Evidence map›Paper›PMID 23596044›Full record

ReviewBlood2013

Immune responses to AAV vectors: overcoming barriers to successful gene therapy.

Federico Mingozzi, Katherine A High

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In one paragraph

Review in Blood, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 566 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
566citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
32.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

566 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 879 citations in OpenAlex.

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  16. Advances and clinical potential of epigenome editing.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026
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  17. Systemic AAV-hInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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506 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Federico MingozziDivision of Hematology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
Katherine A High
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

Safety &Efficacy of Intravas. Del. of AAV-F.IX to Skeletal MuscleP01HL064190 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSP OF PHILADELPHIA · PI ARRUDA, VALDER R. · 2000 to 2015
$27.8M
Vector CoreP01HL078810 · NHLBI · WISTAR INSTITUTE · PI ERTL, HILDEGUND C. J. · 2005 to 2014
$16.7M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL064190NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL078810NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL64190
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy products for the treatment of genetic diseases are currently in clinical trials, and one of these, an adeno-associated viral (AAV) product, has recently been licensed. AAV vectors have achieved positive results in a number of clinical and preclinical settings, including hematologic disorders such as the hemophilias, Gaucher disease, hemochromatosis, and the porphyrias. Because AAV vectors are administered directly to the patient, the likelihood of a host immune response is high, as shown by human studies. Preexisting and/or recall responses to the wild-type virus from which the vector is engineered, or to the transgene product itself, can interfere with therapeutic efficacy if not identified and managed optimally. Small-scale clinical studies have enabled investigators to dissect the immune responses to the AAV vector capsid and to the transgene product, and to develop strategies to manage these responses to achieve long-term expression of the therapeutic gene. However, a comprehensive understanding of the determinants of immunogenicity of AAV vectors, and of potential associated toxicities, is still lacking. Careful immunosurveillance conducted as part of ongoing clinical studies will provide the basis for understanding the intricacies of the immune response in AAV-mediated gene transfer, facilitating safe and effective therapies for genetic diseases.

Indexed as

Antibodies, ViralDependovirusGenetic Diseases, InbornGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHumansAntibodies, Viral

Identifiers

PMID23596044
PMCPMC3701904
OpenAlexW1994064996

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