The present invention relates to recombinant replicable viral vectors and viruses which are modified with IL23. This IL23 modified virus is highly immunogenic and attenuated for neurotropic pathology found in the wild type viruses. These viruses and vectors can be used for treatment of a variety of cancers and for vaccination against many viral, bacterial, or parasitic diseases.
Method For Increasing The Permeability Of The Blood Brain Barrier
Carol Shoshkes Reiss - New York NY, US Takaishi Komatsu - Whitestone NY, US
Assignee:
New York University - New York NY
International Classification:
A01N 37/18
US Classification:
514 2
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for regulating the permeability of the blood brain barrier by administering a NOS-3 inhibitor to reduce the increased permeability of the blood brain barrier caused by a pathological condition or by administering a NOS-3 activator or nitric oxide donor to increase the permeability of the blood brain barrier. By increasing the permeability of the blood barrier, a therapeutic or diagnostic compound can be delivered across this barrier into the central nervous system.
Rasta Forjah, Raphe Breit, Alison White, Angela Tomlinson, Nicholas Cissna, James Galvin, Richie Miller, Deborah Frothingham, Andrew Harris, Brian Pikarski