Oncolytic Adenovirus

Jerrycret6827 Dec, 2023Technology

Brief Introduction of Ads Ad, belonging to Adenoviridae family, is a non-enveloped, double-stranded DNA virus with an icosahedral capsid encompassing a linear duplex genome of ~36 kb. Its genome can be divided into early genes (E1A, E1B, E2, E3, and E4) and late genes (L1-L5). Early genes encode corresponding proteins that are expressed early during viral replication whereas late genes are expressed after the commencement of viral replication and encode for capsid proteins. Conveniently, the virion structure of Ads allows the insertion of complementary DNA (cDNA) elements for expression of foreign transgenes to impact their tropism, safety, tumor lysis and so on. The first recombinant adenovirus (H101, one E1B mutant adenovirus) for head and neck tumors' treatment was approved in November 2006 in China.