title: Genetic strategies for brain tumor therapy.
abstract: Gene therapy is a potentially useful approach in the treatment of human brain tumors, which are notoriously refractory to conventional approaches. Most human clinical trials to date have been unsuccessful in terms of improving patient outcome. Recent improvements in viral vectors, the development of stem cell technology, and increased understanding of the mechanism of action of therapeutic transgenes provide hope that the next generation of gene therapeutics may show increased efficacy in treatment of this devastating disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological Surgery, The Dardinger Family Laboratory for Neuro-oncology and Neurosciences, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, 43210, USA.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Lawler
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Peruzzi
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Chiocca
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D007372:Interferons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007378:Interleukins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D019076:Transgenes / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007378:Interleukins; D007372:Interferons