Abstract
Gene therapy continues to grow as an emerging treatment strategy toward numerous diseases. However, such prospects are hindered by the use of viral vectors prompting significant safety concerns along with limitations concerning repeat administrations, size of delivered gene construct, scale-up, high production costs, contamination during production, and lack of desired tissue selectivity. Non-viral gene delivery demonstrates the potential to address the abovementioned limitations, but itself generally suffers from low efficacy. Continuing efforts have been made to develop innovative delivery systems, synthetic gene carriers, and DNA vectors in a concerted attempt to enhance gene delivery suitable for clinical applications. In this review, we focus on the advances in the design of novel DNA vectors catered to enhance transfection and transgene expression and their influences on the efficacy and safety of existing and emerging delivery systems and synthetic vectors for non viral gene delivery.
Keywords: Cationic lipids, gene therapy, linear covalently closed (LCC) DNA minivector, lipoplex, non-viral gene delivery, recombinant plasmid DNA vectors, synthetic vectors.
Current Gene Therapy
Title:Impact of DNA Vector Topology on Non-Viral Gene Therapeutic Safety and Efficacy
Volume: 14 Issue: 4
Author(s): Chi H. Sum, Shawn Wettig and Roderick A. Slavcev
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Keywords: Cationic lipids, gene therapy, linear covalently closed (LCC) DNA minivector, lipoplex, non-viral gene delivery, recombinant plasmid DNA vectors, synthetic vectors.
Abstract: Gene therapy continues to grow as an emerging treatment strategy toward numerous diseases. However, such prospects are hindered by the use of viral vectors prompting significant safety concerns along with limitations concerning repeat administrations, size of delivered gene construct, scale-up, high production costs, contamination during production, and lack of desired tissue selectivity. Non-viral gene delivery demonstrates the potential to address the abovementioned limitations, but itself generally suffers from low efficacy. Continuing efforts have been made to develop innovative delivery systems, synthetic gene carriers, and DNA vectors in a concerted attempt to enhance gene delivery suitable for clinical applications. In this review, we focus on the advances in the design of novel DNA vectors catered to enhance transfection and transgene expression and their influences on the efficacy and safety of existing and emerging delivery systems and synthetic vectors for non viral gene delivery.
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Sum H. Chi, Wettig Shawn and Slavcev A. Roderick, Impact of DNA Vector Topology on Non-Viral Gene Therapeutic Safety and Efficacy, Current Gene Therapy 2014; 14 (4) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566523214666140612154929
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1566523214666140612154929 |
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