title: piggyBac-ing models and new therapeutic strategies.
abstract: DNA transposons offer an efficient nonviral method of permanently modifying the genomes of mammalian cells. The piggyBac transposon system has proven effective in genomic engineering of mammalian cells for preclinical applications, including gene discovery, simultaneous multiplexed genome modification, animal transgenesis, gene transfer in vivo achieving long-term gene expression in animals, and the genetic modification of clinically relevant cell types, such as induced pluripotent stem cells and human T lymphocytes. piggyBac has many desirable features, including seamless excision of transposons from the genomic DNA and the potential to target integration events to desired DNA sequences. In this review, we explore these recent applications and also highlight the unique advantages of using piggyBac for developing new molecular therapeutic strategies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Health System, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
authors.forename: Lauren E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Woodard
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs, Tennessee Valley Health System, Nashville, TN, USA; Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA. Electronic address: matthew.wilson@vanderbilt.edu.
authors.forename: Matthew H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016367:Baculoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D016678:Genome / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice
keywords: cell therapy; iPSC; immunotherapy; piggyBac; transgenesis; transposon