Protein transduction: A novel tool for tissue regeneration

Item Type:	Review
Title:	Protein transduction: A novel tool for tissue regeneration
Creators Name:	Cardoso, M.C. and Leonhardt, H.
Abstract:	Tissue regeneration in humans is limited and excludes vitals organs like heart and brain. Transformation experiments with oncogenes like T antigen have shown that retrodifferentiation of the respective cells is possible but hard to control. To bypass the risk of cancer formation a protein therapy approach has been developed. The transient delivery of proteins rather than genes could still induce terminally-differentiated cells to reenter the cell cycle. This approach takes advantage of protein-transducing domains that mediate the transfer of cargo proteins into cells. The goal of this brief review is to outline the basics protein transduction and to discuss potential applications for tissue regeneration.
Keywords:	Cell Cycle Reentry, Protein Therapy, Retrodifferentiation, SV40 T Antigen, TAT, VP22
Source:	Biological Chemistry
ISSN:	1431-6730
Publisher:	de Gruyter
Volume:	383
Number:	10
Page Range:	1593-1599
Date:	October 2002
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1515/BC.2002.180
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