Advances in non-viral DNA vectors for gene therapy

CL Hardee, LM Arévalo-Soliz, BD Hornstein… - Genes, 2017 - mdpi.com
Uses of viral vectors have thus far eclipsed uses of non-viral vectors for gene therapy
delivery in the clinic. Viral vectors, however, have certain issues involving genome …

Molecular mechanisms for enhanced DNA vaccine immunogenicity

L Li, N Petrovsky - Expert review of vaccines, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In the two decades since their initial discovery, DNA vaccines technologies have come a
long way. Unfortunately, when applied to human subjects inadequate immunogenicity is still …

Methods to improve the immunogenicity of plasmid DNA vaccines

D Eusébio, AR Neves, D Costa, S Biswas, G Alves… - Drug Discovery …, 2021 - Elsevier
DNA vaccines have emerged as innovative approaches that have great potential to
overcome the limitations of current conventional vaccines. Plasmid DNA vaccines are often …

Co-delivery of drugs and plasmid DNA for cancer therapy

PY Teo, W Cheng, JL Hedrick, YY Yang - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Cancer is an extremely complex disease involving multiple signaling pathways that enable
tumor cells to evade programmed cell death, thus making cancer treatment extremely …

Vector design for improved DNA vaccine efficacy, safety and production

JA Williams - Vaccines, 2013 - mdpi.com
DNA vaccination is a disruptive technology that offers the promise of a new rapidly deployed
vaccination platform to treat human and animal disease with gene-based materials …

Nanoparticle-based technologies for retinal gene therapy

J Adijanto, MI Naash - European Journal of Pharmaceutics and …, 2015 - Elsevier
For patients with hereditary retinal diseases, retinal gene therapy offers significant promise
for the prevention of retinal degeneration. While adeno-associated virus (AAV)-based …

Minicircle DNA vectors for gene therapy: advances and applications

V Gaspar, D Melo-Diogo, E Costa… - Expert opinion on …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Nucleic-acid-based biopharmaceuticals enclose a remarkable potential for
treating debilitating or life-threatening diseases that currently remain incurable. This …

Bioreducible poly (2-ethyl-2-oxazoline)–PLA–PEI-SS triblock copolymer micelles for co-delivery of DNA minicircles and Doxorubicin

VM Gaspar, P Baril, EC Costa, D de Melo-Diogo… - Journal of controlled …, 2015 - Elsevier
The co-delivery of minicircle DNA (mcDNA) and small anti-cancer drugs via stimuli-sensitive
nanocarriers is a promising approach for combinatorial cancer therapy. However, the …

Minicircle DNA provides enhanced and prolonged transgene expression following airway gene transfer

MM Munye, AD Tagalakis, JL Barnes, RE Brown… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis using non-viral, plasmid-based formulations has been the
subject of intensive research for over two decades but a clinically viable product has yet to …

Nanotechnology and immunoengineering: How nanotechnology can boost CAR-T therapy

W Nawaz, S Xu, Y Li, B Huang, X Wu, Z Wu - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) therapy has achieved remarkable clinical efficacy against
hematological cancers and has been approved by FDA for treatment of B-cell tumors …