title: Adenoviral gene therapy in gastric cancer: a review.
abstract: Gastric cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide. With current therapeutic approaches the prognosis of gastric cancer is very poor, as gastric cancer accounts for the second most common cause of death in cancer related deaths. Gastric cancer like almost all other cancers has a molecular genetic basis which relies on disruption in normal cellular regulatory mechanisms regarding cell growth, apoptosis and cell division. Thus novel therapeutic approaches such as gene therapy promise to become the alternative choice of treatment in gastric cancer. In gene therapy, suicide genes, tumor suppressor genes and anti-angiogenesis genes among many others are introduced to cancer cells via vectors. Some of the vectors widely used in gene therapy are Adenoviral vectors. This review provides an update of the new developments in adenoviral cancer gene therapy including strategies for inducing apoptosis, inhibiting metastasis and targeting the cancer cells.
authors.affiliation: Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Number 111, 5th street, Mardavij Street, Isfahan, Iran. nima_kh8@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Nima
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khalighinejad
authors.forename: Hesammodin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hariri
authors.forename: Omid
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Behnamfar
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yousefi
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Momeni
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D017209:Apoptosis; D015316:Genetic Therapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*