Lecture 26

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What is gene therapy?
Delivery of nucleic acid that alters gene expression
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What is somatic cell gene therapy?
Therapy not passed onto offspring
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What are advantages of gene therapy?
"Long term effect, highly specific"
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What is ex vivo gene therapy?
Genetic modification is performed in dish and transplanted
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What is in vivo gene therapy?
Modification performed in patient
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What are non-viral gene delivery vectors?
"Plasmids, liposomes, siRNA"
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What does a GE virus carry?
Gene expression cassette
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What are gene therapy strategies?
"Transgenes (enzymes, GFs, receptors), channel rhodopsins, designer receptors). RNA sequences (RNA interference, CRISPR gene editing"
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What is gene therapy for PD?
"Genes to synthesize dopamine in striatal cells, GDNF in striatum"
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What is cell therapy?
Injecting cells into patient
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What is autologous transplantation?
Recipient is donor
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What is synergenistic transplantation?
Genetically identical donor
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How do cell therapies work?
Transplant cells release factors
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What are antibody therapies?
"Immunoglobulin specific for one antigen, usually IgH, humanised animal antibodies"
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What do antibodies do?
"Bind ligands (interferes), receptors (blocks), antigens"