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ArticleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2019

AAV2/8 Anti-angiogenic Gene Therapy Using Single-Chain Antibodies Inhibits Murine Choroidal Neovascularization.

Chris P Hughes, Neil M J O'Flynn, Maureen Gatherer, Michelle E McClements, Jennifer A Scott, Robert E MacLaren, Srinivas Goverdhan, Martin J Glennie, Andrew J Lotery

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Article in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Chris P HughesClinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Neil M J O'FlynnClinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Maureen GathererClinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Michelle E McClementsOxford Eye Hospital and Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Jennifer A ScottClinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Robert E MacLarenOxford Eye Hospital and Nuffield Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Srinivas GoverdhanClinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Martin J GlennieCancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Andrew J LoteryClinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK.
University of Southampton · GBNuffield Orthopaedic Centre · GBUniversity of Oxford · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K007629/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While anti-angiogenic therapies for wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD) are effective for many patients, they require multiple injections and are expensive and prone to complications. Gene therapy could be an elegant solution for this problem by providing a long-term source of anti-angiogenic proteins after a single administration. Another potential issue with current therapeutic proteins containing a fragment crystallizable (Fc) domain (such as whole antibodies like bevacizumab) is the induction of an unwanted immune response. In wet AMD, a low level of inflammation is already present, so to avoid exacerbation of disease by the therapeutic protein, we propose single-chain fragment variable (scFv) antibodies, which lack the Fc domain, as a safer alternative. To investigate the feasibility of this, anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-blocking antibodies in two formats were produced and tested

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AAVAMDangiogenesisanti-VEGF scFv antibodiesCNV mouse modelgene therapysingle-chainvector

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PMID30719487
PMCPMC6350388
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