Generation of antibodies through lipid mediated DNA delivery

Abstract

A method is disclosed for delivering an isolated polynucleotide to the interior of a cell in a vertebrate, comprising the interstitial introduction of an isolated polynucleotide into a tissue of the vertebrate where the polynucleotide is taken up by the cells of the tissue and exerts a therapeutic effect on the vertebrate. The method can be used to deliver a therapeutic polypeptide to the cells of the vertebrate, to provide an immune response upon in vivo translation of the polynucleotide, to deliver antisense polynucleotides, to deliver receptors to the cells of the vertebrate, or to provide transitory gene therapy. In particular, a method is disclosed for the generation of detectable antibodies by the direct administration to a tissue in a mammal a DNA sequence encoding a immunogen where the DNA is complexed to a cationic lipid.

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