Engineered HSV vector achieves safe long-term transgene expression in the central nervous system

Abstract Previously we reported a new series of highly defective herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) vectors that were functionally devoid of all viral immediately early (IE) genes, resulting in virtual absence of viral gene expression. Nevertheless, a reporter gene cassette inserted into the vector...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Verlengia, Yoshitaka Miyagawa, Selene Ingusci, Justus B. Cohen, Michele Simonato, Joseph C. Glorioso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01635-1