Abstract
Gene therapy has potential in the treatment of human cancers. However, its clinical implication has only achieved little success due to the lack of an efficient gene delivery system. A major hurdle in the current available approaches is in the ability to transduce target tissues at very high efficiencies that ultimately lead to therapeutic levels of transgene expression. This review outlines the characteristics and utilities of several available gene delivery systems, including their advantages and drawbacks in the context of cancer treatment. A perspective of existing challenges and future directions is also included.
Keywords: Cancer therapy, Gene therapy, Gene delivery, Liposomes, Nanoparticles, Non-viral vectors, Viral vectors.
Current Drug Delivery
Title:Gene Delivery for Cancer Therapy
Volume: 11 Issue: 2
Author(s): Teng Zhang
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Keywords: Cancer therapy, Gene therapy, Gene delivery, Liposomes, Nanoparticles, Non-viral vectors, Viral vectors.
Abstract: Gene therapy has potential in the treatment of human cancers. However, its clinical implication has only achieved little success due to the lack of an efficient gene delivery system. A major hurdle in the current available approaches is in the ability to transduce target tissues at very high efficiencies that ultimately lead to therapeutic levels of transgene expression. This review outlines the characteristics and utilities of several available gene delivery systems, including their advantages and drawbacks in the context of cancer treatment. A perspective of existing challenges and future directions is also included.
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Zhang Teng, Gene Delivery for Cancer Therapy, Current Drug Delivery 2014; 11 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156720181102140411145818
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/156720181102140411145818 |
Print ISSN 1567-2018 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1875-5704 |
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