Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Preface

v

 

Contributors

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SECTION I

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES IN CANCER THERAPY

 

SUBSECTION A

INTRODUCTION

 

1

The Development of Gene Therapy: From Monogenic Recessive Disorders to Complex Diseases Such as Cancer   Jean-Pierre Gillet, Benjamin Macadangdang, Robert L. Fathke, Michael M. Gottesman, and Chava Kimchi-Sarfaty

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SUBSECTION B

VECTOROLOGY FOR CANCER GENE THERAPY

 

2

Designing Adenoviral Vectors for Tumor-Specific Targeting   Ramon Alemany

57

3

Analysis of HSV Oncolytic Virotherapy in Organotypic Cultures   Giutia Fulci and Brent Passer

75

4

Use of Minicircle Ptasmids for Gene Therapy   Peter Mayrbofer, Martin Scbleef, and Wolfgang Jechlinger

87

5

Transposable Elements as Plasmid-Based Vectors for Long-Term Gene Transfer into Tumors   John R. Ohlfest, Zoltán Ivies, and Zsussanna Izsvák

105

6

Designing Plasmid Vectors   Oleg Tolmaehov

117

7

Development of Bacterial Vectors for Tumor-Targeted Gene Therapy   Li-Jun Jia and Zi-Chun Hua

131

SUBSECTION C

NONVIRAL TRANSFER TECHNOLOGIES IN CANCER GENE THERAPY

 

8

Electroporative Gene Transfer   Marco Schmeer

157

9

Gene Gun Delivery Systems for Cancer Vaccine Approaches   Kandan Aravindaram and Ning Sun Yang

167

10

Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Transfection   Loreto B. Feril Jr.

179

11

Nonviral Jet-Injection Technology for Intratumoral In Vivo Gene Transfer of Naked DNA   Wolfgang Walther, Iduna Fichtner, Peter M. Sehlag, and Ulrike S. Stein

195

SUBSECTION D

EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES IN CANCER GENE THERAPY

 

12

Methods for Constructing and Evaluating Antitumor DNA Vaccines   Brian M. Olson and Douglas G. McNeel

211

13

Immunity of Lentiviral Vector-Modified Dendritic Cells   Shuhong Han and Lung-Ji Chang

245

14

Saporin Suicide Gene Therapy   Natasa Zarovni, Riccardo Vago, and Maria Serena Fabbrini

261

15

Using In Vivo Biopanning for the Development of Radiation-Guided Drug Delivery Systems   Jerry J. Jaboin, Zhaozhong Han, and Dennis E. Hallahan

285

16

Chemosensitization of Tumor Cells: Inactivation of Nuclear Factor-Kappa B Associated with Chemosensitivity in Melanoma Cells After Combination Treatment with E2F-1 and Doxorubicin   Hongying Hao, H. Sam Zhou, and Kelly M. McMasters

301

17

Induction of Tumor Cell Apoptosis by TRAIL Gene Therapy   Thomas S. Griffith

315

18

Silencing Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor by RNA Interference in Glioma   Chunsheng Kang, Peiyu Pu, and Hao Jiang

335

19

Delivery of Phosphorodiamidate Morpholino Antisense Oligomers in Cancer Cells   Gayathri R. Devi

351

20

Use of RNA Aptamers for the Modulation of Cancer Cell Signaling   Sunjoo Jeong, Hee Kyu Lee, and Mee Young Kim

363

21

G-Rich Oligonucleotides for Cancer Treatment   Paula J. Bates, Enid W. Choi, and Lalitha V. Nayak

379

SECTION II

CLINICAL APPROACHES IN CANCER GENE THERAPY

 

SUBSECTION A

REQUIREMENTS FOR CLINICAL GENE THERAPY TRIALS

 

22

Regulatory Aspects for Translating Gene Therapy Research into the Clinic   Carolyn M. Laurencot and Sheryl Ruppel

397

23

Ethics of Cancer Gene Transfer Clinical Research   Jonathan Kimmelman

423

24

Virus Production for Clinical Gene Therapy   Tiago Vicente, Cristina Peixoto, Manuel J.T. Carrondo, and Paula M. Alves

447

25

Production of Plasmid DNA as Pharmaceutical   Martin Scbleefand Markus Blaesen

471

SUBSECTION B

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS IN CANCER GENE THERAPY

 

26

Gene Immunotherapy for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer   John J. Nemunaitis

499

27

Gene Therapy for Antitumor Vaccination   Seungbee Kim-Scbulze and Howard L. Kaufman

515

28

HSV-tk/IL-2 Gene Therapy for Glioblastoma Multiforme   Luisn Barzon, Monta Pacenti, Elisa Franchin, Federico Colombo, and Giorgio Palů

529

29

Construction and Characterization of an Oncolytic HSV Vector Containing a Fusogenic Glycoprotein and Prodrug Activation for Enhanced Local Tumor Control   Guy R. Simpson and Robert S. Coffin

551

30

Newcastle Disease Virus: A Promising Vector for Viral Therapy, Immune Therapy, and Gene Therapy of Cancer   Volker Schirrmacher and Philippe Fournier

565

31

Oncolytic Viral Therapy Using Reovirus   Cbandini Thirukkumaran and Don G. Morris

607

32

Design and Testing of Novel Oncolytic Vaccinia Strains   Steve H. Tborne

635

33

Tumor-Targeted Salmonella typhimurium Overexpressing Cytosine Deaminase: A Novel, Tumor-Selective Therapy   Ivan King, Martina Itterson, and David Bermudes

649

34

Chemoprotection by Transfer of Resistance Genes   Tulin Budak-Alpdogan and Joseph R. Bertino

661

35

Phase I Clinical Trial of Locoregional Administration of the Oncolytic Adenovirus ONYX-015 in Combination with Mitomycin-C, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Sarcomas   Mateusz Opyrchal, Ileana Aderca, and Evanthia Galanis

705

 

Index

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