Antiviral Therapies
Virus-mediated alpha interferon transduction stops woodchuck hepatitis virus
Published in Gene Therapy Weekly, November 18th, 2004
According to recent research from Germany, "alpha interferon (IFN-alpha) and IFN-gamma are able to suppress hepadnavirus replication. The intrahepatic expression of high levels of IFN may enhance the antiviral activity. We investigated the effects of woodchuck-specific IFN-alpha (wIFN-alpha) and IFN-gamma(wIFN-gamma) on woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) replication in vivo by helper-dependent adenoviral (HD-Ad) vector-mediated gene transfer."
"The expression of biologically active IFNs was demonstrated in vitro after transduction of woodchuck cells with HD-Ad vectors encoding...
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Source: Gene Therapy Weekly (2004-11-18)
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