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ArticleMolecular biotechnology2009

Comparison of caspase genes for the induction of apoptosis following gene delivery.

Xiujuan Zhang, Curlicia Turner, W T Godbey

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Article in Molecular biotechnology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Analysis of promoters and expression-targeted gene therapy optimization based on doubling time and transfectability.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2011
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  4. Proteases as therapeutics.The Biochemical journal · 2011
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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Xiujuan ZhangLaboratory for Gene Therapy and Cellular Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 6823 St. Charles Avenue, 300 Lindy Boggs Center, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA.
Curlicia Turner
W T Godbey

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The polycation poly(ethylenimine) (PEI) was used to deliver the plasmids coding for various combinations of caspases to Cox-2 overexpressing cancer cell lines. It was found that the expression of the delivered genes, controlled by the Cox-2 promoter, correlated with the expression of the endogenous Cox-2 gene in each cell line in a relatively linear manner. Among the various caspase combination regimens, the combination of caspase 3 plus caspase 9 proved to be the most effective because of an apparent synergy between the two gene products, and produced phosphatidylserine flipping in addition to fragmentation of genomic DNA. Caspase 1 appeared to work independently of either caspases 3 or 9, as no synergistic effect was observed. Transfections with genes coding for granzyme B and caspase 8 yielded a lesser amount of cell death. The delivery of a combination of caspase genes could be readily moved to in vivo research of bladder and colon cancer treatments, and holds great applicability to a wide array of additional tumor types.

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ApoptosisTransfectionAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsCarcinoma, Transitional CellCaspasesCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalCloning, MolecularColonic NeoplasmsCyclooxygenase 2FibroblastsFluorescein-5-isothiocyanateGranzymesIn Situ Nick-End LabelingMiceCaspasesCyclooxygenase 2Fluorescein-5-isothiocyanateGranzymesGzmb protein, mousePolyethyleneiminePtgs2 protein, mouseRNA, Messenger

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