PROCESS FOR INDUCING RESISTANCE TO DIPHTHERIA TOXIN IN HUMAN CELLS, PRODUCTS AND USES THEREOF

摘要

Process for inducing resistance to diphtheria toxin in a human cell, wherein the process is carried out in vitro and/or in vivo in a rodent xenografted with a human cell, the process comprising: a) providing at least one expression vector containing at least one nucleotide sequence targeting by RNA interference the DPH2 gene transcript of the human cell; c) transducing the at least one vector into the human cell; d) allowing transcription in the human cell, from the at least one expression vector, of the at least one nucleotide sequence targeting by RNA interference the DPH2 gene transcript; e) obtaining silencing of the DPH2 gene in the human cell, whereby the human cell is resistant to diphtheria toxin.