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Nucleic acid-based antiviral drugs against seasonal and avian influenza virusesJ P Wong
Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Ralston, AB, Canada
Vaccine 25:3175-8. 2007..The versatility and potency of nucleic acid-based drugs make them potential drug candidates for used in seasonal or pandemic influenza situations...
Immunoprophylactic strategies against respiratory influenza virus infectionE G Saravolac
Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Box 4000 Station Main, Alberta, T1A 8K6, Medicine Hat, Canada
Vaccine 19:2227-32. 2001..These results suggest liposome-mediated immunoprophylactic approaches are effective in the prevention of respiratory influenza virus infection...
Aerosol and nasal delivery of vaccines and antiviral drugs against seasonal and pandemic influenzaJonathan P Wong
Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Box 4000 Station Main, Medicine Hat, Alberta T1A8K6, Canada
Expert Rev Respir Med 4:171-7. 2010..Since influenza is a disease with respiratory clinical manifestations, specific delivery of antiviral drugs or vaccines to the respiratory tract may represent a safe and effective approach to combat influenza...
Prophylaxis of acute respiratory virus infections using nucleic acid-based drugsJonathan P Wong
Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Alberta, Canada
Vaccine 23:2266-8. 2005..Together, these studies suggest nucleic acid-based immunomodulators are promising antiviral agents which can offer effective and non-specific protection against acute respiratory virus infections...
Liposome delivery of ciprofloxacin against intracellular Francisella tularensis infectionJonathan P Wong
Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Box 4000 Station Main, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada T1A 8K6
J Control Release 92:265-73. 2003..These results suggest that liposome encapsulation of ciprofloxacin enhances drug delivery to the primary site of infection and results in increasing therapeutic efficacy against F. tularensis...
Activation of toll-like receptor signaling pathway for protection against influenza virus infectionJ P Wong
Biotechnology Section, Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Ralston, Alberta, Canada
Vaccine 27:3481-3. 2009..Taken together, these results do support the potential role of TLR-3 and TLR-9 agonists such as Poly ICLC and LE Poly ICLC in protection against lethal seasonal and HPAI virus infection...
Broad-spectrum drugs against viral agentsMary E Christopher
Defence Research and Development Canada Suffield, Box 4000, Station Main, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada T1A 8K6 E Mail J W
Int J Mol Sci 9:1561-94. 2008..These may offer protection against various bacterial and viral pathogens regardless of their genetic makeup, zoonotic origin or drug resistance...
Antiviral role of toll-like receptor-3 agonists against seasonal and avian influenza virusesJ P Wong
Molecular Biology Group, Biotechnology Section, Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Ralston, Alberta, Canada
Curr Pharm Des 15:1269-74. 2009....
Broad-spectrum and virus-specific nucleic acid-based antivirals against influenzaJonathan P Wong
Molecular Biology Group, Biotechnology Section, Defence Research and Development Canada Suffield, Ralston, Alberta, Canada
Front Biosci (Schol Ed) 2:791-800. 2010..In summary, nucleic acid-based antiviral agents are versatile, diverse and could complement existing antiviral drugs in combating influenza...
Infectivity variation and genetic diversity among strains of Western equine encephalitis virusLes P Nagata
Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence Research and Development Canada Suffield, Station Main, Medicine Hat, AB T1A 8K6, Canada
J Gen Virol 87:2353-61. 2006..Furthermore, potential amino acid differences in some positions between the two groups were identified, suggesting that these amino acid variations contributed to the observed differences in virulence...
Spray-freeze-dried liposomal ciprofloxacin powder for inhaled aerosol drug deliveryLyle G Sweeney
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Aerosol Research Laboratory of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Int J Pharm 305:180-5. 2005..5% in isotonic saline, 80% in bovine mucin, 75% in porcine mucus and 73% in five-fold-diluted ex vivo human cystic fibrosis patient sputum...
Liposome-mediated immunotherapy against respiratory influenza virus infection using double-stranded RNA poly ICLCJ P Wong
Medical Countermeasures Section, Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Medicine Hat, Ralston, Alta, Canada
Vaccine 17:1788-95. 1999....
A novel approach to the pulmonary delivery of liposomes in dry powder form to eliminate the deleterious effects of millingTejas R Desai
Aerosol Research Laboratory of Alberta, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, T6G 2G8
J Pharm Sci 91:482-91. 2002..2 +/- 1.4% for ciprofloxacin, 100% for CM3 peptide, and 45.3 +/- 3.1% for salbutamol sulfate compared with a high amount of leakage (> 50%) observed due to jet-milling of lyophilized liposome formulations encapsulating ciprofloxacin...
Efficacy of DNA vaccination against western equine encephalitis virus infectionLes P Nagata
Chemical Biological Defence Section, Defence R and D Canada Suffield, Box 4000, Station Main, Medicine Hat, Alta, Canada T1A 8K6
Vaccine 23:2280-3. 2005..The efficacy results suggest a DNA vaccine may be a promising approach against WEE infection...
DNA vaccination against respiratory influenza virus infectionJ P Wong
Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Box 4000 Station Main, Alta, T1A 8K6, Medicine Hat, Canada
Vaccine 19:2461-7. 2001..These results suggest DNA vaccines encapsulated in liposomes are efficacious in inducing complete protective immunity against respiratory influenza virus infection...
Recent developments in delivery of nucleic acid-based antiviral agentsM E Christopher
Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence R and D Canada - Suffield, Ralston, Alberta, Canada
Curr Pharm Des 12:1995-2006. 2006..Research is ongoing to increase drug delivery to the desired target cells while eliminating adverse side effects...
Pharmacokinetics study of a novel chimeric single-chain variable fragment antibody against western equine encephalitis virusM C Long
Chemical and Biological Defence Section, Defence Research Establishment Suffield, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Hybridoma 20:1-10. 2001..In contrast, when administered intramuscularly to mice, the RS10B5huFc antibody was not detected in the lungs and only found in the liver and kidneys...
Intranasal immunization with liposome-encapsulated plasmid DNA encoding influenza virus hemagglutinin elicits mucosal, cellular and humoral immune responsesDaqing Wang
Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2N8
J Clin Virol 31:S99-106. 2004..Mice immunized i.n. were able to withstand a lethal challenge of influenza virus, confirming that the immune responses mediated by the vaccine were protective...
Therapeutic efficacy of "nubiotics" against burn wound infection by Pseudomonas aeruginosaRoderic M K Dale
Oligos Etc, Inc, Wilsonville, Oregon, USA
Antimicrob Agents Chemother 48:2918-23. 2004..These results suggest that nubiotics may be a promising and effective approach for the treatment of burn wound infection caused by P. aeruginosa...
Recent Patents on development of nucleic acid-based antiviral drugs against seasonal and pandemic influenza virus infectionsEdward G Saravolac
Acrux Ltd West Melbourne, Victoria, Australia 3003
Recent Pat Antiinfect Drug Discov 2:140-7. 2007..The review will assess the recent patents, research and development of antisense oligonucleotides, small interfering RNA, immunomodulating RNA for the prevention and treatment of influenza infection...
