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ReviewMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2012

The AAV vector toolkit: poised at the clinical crossroads.

Aravind Asokan, David V Schaffer, R Jude Samulski

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Review in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 261 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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261citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

261 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. What's new and what's next for gene therapy in Pompe disease?Expert opinion on biological therapy · 2022
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  14. Nature-inspired IL-1 targeted therapy to treat chronic inflammatory diseases.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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201 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Aravind AsokanGene Therapy Center, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-7352, USA. aravind@med.unc.edu
David V Schaffer
R Jude Samulski

Funding

Determinants of AAV TropismR01HL089221 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Aravind Asokan · 2009 to 2026
$8.1M
Training & EducationU54AR056953 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 2008 to 2012
$7.1M
Rational and Combinatorial Engineering of AAV VectorsR01AI072176 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HIRSCH, MATTHEW LOUIS, SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 2008 to 2017
$3.7M
AAV Gene Therapy for AAT DeficiencyR01DK084033 · NIDDK · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, CHENGWEN · 2009 to 2016
$2.2M
CTL response to AAV VectorR01AI080726 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI LI, CHENGWEN, SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 2010 to 2014
$1.8M
Engineering AAV Vectors to Evade Antibody NeutralizationR01HL081527 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY · PI SCHAFFER, DAVID V · 2007 to 2010
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS HL081527NHLBI NIH HHS HL089221NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL081527NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089221NIAID NIH HHS AI072176NIAID NIH HHS AI080726NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI072176NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI080726NIAMS NIH HHS U54 AR056953NIAMS NIH HHS U54AR056953NIDDK NIH HHS DK084033NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK084033
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The discovery of naturally occurring adeno-associated virus (AAV) isolates in different animal species and the generation of engineered AAV strains using molecular genetics tools have yielded a versatile AAV vector toolkit. Promising results in preclinical animal models of human disease spurred the much awaited transition toward clinical application, and early successes in phase I/II clinical trials for a broad spectrum of genetic diseases have recently been reported. As the gene therapy community forges ahead with cautious optimism, both preclinical and clinical studies using first generation AAV vectors have highlighted potential challenges. These include cross-species variation in vector tissue tropism and gene transfer efficiency, pre-existing humoral immunity to AAV capsids and vector dose-dependent toxicity in patients. A battery of second generation AAV vectors, engineered through rational and combinatorial approaches to address the aforementioned concerns, are now available. This review will provide an overview of preclinical studies with the ever-expanding AAV vector portfolio in large animal models and an update on new lead AAV vector candidates poised for clinical translation.

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AnimalsCentral Nervous SystemDependovirusEyeGenetic VectorsHumansLiverLungMusculoskeletal SystemMyocardium

Identifiers

PMID22273577
PMCPMC3321598

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