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Viral-Vector Delivered anti-Angiogenic Therapies to the Eye
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: Received: 22 December 2020 / Approved: 23 December 2020 / Online: 23 December 2020 (17:45:44 CET)
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Koponen, S.; Kokki, E.; Kinnunen, K.; Ylä-Herttuala, S. Viral-Vector-Delivered Anti-Angiogenic Therapies to the Eye. Pharmaceutics 2021, 13, 219. Koponen, S.; Kokki, E.; Kinnunen, K.; Ylä-Herttuala, S. Viral-Vector-Delivered Anti-Angiogenic Therapies to the Eye. Pharmaceutics 2021, 13, 219.
Abstract
Pathological vessel growth harms vision and may finally lead to vision loss. Anti-angiogenic gene therapy with viral vectors for ocular neovascularization has shown great promise in pre-clinical studies. Most of the studies has conducted with different adeno-associate serotype vectors. In addition, Adeno and lentivirus vectors have been used. Therapy has targeted to block vascular endothelial growth factors or other pro-angiogenic factors. Clinical trials of intraocular gene therapy for neovascularization have shown the treatment to be safe without severe adverse events or systemic effects. Nevertheless, clinical studies have not proceeded phase 2 trials further.
Keywords
Gene therapy; ocular neovascularization; viral vectors; preclinical; clinical trials; anti-angiogenesis; AAV
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
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