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ReviewMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2017

Hematopoietic Stem Cell Gene Therapy for Storage Disease: Current and New Indications.

Alessandra Biffi

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Review in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 53 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

53 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Biologic Therapies for Alleviating Neurodegeneration in Lysosomal Storage Diseases.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2026
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  4. Stem cell and gene therapies for leukodystrophies.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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  10. Engineering memory T cells as a platform for long-term enzyme replacement therapy in lysosomal storage disorders.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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  15. Bone Growth Induction in Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA Mouse.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  18. Gene Therapy of Sphingolipid Metabolic Disorders.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Alessandra BiffiHarvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Gene Therapy Program, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA 02115, USA; Program for Gene Therapy in Rare Diseases, Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Electronic address: alessandra.biffi@childrens.harvard.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lysosomal storage disorders (LSDs) are a broad class of monogenic diseases with an overall incidence of 1:7,000 newborns, due to the defective activity of one or more lysosomal hydrolases or related proteins resulting in storage of un-degraded substrates in the lysosomes. The over 40 different known LSDs share a life-threatening nature, but they are present with extremely variable clinical manifestations, determined by the characteristics and tissue distribution of the material accumulating due to the lysosomal dysfunction. The majority of LSDs lack a curative treatment. This is particularly true for LSDs severely affecting the CNS. Based on current preclinical and clinical evidences, among other treatment modalities, hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy could potentially result in robust therapeutic benefit for LSD patients, with particular indication for those characterized by severe brain damage. Optimization of current approaches and technology, as well as implementation of clinical trials for novel indications, and prolonged and more extensive follow-up of the already treated patients will allow translating this promise into new medicinal products.

Indexed as

Hematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsBrain Damage, ChronicDisease Models, AnimalEnzyme Replacement TherapyGene ExpressionGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansHydrolasesLentivirusLysosomal Storage DiseasesLysosomesTransplantation, HomologousHydrolasescentral nervous systemgene therapyhematopoietic stem cellslentiviral vectorslysosomal enzymesstorage diseases

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PMID28389320
PMCPMC5417839

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