Evaluating the state of the science for adeno-associated virus integration: an integrated perspective

DE Sabatino, FD Bushman, RJ Chandler, RG Crystal… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
On August 18, 2021, the American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy (ASGCT) hosted a
virtual roundtable on adeno-associated virus (AAV) integration, featuring leading experts in …

Recommendations for measuring HIV reservoir size in cure-directed clinical trials

M Abdel-Mohsen, D Richman, RF Siliciano… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Therapeutic strategies are being clinically tested either to eradicate latent HIV reservoirs or
to achieve virologic control in the absence of antiretroviral therapy. Attaining this goal will …

Rapid manufacturing of non-activated potent CAR T cells

S Ghassemi, JS Durgin, S Nunez-Cruz… - Nature biomedical …, 2022 - nature.com
Chimaeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells can generate durable clinical responses in B-cell
haematologic malignancies. The manufacturing of these T cells typically involves their …

A long-term study of AAV gene therapy in dogs with hemophilia A identifies clonal expansions of transduced liver cells

GN Nguyen, JK Everett, S Kafle, AM Roche… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Nine dogs with hemophilia A were treated with adeno-associated viral (AAV) gene therapy
and followed for up to 10 years. Administration of AAV8 or AAV9 vectors expressing canine …

Autologous T cell therapy for MAGE-A4+ solid cancers in HLA-A*02+ patients: a phase 1 trial

DS Hong, BA Van Tine, S Biswas, C McAlpine… - Nature medicine, 2023 - nature.com
Affinity-optimized T cell receptors can enhance the potency of adoptive T cell therapy.
Afamitresgene autoleucel (afami-cel) is a human leukocyte antigen-restricted autologous T …

A quantitative approach for measuring the reservoir of latent HIV-1 proviruses

KM Bruner, Z Wang, FR Simonetti, AM Bender… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
A stable latent reservoir for HIV-1 in resting CD4+ T cells is the principal barrier to a cure,–.
Curative strategies that target the reservoir are being tested, and require accurate, scalable …

Induction of resistance to chimeric antigen receptor T cell therapy by transduction of a single leukemic B cell

M Ruella, J Xu, DM Barrett, JA Fraietta, TJ Reich… - Nature medicine, 2018 - nature.com
We report a patient relapsing 9 months after CD19-targeted CAR T cell (CTL019) infusion
with CD19–leukemia that aberrantly expressed the anti-CD19 CAR. The CAR gene was …

Long-term safety and efficacy of lentiviral hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell gene therapy for Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome

A Magnani, M Semeraro, F Adam, C Booth, L Dupré… - Nature Medicine, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Patients with Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome (WAS) lacking a human leukocyte antigen-
matched donor may benefit from gene therapy through the provision of gene-corrected …

Lentiviral gene therapy for X-linked chronic granulomatous disease

DB Kohn, C Booth, EM Kang, SY Pai, KL Shaw… - Nature medicine, 2020 - nature.com
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited disorder of phagocytic cells,. We
report the initial results of nine severely affected X-linked CGD (X-CGD) patients who …

Antigen-driven clonal selection shapes the persistence of HIV-1–infected CD4+ T cells in vivo

FR Simonetti, H Zhang, GP Soroosh… - The Journal of …, 2021 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Clonal expansion of infected CD4+ T cells is a major mechanism of HIV-1 persistence and a
barrier to achieving a cure. Potential causes are homeostatic proliferation, effects of HIV-1 …