using DNA vaccination, strategies both viral and nonviral are being developed to target agents into the CNS either via direct delivery or using the trafficking properties of cell-carrier systems. Targeting of leucocyte activation, cytokines and nerve growth factors have shown some promising benefit in animal EAE systems, the challenge will be their application in clinical use.

Indexed as

Adoptive TransferAnimalsCentral Nervous SystemCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalEncephalomyelitis, Autoimmune, ExperimentalGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansMiceMultiple SclerosisTh1 CellsVaccines, DNACytokinesVaccines, DNA

Identifiers

PMID12732870
OpenAlexW2153309244

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