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ReviewHuman vaccines & immunotherapeutics2021

Viral gene delivery vectors: the next generation medicines for immune-related diseases.

Peter De Haan, Ferdy R Van Diemen, Miguel G Toscano

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Review in Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Peter De HaanDepartment of R&D, Amarna Therapeutics B.V , Leiden, The Netherlands.
Ferdy R Van DiemenDepartment of R&D, Amarna Therapeutics B.V , Leiden, The Netherlands.
Miguel G ToscanoDepartment of R&D, Amarna Therapeutics S.L , Sevilla, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6384-3123

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Viruses have evolved to efficiently express their genes in host cells, which makes them ideally suited as gene delivery vectors for gene and immunotherapies. Replication competent (RC) viral vectors encoding foreign or self-proteins induce strong T-cell responses that can be used for the development of effective cancer treatments. Replication-defective (RD) viral vectors encoding self-proteins are non-immunogenic when introduced in a host naïve for the cognate virus. RD viral vectors can be used to develop gene replacement therapies for genetic disorders and tolerization therapies for autoimmune diseases and allergies. Degenerative/inflammatory diseases are associated with chronic inflammation and immune responses that damage the tissues involved. These diseases therefore strongly resemble autoimmune diseases. This review deals with the use of RC and RD viral vectors for unraveling the pathogenesis of immune-related diseases and their application to the development of the next generation prophylactics and therapeutics for todays' major diseases.

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Genetic VectorsVirusesGenes, ViralGenetic TherapyGene Transfer Techniquesadeno-associated virusalphavirusautoimmune diseasecancergene therapyImmune systemimmune toleranceimmunotherapylentivirusself-antigensv40tolerizationvaccineviral vector

Identifiers

PMID32412865
PMCPMC7872028

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