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ReviewTherapeutic delivery2010

Viral vectors and delivery strategies for CNS gene therapy.

Steven J Gray, Kenton T Woodard, R Jude Samulski

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In one paragraph

Review in Therapeutic delivery, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
60citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

60 citing papers in PubMed, 116 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
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  3. Targeting Neurovascular Pathways: Gene Therapy as a Novel Treatment for Vascular Dementia After Stroke.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2026
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  4. When gene replacement becomes a double-edged sword: Guardrails for precision neurotherapeutics in Lafora disease.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2026
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  6. Organosulfur Compounds: Potential Therapeutics for Parkinson's Disease.CNS & neurological disorders drug targets · 2026
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  18. Gene Therapy in ALS and SMA: Advances, Challenges and Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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 at 1 institution in 1 country.

Steven J GrayGene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
Kenton T Woodard
R Jude Samulski
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US

Funding

Training & EducationU54AR056953 · NIAMS · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 2008 to 2012
$7.1M
NIAMS NIH HHS U54 AR056953
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This review aims to provide a broad overview of the targets, challenges and potential for gene therapy in the CNS, citing specific examples. There are a broad range of therapeutic targets, with very different requirements for a suitable viral vector. By utilizing different vector tropisms, novel routes of administration and engineered promoter control, transgenes can be targeted to specific therapeutic applications. Viral vectors have proven efficacious in preclinical models for several disease applications, spurring several clinical trials. While the field has pushed the limits of existing adeno-associated virus-based vectors, a next generation of vectors based on rational engineering of viral capsids should expand the application of gene therapy to be more effective in specific therapeutic applications.

Indexed as

Genetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesAnimalsCentral Nervous System DiseasesGenetic TherapyHumansViruses

Identifiers

PMID22833965
PMCPMC4509525
OpenAlexW2079864193

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Registered trials

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