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Advanced textbook on gene transfer, gene therapy, and genetic pharmacology : principles, delivery, and pharmacological and biomedical applications of nucleotide-based therapies /

This unique advanced textbook provides a clear and comprehensive description of the field of gene delivery, gene therapy and genetic pharmacology, with descriptions of the main gene transfer vectors and a set of selected therapeutic applications, along with safety considerations. The use of gene tra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Scherman, Daniel (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Imperial College Press, [2014]
Colección:ICP textbooks in biomolecular sciences ; 1.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. Basic definitions and principles. ch. 1. Introduction / Thierry VandenDriessche
  • ch. 2. Basic definitions and general principles / Daniel Scherman
  • ch. 3. History of gene therapy / Serge Braun
  • ch. 4. Genetic pharmacology using synthetic deoxyribonucleotides / Jean-Christophe Francois and Carine Giovannangeli
  • ch. 5. Principles of RNAi trigger expression for gene therapy / Lisa J. Scherer and John J. Rossi
  • ch. 6. On demand alternative splicing for gene rescue / Stephanie Lorain and Luis Garcia
  • ch. 7. Nuclease-mediated targeted genetic correction / Dieter C. Gruenert, Hamid Emamekhoo and R. Geoffrey Sargent
  • pt. II. Vectors and gene delivery techniques. ch. 8. [symbol]-retrovirus- and lentivirus-derived vectors for gene transfer and therapy / Caroline Duros and Odile Cohen-Haguenauer
  • ch. 9. Adenovirus vectors / Stefan Kochanek
  • ch. 10. Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) vectors / Aurelie Ploquin, Hildegard Buning and Anna Salvetti
  • ch. 11. Herpes Simplex Virus (HSV-1)-based vectors: Applications for gene transfer, gene therapy, cancer virotherapy and vaccination / Matias E. Melendez [and others]
  • ch. 12. Non-viral DNA vectors / Martin Schleef
  • ch. 13. Macromolecular conjugates for non-viral nucleic acid delivery / Mark Ericson, Kevin Rice and Guy Zuber
  • ch. 14. Auto-associative lipid-based systems for non-viral nucleic acid delivery / Virginie Escriou, Nathalie Mignet and Andrew Miller
  • ch. 15. Hydrodynamic-pressure-based non-viral nucleic acid delivery / Takeshi Suda
  • ch. 16. Electrotransfer/electroporation for non-viral nucleic acid delivery / Pascal Bigey, Richard Heller and Daniel Scherman
  • ch. 17. Imaging of gene delivery / Georges Vassaux [and others]
  • pt. III. Therapeutic applications. ch. 18. Oncolytic adenoviruses for cancer gene therapy / Gunnel Hallden [and others]
  • ch. 19. Progress in DNA vaccine approaches for cancer immunotherapy / Geoffrey D. Hannigan and David B. Weiner
  • ch. 20. Gene therapy of the beta-hemoglobinopathies / Emmanuel Payen [and others]
  • ch. 21. Gene therapy for hemophilia A and B / Nisha Nair, Marinee Chuah and Thierry VandenDriessche
  • ch. 22. Experimental and clinical ocular gene therapy / Alexis-Pierre Bemelmans and Jose-Alain Sahel
  • ch. 23. Gene therapy of neurological diseases / Lisa M. Stanek, Lamya S. Shihabuddin and Seng H. Cheng
  • ch. 24. Genetic therapy of muscle diseases: Duchenne muscular dystrophy / Takis Athanasopoulos [and others]
  • ch. 25. Induced pluripotent stem cells and gene targeting for regenerative medicine / Jizhong Zou and Linzhao Cheng
  • pt. IV. Gene vector production. ch. 26. Production and purification of viral vectors and safety considerations related to their use / Otto-Wilhelm Merten [and others]
  • ch. 27. Production and purification of plasmid vectors / Martin Schleef.