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SUBMITTER: Xu Z
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2839431 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Xu Zhili Z Smith Jeffrey S JS Tian Jie J Byrnes Andrew P AP
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 20091201 3
Innate immune responses are a major barrier to safe systemic gene therapy with adenovirus (Ad) vectors. We show that intravenous (IV) injection of rats with Ad5 vectors causes a novel rapid shock reaction that involves hypotension, hemoconcentration, tissue edema, and vasocongestion, with notable pathology in the pancreas and the gastrointestinal system. We show for the first time that this reaction is dependent on platelet-activating factor (PAF), a lipid signaling molecule that is a known shoc ...[more]