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Progress in transduction of cerebellar Purkinje cells in vivo using viral vectors
- Source :
- The Cerebellum. 7(3):273-278
- Publication Year :
- 2008
- Publisher :
- Springer-Verlag, 2008.
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Abstract
- 金沢大学大学院医学系研究科<br />Expression of a foreign gene in cerebellar Purkinje cells in vivo is a powerful method for exploring the pathophysiology of the cerebellum. Although using developmental engineering many gene-modified mice have been generated, this approach is time-consuming and requires a lot of effort for crossing different lines of mice, genotyping and maintenance of animals. If a gene of interest can be transferred to and efficiently expressed in Purkinje cells of developing and mature animals, it saves much time, effort and money. Recent advances in viral vectors have markedly contributed to selective and efficient gene transfer to Purkinje cells in vivo. There are two approaches for selective gene expression in Purkinje cells: one is to take advantage of the viral tropism for Purkinje cells, which includes the tropism of adeno-associated virus and the vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G)-pseudotyped lentivirus. Another method, which might be used in combination with the first one, is utilization of a Purkinje-cell-specific promoter. Focusing mainly on these points, recent progress in viralvector-mediated transduction of Purkinje cells in vivo is reviewed. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.<br />This article has not been published yet.
- Subjects :
- Cerebellum
viruses
Purkinje cell
Genetic Vectors
adeno-associated virus
medicine.disease_cause
Viral vector
Transduction (genetics)
Mice
Purkinje Cells
Viral Envelope Proteins
lentivirus
medicine
Animals
Adeno-associated virus
Tropism
biology
viral vector
Dependovirus
biology.organism_classification
Virology
gene therapy
Cell biology
medicine.anatomical_structure
Neurology
Vesicular stomatitis virus
Tissue tropism
Neurology (clinical)
Signal Transduction
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14734222
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Cerebellum
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....329c9f67416143dde30eabd28fd4571d