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Christian Liebau1, Harry Merk, Christian Roesel
1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University, Sauerbruchstrasse, 17487 Greifswald, Germany. baltzer@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
Abstract:
Gene therapy is a promising new method to treat tumors locally. Immuno-therapy for treatment of osteosarcomas is one option for hopefully improving the survival rate of patients with this tumor. Transduction of OS cells with the pCMV-IL-12neo plasmid induced a significant increase in IFN-gamma expression by mononuclear cells. This is known to induce antitumor effects mediated by the immune system. In combination with an administration of rIL-18, the IFN-gamma increase was multiplied in a dose-dependent manner. This study demonstrated that osteosarcoma cells can be targeted effectively in vitro by plasmids encoding the IL-12 gene. Considering the synergistic pathways it is reasonable to combine a local, gene transfer based on IL-12 with a rIL-18 administration to trigger the potentially promising immuno-effects for adjuvant treatment of osteosarcomas.
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