Immune responses to viral gene therapy vectors

JL Shirley, YP de Jong, C Terhorst, RW Herzog - Molecular Therapy, 2020 - cell.com
Several viral vector-based gene therapy drugs have now received marketing approval. A
much larger number of additional viral vectors are in various stages of clinical trials for the …

COVID-19 vaccines: a review of the safety and efficacy of current clinical trials

ZP Yan, M Yang, CL Lai - Pharmaceuticals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Various strategies have been designed to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. Among them,
vaccine development is high on the agenda in spite of the unknown duration of the …

Sodium taurocholate cotransporting polypeptide is a functional receptor for human hepatitis B and D virus

H Yan, G Zhong, G Xu, W He, Z Jing, Z Gao, Y Huang… - elife, 2012 - elifesciences.org
Human hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and HBV-related diseases remain a major public
health problem. Individuals coinfected with its satellite hepatitis D virus (HDV) have more …

Adenovirus vector induced innate immune responses: impact upon efficacy and toxicity in gene therapy and vaccine applications

ZC Hartman, DM Appledorn, A Amalfitano - Virus research, 2008 - Elsevier
Extensively characterized, modified, and employed for a variety of purposes, adenovirus
(Ad) vectors are generally regarded as having great potential by many applied virologists …

Preclinical differences of intravascular AAV9 delivery to neurons and glia: a comparative study of adult mice and nonhuman primates

SJ Gray, V Matagne, L Bachaboina, S Yadav… - Molecular Therapy, 2011 - cell.com
Other labs have previously reported the ability of adeno-associated virus serotype 9 (AAV9)
to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB). In this report, we carefully characterized variables that …

Factors which contribute to the immunogenicity of non-replicating adenoviral vectored vaccines

L Coughlan - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Adenoviral vectors are a safe and potently immunogenic vaccine delivery platform. Non-
replicating Ad vectors possess several attributes which make them attractive vaccines for …

Engineering targeted viral vectors for gene therapy

R Waehler, SJ Russell, DT Curiel - Nature reviews genetics, 2007 - nature.com
To achieve therapeutic success, transfer vehicles for gene therapy must be capable of
transducing target cells while avoiding impact on non-target cells. Despite the high …

Adenoviruses: update on structure and function

WC Russell - Journal of General Virology, 2009 - microbiologyresearch.org
Adenoviruses have been studied intensively for over 50 years as models of virus–cell
interactions and latterly as gene vectors. With the advent of more sophisticated structural …

Adenovirus serotype 5 hexon mediates liver gene transfer

SN Waddington, JH McVey, D Bhella, AL Parker… - Cell, 2008 - cell.com
Adenoviruses are used extensively as gene transfer agents, both experimentally and
clinically. However, targeting of liver cells by adenoviruses compromises their potential …

Innate immunity to adenovirus

R Hendrickx, N Stichling, J Koelen, L Kuryk… - Human gene …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Human adenoviruses are the most widely used vectors in gene medicine, with applications
ranging from oncolytic therapies to vaccinations, but adenovirus vectors are not without side …