| Literature DB >> 16416455 |
Adam M Sonabend1, Ilya V Ulasov, Maciej S Lesniak.
Abstract
High-grade gliomas constitute an important challenge to modern medicine, and although great effort has been made to prolong patient survival, the prognosis for this disease remains poor. Due to recent discoveries in the molecular basis of gliomas, gene therapy is becoming a promising alternative. In this review, we discuss the use of conditionally replicative adenoviral vectors (CRAd) and their applications in neuro-oncology. Such vectors, when rendered conditionally replicative via transductional and transcriptional modifications, offer great promise for patients with malignant brain tumours. We review data from preclinical and clinical studies utilising such vectors and discuss the limitations and future perspectives of CRAd oncolytic therapy for malignant glioma. 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 16416455 DOI: 10.1002/rmv.490
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Rev Med Virol ISSN: 1052-9276 Impact factor: 6.989