Title:Peptide Shuttle-Mediated Delivery for Brain Gene Therapies
Volume: 20
Issue: 32
Author(s): Josep Garcia, Pol Arranz-Gibert, Macarena Sánchez-Navarro, Ernest Giralt and Meritxell Teixidó*
Affiliation:
- Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona), The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona 08028,Spain
Keywords:
Gene therapy, Genome editing, CRISPR, Viral vectors, Nanoparticles, Central nervous system, Drug delivery, Peptide
shuttles.
Abstract: The manipulation of an individual’s genetic information to treat a disease has revolutionized
the biomedicine field. Despite the promise of gene therapy, this treatment can have long-term sideeffects.
Efforts in the field and recent discoveries have already led to several improvements, including
efficient gene delivery and transfer, as well as inpatient safety. Several studies to treat a wide range of
pathologies-such as cancer or monogenic diseases- are currently being conducted. Here we provide a
broad overview of methodologies available for gene therapy, placing a strong emphasis on treatments
for central nervous system diseases. Finally, we give a perspective on current delivery strategies to treat
such diseases, with a special focus on systems that use peptides as delivery vectors.