Inventors:
Cheng Cheng - Rockville MD, US
Lori Clarke - Olney MD, US
Sheila Connelly - Ijamsville MD, US
David Ennist - Bethesda MD, US
Mario Gorziglia - Doylestown PA, US
Paul Hallenbeck - Gaithersburg MD, US
Carl Hay - Damascus MD, US
John Jakubczak - Germantown MD, US
Michael Kaleko - Rockville MD, US
Sandrina Phipps - Reston VA, US
Seshidhar Police - Gaithersburg MD, US
Patricia Ryan - Montgomery Village MD, US
David Stewart - Eldersburg MD, US
Yuefeng Xie - Germantown MD, US
International Classification:
C12N015/861, C12N009/22, C12N007/00
US Classification:
435/456000, 435/199000, 435/235100, 435/320100
Abstract:
The present invention relates to oncolytic adenoviral vectors and their use in methods of gene therapy. Provided is a recombinant viral vector comprising an adenoviral nucleic acid backbone, wherein said nucleic acid backbone comprises in sequential order: A left ITR, a termination signal sequence, an E2F responsive promoter which is operably linked to a gene essential for replication of the recombinant viral vector, an adenoviral packaging signal, and a right ITR.