In spite of a number of advantages of human adenovirus (HAd) vectors as a delivery system for a variety of gene therapy and vaccine applications, the vector immunity is one of the major disadvantages associated with these vectors. This is due to the presence of preexisting HAd-specific immunity in the majority of the human population and the development of a vector-specific immune response following the first inoculation. HAd-specific immunity significantly lowers the efficiency of HAd vector uptake following readministration of the same vector and thus drastically reduces the levels and duration of transgene expression. Another major concern associated with HAd vectors is an acute inflammatory response and hepatotoxicity caused by activation of innate immunity. We are researching an effective strategy for circumvention of adenoviral vector immunity and toxicity for gene therapy applications.
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Ahi YS, Bangari DS and Mittal SK. (2011). Adenoviral vector immunity: its implications and circumvention strategies. Curr. Gene Ther. 11(4):307-320. PUBMED
Sharma A, Bangari DS, Tandon M, Pandey A, HogenEsch H and Mittal SK. (2010). Evaluation of innate immunity and vector toxicity following intravenous inoculation of bovine, porcine and human adenoviral vectors in a mouse model. Virus Res. 153:134–42. PUBMED
Vemula S and Mittal SK. (2010). Production of adenovirus vectors and their use as a delivery system for influenza vaccines. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 10(10):1469-87. PUBMED
Sharma A, Tandon M, Ahi Y, Bangari DS, Vemulapalli R and Mittal S. (2010). Evaluation of Cross-Reactive Humoral and Cell-Mediated Immune Responses among Human, Bovine and Porcine Adenoviruses. Gene Ther. 2010 May;17(5):634-42. PUBMED
Sharma A, Tandon M, Bangari DS and Mittal SK. (2009) Adenovirus vector-based strategies for cancer therapy. Current Drug Therapy. 4(2): 117-138. PUBMED
Sharma A, Li X, Bangari, DS and Mittal SK. (2009). Adenovirus receptors and their implications in gene delivery. Virus Res. 143(2):184-94. PUBMED
Li X, Bangari DS, Sharma A and Mittal SK. (2009) Bovine adenovrius serotype 3 utilizes sialic acid as a cellular receptor for virus entry. Virology. 392(2):162-168. PUBMED
Sharma A, Bangari DS, Tandon M, Pandey A, HogenEsch H and Mittal SK. (2009). Comparative analysis of vector biodistribution, persistence and gene expression following intravenous delivery of bovine, porcine and human adenoviral vectors in a mouse model. Virology. 386(1):44-54. PUBMED
Bangari DS, Mittal SK. (2006). Current strategies and future directions for eluding adenoviral vector immunity. Current Gene Therapy. 6:215-226. PUBMED
Bangari DS and Mittal SK. (2006). Development of nonhuman adenoviruses as vaccine vectors. Vaccine. 24(7):849-62. PUBMED
Bangari DS, Shukla S, Mittal SK. (2005). Comparative transduction efficiencies of human and nonhuman adenoviral vectors in human, murine, bovine, and porcine cells in culture. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 327:960-966. AUTHOR MANUSCRIPT PUBMED
Bangari DS, Mittal SK. (2005). Porcine adenovirus serotype 3 internalization is independent of CAR and alpha(v)beta(3) or alpha(v)beta(5) integrin. Virology 332:157-166. LINK
Bangari DS, Mittal SK. (2004). Porcine adenoviral vectors evade preexisting humoral immunity to adenoviruses and efficiently infect both human and murine cells in culture. Virus Res. 105:127-136. AUTHOR MANUSCRIPT PUBMED
