Background Donor organ rejection continues to be a significant problem for patients receiving transplants. We therefore tested whether transferring a donor's major histocompatibility complex (MHC) gene to the recip...
Background It has been proven that ultrasonic destruction of microbubbles can enhance gene transfection efficiency into the noncardiac cells, but there are few reports about cardiac myocytes. Moreover, the exact mecha...
Background Costimulatory signals play a vital role in T cell activation. Blockade of costimulatory pathway by CTLA4Ig or CD40LIg have enhanced graft survival in experimental transplantation models yet mechanisms remai...
This work was supported by grants from the China "973" plan (No. 2006CB503806), and the National Science Foundation of China (No. 30600236).
Background Heart failure (HF) is a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, but current treatment modalities cannot reverse the underlying pathological state of the heart. Gene-based therapies are emerging ...
Acute necrotising pancreatitis is characterized by inflammatory and necrotic events, which followthe initial intra-acinar injury involving enzyme activation, and disruption of the acinar cytoskeleton. At present, apo...
Background Bone marrow transplantation ( BMT) conditioning procedure isconsidered as the cause of damage to bone marrow microvasculature and the delay of hematopoiesisrecovery. However, hematopoiesis regulation post B...
Objective To evaluate the effects of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) on the prevention of scar formation and the promotion of wound healing by gene transfer Methods A total of 12 female New Zealand rabbits were use...
OBJECTIVE: To specifically deliver the therapeutic gene to cancer cells and construct target retroviral vectors by inserting the single-chain variable antibody fragment into the retroviral envelope. METHODS: Single-ch...
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility of endothelialization of bioprosthesis by transfer of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) gene. METHODS: Bovine pericardium treated with glutaraldehyde and L-glutamic ac...
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the feasibility and features of 3 catheter-mediated approaches of gene transfer into heart, including direct myocardial injection (DMI), coronary artery perfusion (CAP), and intrapericardial ...