Evidence map›Paper›PMID 19914451›Full record

ReviewAdvances in genetics2009

Ligand-directed cancer gene therapy to angiogenic vasculature.

Wouter H P Driessen, Michael G Ozawa, Wadih Arap, Renata Pasqualini

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Review in Advances in genetics, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Oncolytic virotherapy.Nature biotechnology · 2012
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Wouter H P DriessenDavid H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Michael G OzawaDavid H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Wadih ArapDavid H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Renata PasqualiniDavid H. Koch Center, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy strategies in cancer have remained an active area of preclinical and clinical research. One of the current limitations to successful trials is the relative transduction efficiency to produce a therapeutic effect. While intratumoral injections are the mainstay of many treatment regimens to date, this approach is hindered by hydrostatic pressures within the tumor and is not always applicable to all tumor subtypes. Vascular-targeting strategies introduce an alternative method to deliver vectors with higher local concentrations and minimization of systemic toxicity. Moreover, therapeutic targeting of angiogenic vasculature often leads to enhanced bystander effects, improving efficacy. While identification of functional and systemically accessible molecular targets is challenging, approaches, such as in vivo phage display and phage-based viral delivery vectors, provide a platform upon which vascular targeting of vectors may become a viable and translational approach.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansLigandsNeoplasmsNeovascularization, PathologicLigands

Identifiers

PMID19914451
PMCPMC7172741

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