生物
转基因
载体(分子生物学)
遗传增强
DNA
病毒载体
计算生物学
基因治疗载体
基因
维持
遗传学
细胞生物学
重组DNA
生态学
作者
Suet‐Ping Wong,Orestis Argyros,Richard P. Harbottle
出处
期刊:Advances in Genetics
日期:2015-01-01
卷期号:: 113-152
被引量:23
标识
DOI:10.1016/bs.adgen.2014.11.002
摘要
DNA vectors have the potential to become powerful medical tools for treatment of human disease. The human body has, however, developed a range of defensive strategies to detect and silence foreign or misplaced DNA, which is more typically encountered during infection or chromosomal damage. A clinically relevant human gene therapy vector must overcome or avoid these protections whilst delivering sustained levels of therapeutic gene product without compromising the vitality of the recipient host. Many non-viral DNA vectors trigger these defense mechanisms and are subsequently destroyed or rendered silent. Thus, without modification or considered design, the clinical utility of a typical DNA vector is fundamentally limited due to the transient nature of its transgene expression. The development of safe and persistently expressing DNA vectors is a crucial prerequisite for its successful clinical application and subsequently remains, therefore, one of the main strategic tasks of non-viral gene therapy research. In this chapter we will describe our current understanding of the mechanisms that can destroy or silence DNA vectors and discuss strategies, which have been utilized to improve their sustenance and the level and duration of their transgene expression.
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