Stem-cell-based gene therapy for HIV infection

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Zhen, Anjie ^a   Kitchen, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ccr5; Engineered immunity; Gene therapy; Hematopoietic stem cell; HIV

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CCR5; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS FUSION INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE C; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; ZINC FINGER NUCLEASE;

BIOENGINEERING; CELL ENGINEERING; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; RNA INTERFERENCE; STEM CELL GENE THERAPY; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC THERAPY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICE;

EID: 84891404741     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6010001     Document Type: Review

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