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Cancer Gene Therapy
Research on cancer gene therapy discussed by E. Kuwada and co-researchers
July 22nd, 2008
"Regulatory DNA that would induce tumor cell-specific gene expression of arbitrary genes in human cells has been sought. We previously reported that the transcription of mouse Q5 gene was tumor-selective and hypothesized that Q5 5'-flanking DNA had a key role in tumor-selective transcription," researchers in Tokyo, Japan report. "Isolation of 3.9 kb Q5 5'-flanking DNA was carried out and the sequence characteristics determined. Reporter plasmids, recombinant reporter adenoviruses and recombinant reporter lentiviruses were prepared that contained the Q5 5'-flanking DNA fragments of various lengths. Expression of these reporter genes was examined in various murine cells...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2008-07-22)
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