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Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease

Elgstrand, Erika LU ; Quintino, Luis LU orcid ; Manfre, Giuseppe LU and Lundberg, Cecilia LU orcid (2014) 82. p.181-191
Abstract
Gene therapy is a promising future tool for treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and several different strategies are currently being evaluated. Although many of these strategies have shown promising results in animal models of PD and parkinsonian patients, some have been less effective and caused adverse side effects. A vector system with high specificity and appropriate expression level of the transgene is needed to make gene therapy for PD as safe and beneficial as possible. The vector should also be relevant for the disease. Here, we present a method to design promoters relevant for PD, using microarray data from patients, and validation of these in vivo. The method also includes fine-tuning of promoter candidates by adding miRNA... (More)
Gene therapy is a promising future tool for treatment of Parkinson’s disease (PD) and several different strategies are currently being evaluated. Although many of these strategies have shown promising results in animal models of PD and parkinsonian patients, some have been less effective and caused adverse side effects. A vector system with high specificity and appropriate expression level of the transgene is needed to make gene therapy for PD as safe and beneficial as possible. The vector should also be relevant for the disease. Here, we present a method to design promoters relevant for PD, using microarray data from patients, and validation of these in vivo. The method also includes fine-tuning of promoter candidates by adding miRNA target sites to increase cell specificity. (Less)
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Viral Vector Approaches in Neurobiology and Brain Diseases
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Brambilla, Riccardo
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82
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10
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11 pages
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Springer
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  • scopus:84927614000
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9781627036092
978-1-62703-610-8
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10.1007/978-1-62703-610-8_10
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English
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  author       = {{Elgstrand, Erika and Quintino, Luis and Manfre, Giuseppe and Lundberg, Cecilia}},
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  title        = {{Gene Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/978-1-62703-610-8_10}},
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