Evidence map›Paper›PMID 20720576›Full record

ArticleGene therapy2011

Long-term, antidiabetogenic effects of GLP-1 gene therapy using a double-stranded, adeno-associated viral vector.

S H Choi, H C Lee

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Article in Gene therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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10citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The Role of Gene Therapy and RNA-Based Therapeutic Strategies in Diabetes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  8. Cocaine hydrolase gene therapy for cocaine abuse.Future medicinal chemistry · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S H ChoiDepartment of Endocrinology and Brain Korea 21 Project for Medical Science, Yonsei University College of Medicine, 250 Seongsanno, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, Korea.
H C Lee
Yonsei University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diabetes is characterized by insulin resistance and a reduction in insulin secretion, leading to progressive β-cell failure and loss of β-cell mass. Its central therapeutic issues are how to restore glucose responsiveness of β-cells to normal and counteract defects in insulin secretion. Native glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1), which makes β-cells competent and diabetic β-cells specifically more sensitive to glucose, has a major drawback of rapid inactivation. In this study, we describe the construction and analysis of a GLP-1 plasmid and double-stranded, adeno-associated viral (dsAAV) expression vector to overcome both the rapid degradation of native GLP-1 and limitations of gene therapy using standard single-stranded AAV. Our study results demonstrate that fasting blood glucose levels of db/db obese mice decreased significantly up to 4 months after a single injection of dsAAV GLP-1, and both insulin and circulating GLP-1 levels increased in dsAAV GLP-1-infected mice. These results demonstrate that dsAAV GLP-1 has long-term, efficient transgene expression with minimal toxicity and cellular immune responses. This study suggests that GLP-1 produced by dsAAV may be an alternative to the continuous infusions required for GLP-1 peptide therapy or daily injections of GLP-1.

Indexed as

DNAAnimalsBlood GlucoseDependovirusDiabetes Mellitus, ExperimentalGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsGlucagon-Like Peptide 1MaleMiceMice, ObeseBlood GlucoseDNAGlucagon-Like Peptide 1

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PMID20720576
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