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ArticleHuman gene therapy2014

Similar therapeutic efficacy between a single administration of gene therapy and multiple administrations of recombinant enzyme in a mouse model of lysosomal storage disease.

Rita Ferla, Pamela Claudiani, Gabriella Cotugno, Paola Saccone, Elvira De Leonibus, Alberto Auricchio

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Article in Human gene therapy, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Rat models of musculoskeletal lysosomal storage disorders and their role in pre-clinical evaluation of gene therapy approaches.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2025
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  9. Mucopolysaccharidosis Type VI, an Updated Overview of the Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
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  13. Rescue of GSDIII Phenotype with Gene Transfer Requires Liver- and Muscle-Targeted GDE Expression.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Rita Ferla1 Telethon Institute of Genetics and Medicine , 80131 Naples, Italy .
Pamela Claudiani
Gabriella Cotugno
Paola Saccone
Elvira De Leonibus
Alberto Auricchio
Federico II University Hospital · ITInstitute of Genetics and Biophysics · IT

Funding

Telethon TGM11MT6
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) has become the standard of care for several lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs). Despite ERT's undisputed efficacy, the requirement for multiple and costly administrations as well as ERT's limited improvement of some LSD manifestations prompts the search for better therapies. Using a mouse model of mucopolysaccharidosis VI, we compared the efficacy of a single intravascular administration of an adeno-associated viral vector targeting liver to weekly infusions of human recombinant enzyme at the same doses used in mucopolysaccharidosis VI patients. While gene therapy results in increased and stable levels of circulating enzyme up to 1 year after vector administration, ERT has typical peak-and-drop serum kinetics. Both therapies similarly reduced glycosaminoglycan levels in urine and tissues including heart valves and myocardium, with gene therapy improving skeletal skull abnormalities slightly better, although not significantly, than ERT. Both therapies seem to similarly improve animal motor performance, with gene therapy possibly associated with less animal distress. Thus, a single vector administration that converts liver into a factory organ for systemic secretion of therapeutic proteins is at least as effective as ERT in a mouse model of LSD, potentially eliminating problems with compliance and costs. Only testing in humans will prove whether this holds true in a clinical setting.

Indexed as

DependovirusGenetic VectorsN-Acetylgalactosamine-4-SulfataseAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyGlycosaminoglycansHumansLysosomal Storage DiseasesMiceMyocardiumARSB protein, humanglucosaminoglycansGlycosaminoglycansN-Acetylgalactosamine-4-Sulfatase

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PMID24725025
PMCPMC4098964
OpenAlexW2054021767

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