Journal of Capital Medical University ›› 2014, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (1): 101-107.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-7795.2014.01.022

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Recent progress in the gene therapies against HIV-1

Tian Yaru, Jiao Yanmei, Zhang Tong, Wu Hao   

  1. Center of Infectious Diseases, Beijing You'an Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100069, China
  • Received:2013-12-03 Online:2014-02-21 Published:2014-02-21
  • Supported by:

    This study was supported by Key Projects of the National infectious diseases special research fund during the Twelfth Five-year Research Program of China (2012ZX10001-006);Beijing Key Laboratory of AIDS Research (BZ0089).

Abstract:

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has achieved significant success, but anti-HIV drug treatment still has its limitation,such as causing drug toxicity and viral-escape mutants. Gene therapy has better ability of anti-HIV in theory. It offers the promise of preventing progressive HIV infection by sustained interference with viral replication. Gene-targeting strategies are being developed with RNA-based agents, such as ribozyme, antisense, RNA aptamers and small interfering RNA, and protein-based agents, such as the mutant HIV Rev protein M10, fusion inhibitors and zinc-finger nucleases. This review mainly discusses the various gene therapy strategies and recent progress. Many of these strategies are being tested in ongoing and planned clinical trials.

Key words: acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), human immunodeficiency virus type 1(HIV-1), gene therapy, lentivector

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