Abstract

Chronic pain is extremely difficult to treat. Current traditional treatments may be limited with regard to analgesic efficacy or side effects. Gene therapy for the management of pain is a band-new therapy strategy. Neurotropic herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-I) -based vector is suitable for gene transfer treatment of nervous system diseases. This review is focused on the application of HSV-I-based vector and its expressing proenkephalin in treatment of inflammatory pain, neuropathic pain and cancer pain. Key words: herpes simplex virus; vector; pain; gene therapy; enkephalin

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