Novel Insights into the Therapeutic Potential of Lung-Targeted Gene Transfer in the Most Common Respiratory Diseases.
Malik BisserierXiao-Qing SunShahood FazalIrene C TurnbullSebastien BonnetLahouaria HadriPublished in: Cells (2022)
Over the past decades, a better understanding of the genetic and molecular alterations underlying several respiratory diseases has encouraged the development of new therapeutic strategies. Gene therapy offers new therapeutic alternatives for inherited and acquired diseases by delivering exogenous genetic materials into cells or tissues to restore physiological protein expression and/or activity. In this review, we review (1) different types of viral and non-viral vectors as well as gene-editing techniques; and (2) the application of gene therapy for the treatment of respiratory diseases and disorders, including pulmonary arterial hypertension, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, cystic fibrosis, asthma, alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, non-small-cell lung cancer, and COVID-19. Further, we also provide specific examples of lung-targeted therapies and discuss the major limitations of gene therapy.
Keyphrases
- gene therapy
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- sars cov
- genome wide
- copy number
- cystic fibrosis
- lung function
- coronavirus disease
- pulmonary artery
- induced apoptosis
- pulmonary hypertension
- gene expression
- pseudomonas aeruginosa
- respiratory tract
- interstitial lung disease
- oxidative stress
- transcription factor
- drug delivery
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- replacement therapy
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- cell proliferation