Abstract
A key barrier to the development of gene therapy remains the lack of safe, efficient and easily controllable vehicles for gene delivery. The fundamental problems associated with the viral vehicles, e.g. lack of specificity and immunogenic potential, have driven the development of non-viral systems of gene delivery. In the last decade, studies on p53 gene replacement therapy have dominated the literature. Although clinical trials of p53 gene therapy have achieved limited success, it remains the only tumor suppressor gene to be evaluated formally in clinical trials for cancer treatment, with increasing focus on delivery using non-viral systems. In this article, we particularly review current investigations on p53 gene delivery using non-viral methods, including both physical and chemical approaches, with an emphasis on the latter. The existing opportunities and challenges for successful p53 cancer gene therapy are also discussed.
Keywords: p53, gene therapy, non-viral vectors, cancer, combination therapy.
Current Medicinal Chemistry
Title:Non-viral Delivery Systems for the Application in p53 Cancer Gene Therapy
Volume: 22 Issue: 35
Author(s): Kai Wang, Qian Huang, Fuming Qiu and Meihua Sui
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Keywords: p53, gene therapy, non-viral vectors, cancer, combination therapy.
Abstract: A key barrier to the development of gene therapy remains the lack of safe, efficient and easily controllable vehicles for gene delivery. The fundamental problems associated with the viral vehicles, e.g. lack of specificity and immunogenic potential, have driven the development of non-viral systems of gene delivery. In the last decade, studies on p53 gene replacement therapy have dominated the literature. Although clinical trials of p53 gene therapy have achieved limited success, it remains the only tumor suppressor gene to be evaluated formally in clinical trials for cancer treatment, with increasing focus on delivery using non-viral systems. In this article, we particularly review current investigations on p53 gene delivery using non-viral methods, including both physical and chemical approaches, with an emphasis on the latter. The existing opportunities and challenges for successful p53 cancer gene therapy are also discussed.
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Wang Kai, Huang Qian, Qiu Fuming and Sui Meihua, Non-viral Delivery Systems for the Application in p53 Cancer Gene Therapy, Current Medicinal Chemistry 2015; 22 (35) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867322666151001121601
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929867322666151001121601 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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