A robust system for production of minicircle DNA vectors

One-step inactivation of chromosomal genes in Escherichia coli K-12 using PCR products.

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An efficient recombination system for chromosome engineering in Escherichia coli

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A nonviral minicircle vector for deriving human iPS cells

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Minicircle DNA vectors devoid of bacterial DNA result in persistent and high-level transgene expression in vivo

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In vitro site-specific integration of bacteriophage DNA catalyzed by a recombinase of the resolvase/invertase family

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Homogeneous expression of the PBAD promoter in Escherichia coli by constitutive expression of the low-affinity high-capacity AraE transporter

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A new DNA vehicle for nonviral gene delivery: supercoiled minicircle

Darquet, A.-M., Cameron, B., Wils, P., Scherman, D., & Crouzet, J. (1997) · Gene Therapy · doi:10.1038/sj.gt.3300540 · Cited by 250

The Inhibitory Role of CpG Immunostimulatory Motifs in Cationic Lipid Vector-Mediated Transgene Expression in Vivo

Tan, Y., Li, S., Pitt, B. R., & Huang, L. (1999) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/10430349950017149 · Cited by 236

Improved Production and Purification of Minicircle DNA Vector Free of Plasmid Bacterial Sequences and Capable of Persistent Transgene Expression In Vivo

Chen, Z.-Y., He, C.-Y., & Kay, M. A. (2005) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2005.16.126 · Cited by 180

Short Hairpin RNA Gene Silencing of Prolyl Hydroxylase-2 with a Minicircle Vector Improves Neovascularization of Hindlimb Ischemia

Lijkwan, M. A., Hellingman, A. A., Bos, E. J., van der Bogt, K. E. A., Huang, M., Kooreman, N. G., de Vries, M. R., Peters, H. A. B., Robbins, R. C., Hamming, J. F., et al. (2013) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2013.110 · Cited by 34

Recombination-Dependent Oligomerization of Human Papillomavirus Genomes upon Transient DNA Replication

Orav, M., Henno, L., Isok-Paas, H., Geimanen, J., Ustav, M., & Ustav, E. (2013) · Journal of Virology · doi:10.1128/jvi.01798-13 · Cited by 34

The Transcription Map of Human Papillomavirus Type 18 during Genome Replication in U2OS Cells

Toots, M., Männik, A., Kivi, G., Ustav, M., Ustav, E., & Ustav, M. (2014) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116151 · Cited by 32

Minicircle HBV cccDNA with a Gaussia luciferase reporter for investigating HBV cccDNA biology and developing cccDNA-targeting drugs

Li, F., Cheng, L., Murphy, C. M., Reszka-Blanco, N., Wu, Y., Chi, L., Hu, J., & Su, L. (2016) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep36483 · Cited by 32

Improved intracellular delivery of peptide- and lipid-nanoplexes by natural glycosides

Weng, A., Manunta, M., Thakur, M., Gilabert‐Oriol, R., Tagalakis, A. D., Eddaoudi, A., Munye, M. M., Vink, C. A., Wiesner, B., Eichhorst, J., et al. (2015) · Journal of Controlled Release · doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2015.03.007 · Cited by 30

CAR T Cell Generation by piggyBac Transposition from Linear Doggybone DNA Vectors Requires Transposon DNA-Flanking Regions

Bishop, D. C., Caproni, L. J., Gowrishankar, K., Łęgiewicz, M., Karbowniczek, K., Tite, J. P., Gottlieb, D. J., & Micklethwaite, K. P. (2020) · Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development · doi:10.1016/j.omtm.2019.12.020 · Cited by 33

Treatment of Human B-Cell Lymphomas Using Minicircle DNA Vector Expressing Anti-CD3/CD20 in a Mouse Model

Pang, X., Ma, F., Zhang, P., Zhong, Y., Zhang, J., Wang, T., Zheng, G., Hou, X., Zhao, J., He, C., et al. (2016) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2016.122 · Cited by 31

A novel luciferase fusion protein for highly sensitive optical imaging: from single-cell analysis to in vivo whole-body bioluminescence imaging

Mezzanotte, L., Blankevoort, V., Löwik, C. W. G. M., & Kaijzel, E. L. (2014) · Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry · doi:10.1007/s00216-014-7917-2 · Cited by 29

In Vivo Production of Monoclonal Antibodies by Gene Transfer via Electroporation Protects against Lethal Influenza and Ebola Infections

Andrews, C. D., Luo, Y., Sun, M., Yu, J., Goff, A. J., Glass, P. J., Padte, N. N., Huang, Y., & Ho, D. D. (2017) · Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development · doi:10.1016/j.omtm.2017.09.003 · Cited by 29

Cas9-induced targeted integration of large DNA payloads in primary human T cells via homology-mediated end-joining DNA repair

Webber, B. R., Johnson, M. J., Skeate, J. G., Slipek, N. J., Lahr, W. S., DeFeo, A. P., Mills, L. J., Qiu, X., Rathmann, B., Diers, M. D., et al. (2023) · Nature Biomedical Engineering · doi:10.1038/s41551-023-01157-4 · Cited by 29

Identification of several high-risk HPV inhibitors and drug targets with a novel high-throughput screening assay

Toots, M., Ustav, M., Männik, A., Mumm, K., Tämm, K., Tamm, T., Ustav, E., & Ustav, M. (2017) · PLoS Pathogens · doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006168 · Cited by 28

Bispecific T-cell engager (BiTE) immunotherapy of ovarian cancer based on MIL-88A MOF/MC gene delivery system

Zhao, J., Lu, D., Moya, S. E., Yan, H., Qiu, M., Chen, J., Wang, X., Li, Y., Pan, H., Chen, G., et al. (2020) · Applied Materials Today · doi:10.1016/j.apmt.2020.100701 · Cited by 28

Recent advances on HIV DNA vaccines development: Stepwise improvements to clinical trials

Rezaei, T., Khalili, S., Baradaran, B., Mosafer, J., Rezaei, S., Mokhtarzadeh, A., & de la Guárdia, M. (2019) · Journal of Controlled Release · doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.10.045 · Cited by 28

Correction of Diabetic Hyperglycemia and Amelioration of Metabolic Anomalies by Minicircle DNA Mediated Glucose-Dependent Hepatic Insulin Production

Alam, T., Wai, P. Y., Held, D., Vakili, S. T. T., Forsberg, E., & Sollinger, H. W. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0067515 · Cited by 28

A 5′ Noncoding Exon Containing Engineered Intron Enhances Transgene Expression from Recombinant AAV Vectors in vivo

Lu, J., Williams, J. A., Luke, J., Zhang, F., Chu, K., & Kay, M. A. (2017) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2016.140 · Cited by 26

Initial amplification of the HPV18 genome proceeds via two distinct replication mechanisms

Orav, M., Geimanen, J., Sepp, E.-M., Henno, L., Ustav, E., & Ustav, M. (2015) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep15952 · Cited by 26

Effect of the Compaction and the Size of DNA on the Nuclear Transfer Efficiency after Microinjection in Synchronized Cells

Akita, H., Kurihara, D., Schmeer, M., Schleef, M., & Harashima, H. (2015) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics7020064 · Cited by 26

Cardiac gene therapy: are we there yet?

Matkar, P. N., Leong-Poi, H. M., & Singh, K. K. (2016) · Gene Therapy · doi:10.1038/gt.2016.43 · Cited by 26

Minicircle Versus Plasmid DNA Delivery by Receptor-Targeted Polyplexes

Levačić, A. K., Morys, S., Kempter, S., Lächelt, U., & Wagner, E. (2017) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2017.123 · Cited by 26

A New Strategy to Deliver Synthetic Protein Drugs: Self-reproducible Biologics Using Minicircles

Yi, H., Kim, Y., Kim, J., Jung, H., Rim, Y. A., Jung, S. M., Park, S., & Ju, J. H. (2014) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep05961 · Cited by 25

Increasing the minicircle DNA purity using an enhanced triplex DNA technology to eliminate DNA contaminants

Hou, X., Guo, X., Chen, Y., He, C., & Chen, Z. (2015) · Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development · doi:10.1038/mtm.2014.62 · Cited by 25

The transcription map of HPV11 in U2OS cells adequately reflects the initial and stable replication phases of the viral genome

Isok-Paas, H., Männik, A., Ustav, E., & Ustav, M. (2015) · Virology Journal · doi:10.1186/s12985-015-0292-6 · Cited by 25

A Novel Cre Recombinase-Mediated In Vivo Minicircle DNA (CRIM) Vaccine Provides Partial Protection against Newcastle Disease Virus

Jiang, Y., Gao, X., Xu, K., Wang, J., Huang, H., Shi, C., Yang, W., Kang, Y., Curtiss, R., Yang, G., et al. (2019) · Applied and Environmental Microbiology · doi:10.1128/aem.00407-19 · Cited by 23

Vector Systems for Prenatal Gene Therapy: Principles of Non-viral Vector Design and Production

Wong, S. P., Argyros, O., & Harbottle, R. P. (2012) · Methods in molecular biology · doi:10.1007/978-1-61779-873-3_7 · Cited by 23

Kinectin 1 promotes the growth of triple-negative breast cancer via directly co-activating NF-kappaB/p65 and enhancing its transcriptional activity

Gao, L., Chen, S., Hong, M., Zhou, W., Wang, B., Qiu, J., Xia, J., Zhao, P., Fu, L., Wang, J., et al. (2021) · Signal Transduction and Targeted Therapy · doi:10.1038/s41392-021-00652-x · Cited by 22

Engineering Bifunctional Calcium Alendronate Gene‐Delivery Nanoneedle for Synergistic Chemo/Immuno‐Therapy Against HER2 Positive Ovarian Cancer

Chen, G., Zeng, L., Bi, B., Huang, X., Qiu, M., Chen, P., Chen, Z., He, Y., Pan, Y., Chen, Y., et al. (2023) · Advanced Science · doi:10.1002/advs.202204654 · Cited by 22

Impact of DNA Vector Topology on Non-Viral Gene Therapeutic Safety and Efficacy

Sum, C. S., Wettig, S. D., & Slavcev, R. A. (2014) · Current Gene Therapy · doi:10.2174/1566523214666140612154929 · Cited by 24

Minicircle Biopharmaceuticals–An Overview of Purification Strategies

Alves, C. P. A., Prazeres, D. M. F., & Monteiro, G. A. (2021) · Frontiers in Chemical Engineering · doi:10.3389/fceng.2020.612594 · Cited by 22

Multifunctional nanocarriers for codelivery of nucleic acids and chemotherapeutics to cancer cells

Gaspar, V. M., Moreira, A. F., de Melo‐Diogo, D., Costa, E. C., Queiroz, J. A., de Sousa, F. P., Pichon, C., & Correia, I. J. (2016) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-323-41736-5.00006-6 · Cited by 23

Nanogels: Smart tools to enlarge the therapeutic window of gene therapy

Espuche, B., Moya, S. E., & Calderón, M. (2024) · International Journal of Pharmaceutics · doi:10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.123864 · Cited by 21

Detection of EPO gene doping in blood

Neuberger, E. W. I., Jurkiewicz, M., Moser, D., & Simon, P. D. (2012) · Drug Testing and Analysis · doi:10.1002/dta.1347 · Cited by 22

Development of a nicking endonuclease-assisted method for the purification of minicircles

Alves, C. P. A., Šimčíková, M., Brito, L., Monteiro, G. A., & Prazeres, D. M. F. (2016) · Journal of Chromatography A · doi:10.1016/j.chroma.2016.03.035 · Cited by 21

Exploring the role of NCCR variation on JC polyomavirus expression from dual reporter minicircles

L’Honneur, A.-S., Leh, H., Laurent-Tchénio, F., Hazan, U., Rozenberg, F., & Bury‐Moné, S. (2018) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0199171 · Cited by 21

Part I: Minicircle vector technology limits DNA size restrictions on ex vivo gene delivery using nanoparticle vectors: Overcoming a translational barrier in neural stem cell therapy

Fernandes, A. R., & Chari, D. M. (2016) · Journal of Controlled Release · doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2016.06.024 · Cited by 21

Reprogramming MHC specificity by CRISPR-Cas9-assisted cassette exchange

Kelton, W., Waindok, A. C., Pesch, T., Pogson, M., Ford, K., Parola, C., & Reddy, S. T. (2017) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep45775 · Cited by 21

Versatile modification of the CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein system to facilitate in vivo application

Sun, B., Chen, H., & Gao, X. (2021) · Journal of Controlled Release · doi:10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.08.007 · Cited by 20

Evaluation of gene delivery strategies to efficiently overexpress functional HLA-G on human bone marrow stromal cells

Boura, J. S., Vance, M. A., Yin, W., Madeira, C. G., da Silva, C. L., Porada, C. D., & Almeida-Porada, G. D. (2014) · Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development · doi:10.1038/mtm.2014.41 · Cited by 21

Development and Validation of Non-Integrative, Self-Limited, and Replicating Minicircles for Safe Reporter Gene Imaging of Cell-Based Therapies

Ronald, J., Cussó, L., Chuang, H.-Y., Yan, X., Dragulescu-Andrasi, A., & Gambhir, S. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073138 · Cited by 18

Delivery of DNA-Based Therapeutics for Treatment of Chronic Diseases

Sussman, C., Liberatore, R. A., & Drozdz, M. M. (2024) · Pharmaceutics · doi:10.3390/pharmaceutics16040535 · Cited by 19

Engineering of Human Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells with Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor–Encoding Minicircles for Angiogenic Ex Vivo Gene Therapy

Serra, J., Alves, C. P. A., Brito, L., Monteiro, G. A., Cabral, J. M. S., Prazeres, D. M. F., & da Silva, C. L. (2018) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2018.154 · Cited by 19

A homology independent sequence replacement strategy in human cells using a CRISPR nuclease

Danner, E. W., Lebedin, M. Y., de la Rosa, K., & Kühn, R. (2021) · Open Biology · doi:10.1098/rsob.200283 · Cited by 22

Spinal cord injury induced neuropathic pain: Molecular targets and therapeutic approaches

Schomberg, D. T., Miranpuri, G. S., Duellman, T., Crowell, A. D., Vemuganti, R., & Resnick, D. K. (2015) · Metabolic Brain Disease · doi:10.1007/s11011-014-9642-0 · Cited by 20

Therapeutic Challenge of Minicircle Vector Encoding Klotho in Animal Model

Shin, Y., Luo, K., Quan, Y., Ko, E. J., Chung, B. H., Lim, S. W., & Yang, C. W. (2019) · American Journal of Nephrology · doi:10.1159/000499863 · Cited by 19

Minicircle DNA-mediated endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene transfer enhances angiogenic responses of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells

Bandara, N., Gurusinghe, S., Chen, H., Chen, S., Wang, L., Lim, S. Y., & Strappe, P. (2016) · Stem Cell Research & Therapy · doi:10.1186/s13287-016-0307-2 · Cited by 18

Silencing SOCS3 Markedly Deteriorates Spondyloarthritis in Mice Induced by Minicircle DNA Expressing IL23

Chen, Y., Ouyang, M. J., Yan, R., Maarouf, M., Wang, X., Chen, B., Liu, S., Hu, J., Guo, G., Zhang, J., et al. (2018) · Frontiers in Immunology · doi:10.3389/fimmu.2018.02641 · Cited by 17

Therapeutic Effects and Repair Mechanism of HGF Gene-Transfected Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Injured Endometrium

Xu, X., Xing, Q., Liu, R., Liu, D., Yu, Z., Wang, Y., Zhou, P., Zhang, Y. V., Wang, J., Cao, Y., et al. (2022) · Stem Cells International · doi:10.1155/2022/5744538 · Cited by 17

Self in vivo production of a synthetic biological drug CTLA4Ig using a minicircle vector

Rim, Y. A., Yi, H., Kim, Y., Park, N., Jung, H., Kim, J., Jung, S. M., Park, S., & Ju, J. H. (2014) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep06935 · Cited by 17

Hepatocyte Transfection in Small Pigs After Weaning by Hydrodynamic Intraportal Injection of Naked DNA/Minicircle Vectors

Stoller, F., Schlegel, A. A., Viecelli, H. M., Rüfenacht, V., Cesarovic, N., Viecelli, C., Deplazes, S., Bettschart‐Wolfensberger, R., Hurter, K., Schmierer, P. A., et al. (2015) · Human Gene Therapy Methods · doi:10.1089/hgtb.2014.140 · Cited by 17

Treatment of Cystathionine β-Synthase Deficiency in Mice Using a Minicircle-Based Naked DNA Vector

Lee, H., Gallego‐Villar, L., Grisch‐Chan, H. M., Häberle, J., Thöny, B., & Kruger, W. D. (2019) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2019.014 · Cited by 17

Therapeutic Mechanism of Nucleic Acid Drugs

Liu, L., Gao, H., Guo, C., Liu, T., Li, N., & Qian, Q. (2021) · ChemistrySelect · doi:10.1002/slct.202002901 · Cited by 16

Comparison of promoter, DNA vector, and cationic carrier for efficient transfection of hMSCs from multiple donors and tissue sources

Kozisek, T., Hamann, A., Samuelson, L., Fudolig, M. A., & Pannier, A. K. (2021) · Molecular Therapy — Nucleic Acids · doi:10.1016/j.omtn.2021.06.018 · Cited by 16

Contemporary approaches for nonviral gene therapy.

Jones, C. H., Hill, A. B., Chen, M., & Pfeifer, B. A. (2015) · PubMed · Cited by 16

On the dual effect of glucose during production of pBAD/AraC-based minicircles

Šimčíková, M., Prather, K. L. J., Prazeres, D. M. F., & Monteiro, G. A. (2014) · Vaccine · doi:10.1016/j.vaccine.2014.02.035 · Cited by 16

Advances in Overcoming Immune Responses following Hemophilia Gene Therapy

H. Miao, C. (2012) · Journal of Genetic Syndromes & Gene Therapy · doi:10.4172/2157-7412.s1-007 · Cited by 15

Minicircle-oriP-miR-31 as a Novel EBNA1-Specific miRNA Therapy Approach for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

Wu, J., Tan, X., Lin, J., Yuan, L., Chen, J., Qiu, L., & Huang, W. (2017) · Human Gene Therapy · doi:10.1089/hum.2016.136 · Cited by 15

Intravenous Delivery of piggyBac Transposons as a Useful Tool for Liver-Specific Gene-Switching

Nakamura, S., Ishihara, M., Watanabe, S., Ando, N., Ohtsuka, M., & Sato, M. (2018) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms19113452 · Cited by 15

Improvement of DNA minicircle production by optimization of the secondary structure of the 5′-UTR of ParA resolvase

Šimčíková, M., Alves, C. P. A., Brito, L., Prather, K. L. J., Prazeres, D. M. F., & Monteiro, G. A. (2016) · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology · doi:10.1007/s00253-016-7565-x · Cited by 15

Minicircle DNA purification using a CIM® DEAE‐1 monolithic support

Diamantino, T., Pereira, P., Queiroz, J. A., Sousa, Â., & de Sousa, F. P. (2016) · Journal of Separation Science · doi:10.1002/jssc.201600375 · Cited by 15

Development of Minicircle Vectors Encoding COL7A1 Gene with Human Promoters for Non-Viral Gene Therapy for Recessive Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa

Wang, X., Alshehri, F., Manzanares, D., Li, Y., He, Z., Qiu, B., Zeng, M., Sigen, A., Lara‐Sáez, I., & Wang, W. (2021) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms222312774 · Cited by 15

Illuminating the Live-Cell Dynamics of Hepatitis B Virus Covalently Closed Circular DNA Using the CRISPR-Tag System

Ding, J., Yi, Z., Zai, W., Wu, M., Chen, B., Cai, Q., Zhang, X., & Yuan, Z. (2023) · mBio · doi:10.1128/mbio.03550-22 · Cited by 14

Construction of minicircle DNA vectors capable of correcting familial hypercholesterolemia phenotype in a LDLR-deficient mouse model

Hou, X., Jiao, R., Guo, X., Wang, T., Chen, P., Wang, D., Chen, Y., He, C.-Y., & Chen, Z.-Y. (2016) · Gene Therapy · doi:10.1038/gt.2016.37 · Cited by 14

Erythrocyte membrane based cationic polymer-mcDNA complexes as an efficient gene delivery system

Huang, P., Zhao, J., Wei, C., Hou, X., Chen, P., Tan, Y., He, C., Wang, Z., & Chen, Z. (2016) · Biomaterials Science · doi:10.1039/c6bm00638h · Cited by 14

Minicircle Delivery to the Neural Retina as a Gene Therapy Approach

Staurenghi, F., McClements, M. E., Salman, A., & MacLaren, R. E. (2022) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms231911673 · Cited by 14

Secreted IL‐1α promotes T‐cell activation and expansion of CD11b+Gr1+cells in carbon tetrachloride‐induced liver injury in mice

Lin, D., Lei, L., Zhang, Y., Hu, B., Bao, G., Liu, Y., Song, Y., Liu, C., Wu, Y., Zhao, L., et al. (2015) · European Journal of Immunology · doi:10.1002/eji.201445195 · Cited by 14

Multimodal chromatography of supercoiled minicircles: A closer look into DNA-ligand interactions

Silva-Santos, A. R., Alves, C. P. A., Monteiro, G. A., Azevedo, A. M., & Prazeres, D. M. F. (2018) · Separation and Purification Technology · doi:10.1016/j.seppur.2018.11.015 · Cited by 14

Production and Characterization of Novel Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus Replicative-Form Genomes: A Eukaryotic Source of DNA for Gene Transfer

Li, L., Dimitriadis, E. K., Yang, Y., Li, J., Yuan, Z., Qiao, C., Beley, C., Smith, R. H., García, L., & Kotin, R. M. (2013) · PLoS ONE · doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0069879 · Cited by 15

Maximization of the Minicircle DNA Vaccine Production Expressing SARS-CoV-2 RBD

Ventura, C., Eusébio, D., Gonçalves, A. M., Barroca-Ferreira, J., Costa, D. R. B., Cui, Z., Passarinha, L. A., & Sousa, Â. (2022) · Biomedicines · doi:10.3390/biomedicines10050990 · Cited by 13

Proteomic profiling of salivary gland after nonviral gene transfer mediated by conventional plasmids and minicircles

Geguchadze, R., Wang, Z., Zourelias, L., Riveros, P. P., Edwards, P. C., Machen, L. L., & Passineau, M. J. (2014) · Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development · doi:10.1038/mtm.2014.7 · Cited by 13

Delivery of non-viral naked DNA vectors to liver in small weaned pigs by hydrodynamic retrograde intrabiliary injection

Chan, T., Grisch‐Chan, H. M., Schmierer, P. A., Subotic, U., Rimann, N., Scherer, T., Hetzel, U., Bozza, M., Harbottle, R. P., Williams, J. A., et al. (2022) · Molecular Therapy — Methods & Clinical Development · doi:10.1016/j.omtm.2022.01.006 · Cited by 13

Adeno-associated virus-vectored delivery of HIV biologics: the promise of a “single-shot” functional cure for HIV infection

Hahn, P. A., & Martins, M. A. (2023) · Journal of Virus Eradication · doi:10.1016/j.jve.2023.100316 · Cited by 15

Safety Assessment of Biolistic DNA Vaccination

Langer, B., Renner, M., Scherer, J., Schüle, S., & Cichutek, K. (2012) · Methods in molecular biology · doi:10.1007/978-1-62703-110-3_27 · Cited by 14

DNA Vaccines for the Induction of Immune Responses in Mucosal Tissues

Raška, M., & Tuřánek, J. (2015) · Elsevier eBooks · doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-415847-4.00067-7 · Cited by 13

Improving therapeutic potential of non-viral minimized DNA vectors

Arevalo-Soliz, L. M., Hardee, C. L., Fogg, J. M., Corman, N. R., Noorbakhsh, C., & Zechiedrich, L. (2020) · Cell and Gene Therapy Insights · doi:10.18609/cgti.2020.163 · Cited by 14

Gene Delivery Techniques for Adult Stem Cell-Based Regenerative Therapy

Seo, S.-J., Kim, T.-H., Choi, S., Park, J.-H., Wall, I. B., & Kim, H. (2013) · Nanomedicine · doi:10.2217/nnm.13.165 · Cited by 12

Sensitive Detection of Peptide–Minicircle DNA Interactions by Surface Plasmon Resonance

Gaspar, V. M., Cruz, C., Queiroz, J. A., Pichon, C., Correia, I. J., & de Sousa, F. P. (2013) · Analytical Chemistry · doi:10.1021/ac303288x · Cited by 12

Replication Kinetics for a Reporter Merkel Cell Polyomavirus

Abere, B., Zhou, H., Shuda, M., Stolz, D. B., Rapchak, K., Moore, P. S., & Chang, Y. (2022) · Viruses · doi:10.3390/v14030473 · Cited by 12

Genetically engineered stem cell‐based strategies for articular cartilage regeneration

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