Gene therapy advances: a meta-analysis of AAV usage in clinical settings

HKE Au, M Isalan, M Mielcarek - Frontiers in medicine, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are the safest and most effective gene delivery vehicles to
drive long-term transgene expression in gene therapy. While animal studies have shown …

Early and late stage gene therapy interventions for inherited retinal degenerations

C Botto, M Rucli, MD Tekinsoy, J Pulman… - Progress in Retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Inherited and age-related retinal degeneration is the hallmark of a large group of
heterogeneous diseases and is the main cause of untreatable blindness today. Genetic …

Novel AAV capsids for intravitreal gene therapy of photoreceptor disorders

M Pavlou, C Schön, LM Occelli, A Rossi… - EMBO molecular …, 2021 - embopress.org
Gene therapy using recombinant adeno‐associated virus (rAAV) vectors to treat blinding
retinal dystrophies has become clinical reality. Therapeutically impactful targeting of …

Cryo-electron microscopy of adeno-associated virus

SM Stagg, C Yoshioka, O Davulcu… - Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) has a single-stranded DNA genome encapsidated in a small
icosahedrally symmetric protein shell with 60 subunits. AAV is the leading delivery vector in …

Emerging approaches for restoration of hearing and vision

S Kleinlogel, C Vogl, M Jeschke, J Neef… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Impairments of vision and hearing are highly prevalent conditions limiting the quality of life
and presenting a major socioeconomic burden. For a long time, retinal and cochlear …

Completion of the AAV structural atlas: serotype capsid structures reveals clade-specific features

M Mietzsch, A Jose, P Chipman, N Bhattacharya… - Viruses, 2021 - mdpi.com
The capsid structures of most Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes, already assigned to
an antigenic clade, have been previously determined. This study reports the remaining …

The future of retinal gene therapy: evolving from subretinal to intravitreal vector delivery

M Ross, R Ofri - Neural regeneration research, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Inherited retinal degenerations are a leading and untreatbale cause of blindness, and as
such they are targets for gene therapy. Numerous gene therapy treatments have progressed …

Structural and antigenic characterization of the avian adeno-associated virus capsid

J Hsi, M Mietzsch, P Chipman, S Afione… - Journal of …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
All adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors currently used in clinical trials or approved gene
therapy biologics are based on human or non-human primate AAVs. A major challenge for …

Adeno‐associated virus serotype 2 capsid variants for improved liver‐directed gene therapy

N Meumann, M Cabanes‐Creus, M Ertelt… - Hepatology, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Conclusions: In conclusion, MLIV. K and MLIV. A are AAV peptide display variants selected
in immunocompetent mice with improved hepatocyte tropism and transduction efficiency …

Characterization of AAV-specific affinity ligands: consequences for vector purification and development strategies

M Mietzsch, JK Smith, CY Jennifer, V Banala… - … Therapy-Methods & …, 2020 - cell.com
Affinity-based purification of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors has replaced density-
based methods for vectors used in clinical settings. This method utilizes camelid single …