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ArticleScientific reports2019

AAV-mediated expression of HLA-G1/5 reduces severity of experimental autoimmune uveitis.

Elizabeth Crabtree, Liujiang Song, Telmo Llanga, Jacquelyn J Bower, Megan Cullen, Jacklyn H Salmon, Matthew L Hirsch, Brian C Gilger

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Elizabeth CrabtreeCollege of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Liujiang SongDepartment of Pediatrics, Hunan Normal University Medical College, Changsha, Hunan, China.
Telmo LlangaOphthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Jacquelyn J BowerOphthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Megan CullenCollege of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Jacklyn H SalmonCollege of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA.
Matthew L HirschOphthalmology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.
Brian C GilgerCollege of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA. bgilger@ncsu.edu.
North Carolina State University · USUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · USUNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

Funding

Rational and Combinatorial Engineering of AAV VectorsR01AI072176 · NIAID · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI HIRSCH, MATTHEW LOUIS, SAMULSKI, RICHARD J · 2008 to 2017
$3.7M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI072176NIH HHS RO1AI072176-06A1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Non-infectious uveitis (NIU) is an intractable, recurrent, and painful disease that is a common cause of vision loss. Available treatments of NIU, such as the use of topical corticosteroids, are non-specific and have serious side effects which limits them to short-term use; however, NIU requires long-term treatment to prevent vision loss. Therefore, a single dose therapeutic that mediates long-term immunosuppression with minimal side effects is desirable. In order to develop an effective long-term therapy for NIU, an adeno-associated virus (AAV) gene therapy approach was used to exploit a natural immune tolerance mechanism induced by the human leukocyte antigen G (HLA-G). To mimic the prevention of NIU, naïve Lewis rats received a single intravitreal injection of AAV particles harboring codon-optimized cDNAs encoding HLA-G1 and HLA-G5 isoforms one week prior to the induction of experimental autoimmune uveitis (EAU). AAV-mediated expression of the HLA-G-1 and -5 transgenes in the targeted ocular tissues following a single intravitreal injection of AAV-HLA-G1/5 significantly decreased clinical and histopathological inflammation scores compared to untreated EAU eyes (p < 0.04). Thus, localized ocular gene delivery of AAV-HLA-G1/5 may reduce the off-target risks and establish a long-term immunosuppressive effect that would serve as an effective and novel therapeutic strategy for NIU, with the potential for applications to additional ocular immune-mediated diseases.

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingDependovirusFemaleGenetic TherapyHLA-G AntigensIntravitreal InjectionsRatsUveitisAntibodies, NeutralizingHLA-G Antigens

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PMCPMC6934797
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