1998
High-Efficiency Gene Transfer and Pharmacologic Selection of Genetically Engineered Human Keratinocytes
Deng H, Choate K, Lin Q, Khavari P. High-Efficiency Gene Transfer and Pharmacologic Selection of Genetically Engineered Human Keratinocytes. BioTechniques 1998, 25: 274-280. PMID: 9714888, DOI: 10.2144/98252gt02.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous gene deliveryGene delivery efficiencyEfficient retroviral gene transferGene transferFuture genetic therapiesTherapeutic genesGene deliveryDelivery efficiencyRetroviral gene transferRetroviral vectorsGenetic therapiesLow efficiencyProduction of populationsSomatic cellsEfficiencyHuman keratinocytesArrayGeneticallyBlasticidinTransferDeliveryEpidermolysis bullosaDelivery effortsCapabilityProduction
1997
Direct Cutaneous Gene Delivery in a Human Genetic Skin Disease
Choate K, Khavari P. Direct Cutaneous Gene Delivery in a Human Genetic Skin Disease. Human Gene Therapy 1997, 8: 1659-1665. PMID: 9322868, DOI: 10.1089/hum.1997.8.14-1659.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLamellar ichthyosisCutaneous gene deliveryHuman genetic skin diseaseFunctional abnormalitiesDeficient patientsTherapeutic goalsNude miceSkin diseasesIntact skinVivo injectionPlasmid injectionSuprabasal epidermisPatient's skinGenetic skin diseasesAccessible somatic tissueDisease tissuesGene delivery approachSkinTherapeutic gene transferInjectionRetroviral expression vectorDiseaseNaked DNAPartial restorationTissue locationA Model of Corrective Gene Transfer in X-Linked Ichthyosis
Freiberg R, Choate K, Deng H, Alperin E, Shapiro L, Khavari P. A Model of Corrective Gene Transfer in X-Linked Ichthyosis. Human Molecular Genetics 1997, 6: 927-933. PMID: 9175741, DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.6.927.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSTS protein expressionCorrective gene deliveryDefective skin barrier functionSkin barrier functionSTS expressionCorrective gene transferBarrier function parametersCutaneous gene deliveryGenetic skin disordersImmunodeficient miceHistologic appearanceSame patientNormal controlsHyperkeratotic epidermisSkin disordersLoss of functionNormal skinPatientsBarrier functionXLI patientsProtein expressionPrimary keratinocytesPatient skin tissueCutaneous gene therapyHuman epidermis
1996
Corrective gene transfer in the human skin disorder lamellar ichthyosis
Choate K, Medalie D, Morgan J, Khavari P. Corrective gene transfer in the human skin disorder lamellar ichthyosis. Nature Medicine 1996, 2: 1263-1267. PMID: 8898758, DOI: 10.1038/nm1196-1263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLamellar ichthyosisImmunodeficient mouse xenograft modelPrimary pathophysiologic defectMouse xenograft modelAbnormal epidermal differentiationCorrective gene transferCutaneous gene deliveryPathophysiologic defectsLI patientsEpidermal differentiationFunctional abnormalitiesPotential future approachesImmunodeficient miceXenograft modelSkin diseasesCutaneous barrierDifferentiation marker filaggrinFunction measuresNormal skinEpidermal barrierPatient's skinPrimary keratinocytesPatientsSkinHuman skin