Rationale and strategies for the development of safe and effective optimized AAV vectors for human gene therapy

A Srivastava - Molecular Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors have been, or are currently in use, in
332 phase I/II/III clinical trials in a number of human diseases, and in some cases …

Gene therapy for inherited hearing loss: updates and remaining challenges

R Hahn, KB Avraham - Audiology Research, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hearing loss stands as the most prevalent sensory deficit among humans, posing a
significant global health challenge. Projections indicate that by 2050, approximately 10% of …

Recent advances and future challenges in gene therapy for hearing loss

AE Amariutei, JY Jeng… - Royal Society Open …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Hearing loss is the most common sensory deficit experienced by humans and represents
one of the largest chronic health conditions worldwide. It is expected that around 10% of the …

Development of new genome editing tools for the treatment of hyperlipidemia

G Preta - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hyperlipidemia is a medical condition characterized by high levels of lipids in the blood. It is
often associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and …

The menace of severe adverse events and deaths associated with viral gene therapy and its potential solution

A Kachanov, A Kostyusheva, S Brezgin… - Medicinal Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past decade, in vivo gene replacement therapy has significantly advanced,
resulting in market approval of numerous therapeutics predominantly relying on adeno …

The glucocorticoid receptor as a master regulator of the Müller cell response to diabetic conditions in mice

AM Pfaller, L Kaplan, M Carido, F Grassmann… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is considered a primarily microvascular complication of diabetes.
Müller glia cells are at the centre of the retinal neurovascular unit and play a critical role in …

Persistence of exon 2 skipping and dystrophin expression at 18 months after U7snRNA-mediated therapy in the Dup2 mouse model

LV Gushchina, AJ Bradley, TA Vetter, JW Lay… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2023 - cell.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a progressive X-linked disease caused by
mutations in the DMD gene that prevent the expression of a functional dystrophin protein …

Delivery of Adeno-Associated Virus Vectors to the Central Nervous System for Correction of Single Gene Disorders

R Daci, TR Flotte - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
Genetic disorders of the central nervous system (CNS) comprise a significant portion of
disability in both children and adults. Several preclinical animal models have shown …

Optoelectronic control of cardiac rhythm: Toward shock‐free ambulatory cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

V Portero, S Deng, GJJ Boink, GQ Zhang… - Journal of Internal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent cardiac arrhythmia, progressive in nature, and
known to have a negative impact on mortality, morbidity, and quality of life. Patients requiring …

Durable transgene expression and efficient re-administration after rAAV2. 5T-mediated fCFTRΔR gene delivery to adult ferret lungs

Y Tang, M Ebadi, J Lei, Z Feng, S Fakhari, P Wu… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2024 - cell.com
The dosing interval for effective recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-mediated gene
therapy of cystic fibrosis lung disease remains unknown. Here, we assessed the durability of …