Gene therapy methods using bone marrow-derived cells

摘要

A method for expressing a recombinant protein from bone marrow-derived cells comprises the steps of treating the bone marrow-derived cells in vitro with a TGFbeta1 protein, which selects a population of the cells for further treatment. The selected cells can then be expanded, after which a gene encoding a therapeutic protein can be inserted into the expanded cells and thereafter express the therapeutic protein. The transduced cells can then be introduced into a mammal to produce a therapeutic result.