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ReviewPharmaceutical research2006

Plasmid engineering for controlled and sustained gene expression for nonviral gene therapy.

Ethlinn V B van Gaal, Wim E Hennink, Daan J A Crommelin, Enrico Mastrobattista

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Review in Pharmaceutical research, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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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

11 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Biodegradable brain-penetrating DNA nanocomplexes and their use to treat malignant brain tumors.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2017
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  11. Efficient expression of vascular endothelial growth factor using minicircle DNA for angiogenic gene therapy.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2008
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Ethlinn V B van GaalDepartment of Pharmaceutics, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Utrecht University, P.O Box 80082, 3508 TB, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Wim E Hennink
Daan J A Crommelin
Enrico Mastrobattista

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy requires the introduction of genetic material in diseased cells with the aim of treating or ultimately curing a disease. Since the start of gene therapy clinical trials in 1990, gene therapy has proven to be possible, but studies to date have highlighted the difficulty of achieving efficient, specific, and long-term transgene expression. Efforts to improve gene therapy strategies over the past years were mainly aimed at solving the problem of delivery, without paying much attention to the optimization of the expression cassette. With the current understanding of the eukaryotic transcription machinery and advanced molecular biology techniques at our disposition, it has now become possible to create custom-made transgene expression cassettes optimized for gene therapy applications. In this review, we will discuss several strategies that have been explored to improve the level and duration of transgene expression, to increase control over expression, or to restrict transgene expression to specific cell types or tissues. Although still in its infancy, such strategies will eventually lead to improvement of nonviral gene therapy and expansion of the range of possible therapeutic applications.

Indexed as

Genetic EngineeringActive Transport, Cell NucleusAnimalsCell NucleusDNAFeedback, PhysiologicalGene Expression RegulationGene TargetingGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansPlasmidsTetracyclineTranscriptional ActivationTranscription, GeneticTransgenesDNATetracycline

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