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Current Gene Therapy

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ISSN (Print): 1566-5232
ISSN (Online): 1875-5631

TRAIL Gene Therapy: From Preclinical Development to Clinical Application

Author(s): Thomas S. Griffith, Brittany Stokes, Tamara A. Kucaba, James K. Earel Jr., Rebecca L. VanOosten, Erik L. Brincks and Lyse A. Norian

Volume 9, Issue 1, 2009

Page: [9 - 19] Pages: 11

DOI: 10.2174/156652309787354612

Price: $65

Abstract

Numerous studies have investigated the potential use of TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) as a cancer therapeutic since its discovery in 1995 – because TRAIL is a potent inducer of apoptosis in tumor cells but not in normal cells and tissues. Consequently, a great deal is known about TRAIL/TRAIL receptor expression, the molecular components of TRAIL receptor signaling, and methods of altering tumor cell sensitivity to TRAIL-induced apoptosis. Our laboratory was the first to report the possibility of TRAIL gene transfer therapy as an alternative method of using TRAIL as an antitumor therapy. As with recombinant proteins administered systemically, intratumoral TRAIL gene delivery also has limitations that can restrict its full potential. Translating the preclinical TRAIL studies into the clinic has started, with the hope that TRAIL will exhibit robust tumoricidal activity against human primary tumors in situ with minimal toxic side effects.

Keywords: TRAIL, apoptosis, tumor, adenovirus, immunotherapy


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