title: Inhaled gene therapy in lung cancer: proof-of-concept for nano-oncology and nanobiotechnology in the management of lung cancer.
abstract: Lung cancer still remains one of the leading causes of death among cancer patients. Although novel targeted therapies have been established in everyday treatment practice, and conventional platinum-based doublets have demonstrated effective results regarding overall and progression-free survival, we have still failed to achieve long-term survival. Therefore, several strategies of applying locoregional therapy are under investigation. Aerosol chemotherapy is already under investigation and, taking this a step further, aerosol gene therapies with multiple delivery systems are being developed. Several efforts have demonstrated its efficiency and effectiveness, but there are still multiple factors that have to be considered and combined to achieve an overall more effective multifunctional treatment. In the current review, we present data regarding aerosol delivery systems, transporters, carriers, vectors, genes, toxicity, efficiency, specificity, lung microenvironment and delivery gene therapy systems. Finally, we present current studies and future perspectives.
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Department-Oncology Unit, G Papanikolaou General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
authors.forename: Kaid
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Darwiche
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hohenforst-Schmidt
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Qiang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Lutz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Freitag
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zarogoulidis
mesh_terms: D000336:Aerosols / Q000008:administration & dosage; D018572:Disease-Free Survival; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D015316:Genetic Therapy; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology; D012138:Respiratory Therapy
chemical_list: D000336:Aerosols