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ArticleHuman gene therapy2020

Rescue of Adeno-Associated Virus Production by shRNA Cotransfection.

Maria C Guimaro, Sandra A Afione, Tsutomu Tanaka, John A Chiorini

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Article in Human gene therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Viral gene replication enhances AAV vector quality and reduces manufacturing costs.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  3. Rescue of myocytes and locomotion throughMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria C GuimaroAdeno-Associated Virus Biology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Sandra A AfioneAdeno-Associated Virus Biology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
Tsutomu TanakaAdeno-Associated Virus Biology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
John A ChioriniAdeno-Associated Virus Biology Section, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
National Institutes of Health · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector technology is rapidly advancing and becoming not only the leading vector platform in the field of gene therapy but also a useful tool for functional genomic studies of novel proteins. As most vectors utilize constitutive promoters, this results in transgene expression during production. Depending on the transgene product, this could induce proapoptotic, cytostatic, or other unknown effects that interfere with producer cell function and, therefore, reduce viral vector yield. This can be a major limitation when trying to characterize poorly described genes. We describe the novel use of shRNA encoding plasmids cotransfected during packaging to limit the expression of the cytotoxic transgene product. This allowed the production of an otherwise unpackageable vector. The approach is simple, versatile, does not require modification of the vector plasmid, and should be easily adaptable to almost any transgene with minimal cost.

Indexed as

TransgenesDependovirusEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPGenetic VectorsHeat-Shock ProteinsHEK293 CellsHumansRNA, Small InterferingTransfectionEndoplasmic Reticulum Chaperone BiPHeat-Shock ProteinsHSPA5 protein, humanRNA, Small InterferingAAVcytotoxic transgeneGPR78shRNA

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PMID32174180
PMCPMC7585602
OpenAlexW3011799508

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