Open access peer-reviewed Edited Volume

Targets in Gene Therapy

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Published23 August 2011

Doi10.5772/1012

ISBN978-953-307-540-2

eBook (PDF) ISBN978-953-51-6454-8

Copyright year2011

Number of pages448

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Table of Contents

Open access  chapters

1. Choosing Targets for Gene Therapy

By Karina J. Matissek, Ruben R. Bender, James R. Davis and Carol S. Lim

6,705
2. Gene Modulation by Peptide Nucleic Acids (PNAs) Targeting microRNAs (miRs)

By Rosangela Marchelli, Roberto Corradini, Alex Manicardi, Stefano Sforza, Tullia Tedeschi, Enrica Fabbri, Monica Borgatti, Nicoletta Bianchi and Roberto Gambari

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3. Effective Transgene Constructs to Enhance Gene Therapy with Trichostatin A

By Hideki Hayashi, Yuhua Ma, Tomoko Kohno, Masayuki Igarashi, Kiyoshi Yasui, Koon Jiew Chua,Yoshinao Kubo, Motoki Ishibashi, Ryuji Urae, Shin Irie and Toshifumi Matsuyama

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5. Translational Challenges for Hepatocyte-Directed Gene Transfer

By Stephanie C. Gordts, Eline Van Craeyveld, Frank Jacobs and Bart De Geest

2,203
6. Physiologically-Regulated Expression Vectors for Gene Therapy

By Olivia Hibbitt and Richard Wade-Martins

2,134
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9. Feasibility of BMP-2 Gene Therapy Using an Ultra-Fine Needle

By Kenji Osawa, Yasunori Okubo, Kazumasa Nakao, Noriaki Koyama and Kazuhisa Bessho

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10. Current Strategies for Cancer Gene Therapy

By Yufang Zuo, Xiaofang Ying, Hui Wang, Wen Ye, Xiangqi Meng, Hongyan Yu, Yi Zhou, Wuguo Deng and Wenlin Huang

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14. Cancer Gene Therapy via NKG2D and FAS Pathways

By Yanzhang Wei, Jinhua Li and Hari Shankar R. Kotturi

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15. Emergence of IFN-lambda as a Potential Antitumor Agent

By Ahmed Lasfar and Karine A. Cohen-Solal

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16. Intramuscular IL-12 Electrogene Therapy for Treatment of Spontaneous Canine Tumors

By Maja Cemazar, Gregor Sersa, Darja Pavlin and Natasa Tozon

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17. Gene Therapy Targets and the Role of Pharmacogenomics in Heart Failure

By Dimosthenis Lykouras, Christodoulos Flordellis and Dimitrios Dougenis

2,302
22. Different ex Vivo and Direct in Vivo DNA Administration Strategies for Growth Hormone Gene Therapy in Dwarf Animals

By Cibele Nunes Peroni, Nélio Alessandro de Jesus Oliveira, Claudia Regina Cecchi, Eliza Higuti and Paolo Bartolini

2,207
24. Muscle-Targeted Gene Therapy of Charcot Marie-Tooth Disease is Dependent on Muscle Activity

By Stephan Klossner, Marie-Noëlle Giraud, Sara Sancho Oliver, David Vaughan and Martin Flück

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