Gene therapy with helper-dependent adenoviral vectors: current advances and future perspectives

F Vetrini, P Ng - Viruses, 2010 - mdpi.com
F Vetrini, P Ng
Viruses, 2010mdpi.com
Recombinant Adenoviral vectors represent one of the best gene transfer platforms due to
their ability to efficiently transduce a wide range of quiescent and proliferating cell types from
various tissues and species. The activation of an adaptive immune response against the
transduced cells is one of the major drawbacks of first generation Adenovirus vectors and
has been overcome by the latest generation of recombinant Adenovirus, the Helper-
Dependent Adenoviral (HDAd) vectors. HDAds have innovative features including the …
Abstract
Recombinant Adenoviral vectors represent one of the best gene transfer platforms due to their ability to efficiently transduce a wide range of quiescent and proliferating cell types from various tissues and species. The activation of an adaptive immune response against the transduced cells is one of the major drawbacks of first generation Adenovirus vectors and has been overcome by the latest generation of recombinant Adenovirus, the Helper-Dependent Adenoviral (HDAd) vectors. HDAds have innovative features including the complete absence of viral coding sequences and the ability to mediate high level transgene expression with negligible chronic toxicity. This review summarizes the many aspects of HDAd biology and structure with a major focus on in vivo gene therapy application and with an emphasis on the unsolved issues that these vectors still presents toward clinical application.
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