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ArticleGenome medicine2014

VISPA: a computational pipeline for the identification and analysis of genomic vector integration sites.

Andrea Calabria, Simone Leo, Fabrizio Benedicenti, Daniela Cesana, Giulio Spinozzi, Massimilano Orsini, Stefania Merella, Elia Stupka, Gianluigi Zanetti, Eugenio Montini

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Article in Genome medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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17citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Andrea CalabriaSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGET), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy.
Simone LeoCenter for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4), 09010 Pula, CA Italy ; Università degli Studi di Cagliari, 09124 Cagliari, Italy.
Fabrizio BenedicentiSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGET), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy.
Daniela CesanaSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGET), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy.
Giulio SpinozziSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGET), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy ; Department of Informatics, Systems and Communication (DISCo) - University of Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy.
Massimilano OrsiniCenter for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4), 09010 Pula, CA Italy.
Stefania MerellaCenter for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy.
Elia StupkaCenter for Translational Genomics and Bioinformatics, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Via Olgettina 58, 20132 Milano, Italy.
Gianluigi ZanettiCenter for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia (CRS4), 09010 Pula, CA Italy.
Eugenio MontiniSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy (TIGET), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 20132 Milano, Italy.
The San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy · ITCenter for Advanced Studies Research and Development in Sardinia · ITSan Raffaele University of Rome · ITUniversity of Milano-Bicocca · ITVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

Funding

Telethon TGT11D01Wellcome Trust 095931
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The analysis of the genomic distribution of viral vector genomic integration sites is a key step in hematopoietic stem cell-based gene therapy applications, allowing to assess both the safety and the efficacy of the treatment and to study the basic aspects of hematopoiesis and stem cell biology. Identifying vector integration sites requires ad-hoc bioinformatics tools with stringent requirements in terms of computational efficiency, flexibility, and usability. We developed VISPA (Vector Integration Site Parallel Analysis), a pipeline for automated integration site identification and annotation based on a distributed environment with a simple Galaxy web interface. VISPA was successfully used for the bioinformatics analysis of the follow-up of two lentiviral vector-based hematopoietic stem-cell gene therapy clinical trials. Our pipeline provides a reliable and efficient tool to assess the safety and efficacy of integrating vectors in clinical settings.

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PMID25342980
PMCPMC4169225
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