Gene Therapy in Inflammatory Diseases

Abstract

List of Contributors. Preface. Christopher H. Evans, Paul D. Robbins: Gene therapy for inflammatory diseases - basic concepts. Sergei S. Makarov: Gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis pre-clinical studies. Thomas Pap, Ulf Muller-Ladner, Klaus M. Hummel, Renate E. Gay and Steffen Gay: Cartilage erosion in rheumatoid arthritis studies in scid mouse model. Thomas S. Muzzonigro, Richard Kang, J. Reinecke, Peter Wehling, M.C. Wasko and James H. Herndon: Gene therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: clinical studies. Alistair J. Ramsay, Simon P. Hogan, Paul S. Foster and Yelin Xiong: Cytokine gene therapy of allergic airways inflammation. Philip C. Fox and Brian C. O'Connell: Gene therapy for inflammatory diseases of the salivary glands. Huang-Ge Zhang, Martin Fleck, Hui-Chen Hsu, Carl K. Edwards III, David T. Curiel, Tong Zhou and John D. Mountz: Gene therapy for management of lupus: correction of Fas and Fas ligand-induced apoptosis in murine disease - therapeutic rational and strategies. Michael K. Shaw, Richard DalCanto and C. Garrison Fathman: Gene therapy for Multiple Sclerosis. Nick Giannoukakis, Massimo Trucco and Paul D. Robbins: Gene therapy for type I Diabetes Mellitus. Jonathan S. Bromberg, Lisa A. DeBruyne, Randall S. Sung and Lihui Qin: Gene transfer to facilitate ransplantation. A. Paul Godillot, Michael Madaio, David B. Weiner and William V. Williams: DNA vaccination as an anti-inflammatory strategy. Masayuki Miyata, Yukio Sato and Reiji Kasukawa: Naked DNA as a gene delivery vehicle in inflammatory diseases. Steven C. Ghivizzani, Eric R. Lechman, Daniel Jaffurs, Zhibao Mi, Richard Kang, Thomas Muzzonigro, Christopher H. Evans and Paul D. Robbins: Animal models of arthritis generated by gene transfer.