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ArticleJournal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR2010

Targeted gene therapy of nasopharyngeal cancer in vitro and in vivo by enhanced thymidine kinase expression driven by human TERT promoter and CMV enhancer.

Cong-Xiang Shen, Zhong Wen, Yu-Hong Qian, Shao-Feng Mu, Xiao-Fang Guan

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Article in Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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  2. PinX1 regulation of telomerase activity and apoptosis in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Cong-Xiang ShenOtolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Zhujiang Hospital, The Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, China.
Zhong Wen
Yu-Hong Qian
Shao-Feng Mu
Xiao-Fang Guan
Southern Medical University · CNZhujiang Hospital · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimTo explore the therapeutic effects of thymidine kinase (TK) expressed by enhanced vector pGL3-basic- hTERTp-TK-EGFP-CMV driven by human telomerase reverse transcriptase promoter (hTERTp) as well as cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter enhancer (CMV). MATERIALS/

methodsEnhanced TK-EGFP expression was confirmed by fluorescent microscopy, real time PCR and telomerase activity. Its effects were examined by survival of tumor cells NPC 5-8F and MCF-7, index of xenograft implanted in nude mice and histology.

resultsCompared with non-enhanced vector pGL3-basic-TK-hTERTp-EGFP, TK expressed by the enhanced vector significantly decreased NPC 5-8F and MCF-7 cell survival rates after ganciclovir (GCV) treatment (p < 0.001) and tumor progress in nude mice with NPC xenograft and treated with GCV, without obvious toxicity to mouse liver and kidney.

conclusionThe enhanced TK expression vector driven by hTERTp with CMV enhancer has brighter clinical potentials in nasopharyngeal carcinoma therapy than the non-enhanced vector.

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Genetic TherapyAnimalsBlotting, WesternBreast NeoplasmsCell ProliferationCells, CulturedCytomegalovirusEndothelium, VascularEnhancer Elements, GeneticGenetic VectorsHumansIn Vitro TechniquesMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMice, NudeNasopharyngeal NeoplasmsRNA, MessengerTelomeraseTERT protein, humanThymidine Kinase

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PMID20626878
PMCPMC2917418
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