Pathotropic targeting advances clinical oncology: tumor-targeted localization of therapeutic gene delivery

Oncol Rep. 2010 Oct;24(4):829-33. doi: 10.3892/or.2010.829.

Abstract

The advent of pathotropic (disease-seeking) targeting has transported genetic medicine across the threshold of history with the progressive clinical validation of Rexin-G, a tumor-targeted nanosized anti-cancer agent. Achieving noteworthy single-agent efficacy and survival benefits in otherwise intractable cancers, the molecular biotechnology platform has stimulated intense interest in the underlying mechanisms-of-action. This report exhibits the effective localization of Rexin-G nanoparticles within a metastatic liver lesion, as observed upon its surgical excision.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / drug therapy*
  • Adenocarcinoma / secondary
  • Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Trials, Phase I as Topic
  • Clinical Trials, Phase II as Topic
  • Cyclin G1 / genetics*
  • Genetic Therapy / methods*
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Nanoparticles / therapeutic use
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Plasmids
  • Retroviridae

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents
  • CCNG1 protein, human
  • Cyclin G1