Viral vectors as a novel tool for clinical and neuropsychiatric research applications

• 作者: Fujie Wang Jinghong Chen Oudong Pan Peijun Ju Shan Yin Yao Wang Zhiwei Hu
• 来源期刊: 综合精神医学（英文）
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Methods By using VIRAL VECTORS NEUROSCIENCE and PSYCHIATRY
• 年，卷（期）: 2018,（5）
• 页码范围: 100-108
• 页数: 9页
• 分类号: R74

摘要

Background A viral vector is a genetically modified vector produced by genetic engineering.As pathogenic genes in the virus are completely or largely eliminated,it is safe to be widely used in multidisciplinary research fields for expressing genes,such as neuroscience,metabolism,oncology and so on.Neuroscience and psychiatry are the most closely related disciplines in either basic research or clinical research,but the application of viral vectors in neuropsychiatry has not received much attention or not been widely accepted.Aim This article will focus on the application of viral vectors in basic and clinical neuropsychiatric research.Methods By using viral vectors,scientists can perform neurological labelling,gene expression regulation and physiological manipulation for investigating phenomenon from molecular mechanisms to behaviours.At the same time,to treat mental or neurological disorders,viral vectors can be designed for gene therapy,which alter gene expression levels or repair mutated genes in the brains of patients.Perspective Viral vectors play an important role in basic research and clinical applications.To further understand brain function and prevent mental and neurological diseases,we hypothesize that viral vectors could be used along with various advanced technologies,such as sequencing and high-throughput expression analysis in the neuroscience research field.