Ribozymes in Gene Therapy of Cancer (Biotechnology Intelligence Unit)

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Author(s): Kevin J. Scanlon, Mohammed Kashani-Sabet
Edition: 1
Year: 1998

Language: English
Pages: 236

Cover......Page 1
Inside Cover......Page 2
Copyright......Page 3
Table of Contents......Page 5
Contributors......Page 9
Foreword......Page 12
Section I Biochemistry of Ribozymes......Page 13
tRNA......Page 14
Required bases......Page 26
RNA polymerase II......Page 34
Section II Expression and Delivery of Ribozymes......Page 50
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)......Page 51
L6......Page 71
CHAPTER 6 Using Ribozymes to Attenuate Gene Expression in Transgenic Mice......Page 88
Titer......Page 96
Adenoviral vector......Page 110
Section III Ribozyme Targets for Gene Therapy......Page 131
Transitional cell carcinoma......Page 132
C-erbB-2......Page 142
CHAPTER 11 Therapeutic Application of an Anti-ras Ribozyme in Human Pancreatic Cancer......Page 149
K-Ras......Page 157
Prostate cancer......Page 171
CHAPTER 14 Ribozymes in Targeting Tumor Suppressor Genes......Page 180
CHAPTER 15 Inhibition of the Multidrug Resistance Phenotype by Different Delivery Systems of an Anti-mdr Ribozyme......Page 188
CHAPTER 16 Anti-BCR-ABL Ribozymes......Page 200
CHAPTER 17 Potential Design and Facilitation of Hammerhead Ribozyme Turnover by Cellular Proteins......Page 218
Oral cancer......Page 228
L......Page 239
Host range......Page 104
Folate-polylysine......Page 53
Catalytic activity......Page 15
Ras (ras)......Page 133
Minizyme......Page 19
PHb Apr-1-neo......Page 136
Bioconjugates......Page 61
Bioerodible polymer......Page 64
Breast cancer......Page 65
BT-474 cell......Page 144
CD34......Page 106
Cell culture......Page 41
Triple ribozyme......Page 172
Dimeric minizyme......Page 72
Intraarticular......Page 55
Exonucleases......Page 219
Transduction......Page 99
Intravenous......Page 20
HIV......Page 97
Interleukin-2 (IL-2)......Page 105
Sustained release......Page 57
Iontophoresis......Page 59
Kinetic analysis......Page 84
V......Page 240
Structure......Page 16
Multidrug resistance (MDR)......Page 182
Polycations......Page 52
P-glycoprotein......Page 189
Papillomavirus......Page 185
Probasin......Page 175
RNA polymerase III......Page 79
Protein kinase C (PKC)......Page 223
Ribozyme transfection......Page 205
RT-PCR......Page 90
Southern blot......Page 210
Tat......Page 100
Tissue-specific expression......Page 183
TNF-a......Page 220
tRNAVal promoter......Page 81
Tumor suppressor gene......Page 98
Back Cover......Page 241