Title:Targeted Delivery for Neurodegenerative Disorders Using Gene Therapy Vectors: Gene Next Therapeutic Goals
Volume: 21
Issue: 1
Author(s): Manisha Singh, Surinder P. Singh, Deepshikha Yadav, Mugdha Agarwal, Shriya Agarwal, Vinayak Agarwal, Geeta Swargiary, Sahil Srivastava, Sakshi Tyagi, Ramneek Kaur and Shalini Mani*
Affiliation:
- Department of Biotechnology, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT) Noida, U.P.,India
Keywords:
Gene therapy, neurodegenerative diseases, viral vectors, nonviral vectors, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson disease,
schizophrenia retroviruses.
Abstract: The technique of gene therapy, ever since its advent nearly fifty years ago, has been utilized
by scientists as a potential treatment option for various disorders. This review discusses some of the
major neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) like Alzheimer’s disease (AD), Parkinson’s Disease (PD),
Motor neuron diseases (MND), Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Huntington’s Disease (HD), Multiple
Sclerosis (MS), etc. and their underlying genetic mechanisms along with the role that gene therapy
can play in combating them. The pathogenesis and the molecular mechanisms specifying the altered
gene expression of each of these NDDs have also been discussed in elaboration. The use of gene therapy
vectors can prove to be an effective tool in the field of curative modern medicine for the generations
to come. Therefore, consistent efforts and progressive research towards its implementation can
provide us with powerful treatment options for disease conditions that have so far been considered as
incurable.