ANTI-ANGIOGENESIS PLASMIDS AND DELIVERY SYSTEMS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to gene delivery and gene therapy, and provides novel nucleic acid constructs for expression of anti-angiogenic agents in a mammal, formualtions for delivery that incorporate a nucleic acid construct for expression, and methods for preparing and using such constructs and formulations. In particular, this invention relates to plasmid constructs for delivery of therapeutic anti-angiogenic encoding nucleic acids to cells in order to modulate tumor activity, methods of using those constructs (including combination therapy with other agents, such as cytokines, preferably IL-12), as well as methods for preparing such constructs.