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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2020

The Immune Response to the fVIII Gene Therapy in Preclinical Models.

Seema R Patel, Taran S Lundgren, H Trent Spencer, Christopher B Doering

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. The Epigenetic Landscape of Hemophilia.Current molecular medicine · 2026
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  11. Blunting specific T-dependent antibody responses with engineered "decoy" B cells.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2024
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  16. Nonhuman Primates in Translational Research.Annual review of animal biosciences · 2022
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  20. Gene Therapy for Inherited Bleeding Disorders.Seminars in thrombosis and hemostasis · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Seema R PatelHemostasis and Thrombosis Program, Department of Pediatrics, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Taran S LundgrenCell and Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pediatrics, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
H Trent SpencerCell and Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pediatrics, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Christopher B DoeringCell and Gene Therapy Program, Department of Pediatrics, Aflac Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States.
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta · USEmory University · US

Funding

Translational Research SkillsU54HL112309 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI LOLLAR, JOHN S. · 2012 to 2016
$12.1M
Unraveling the immune response to factor VIIIU54HL141981 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI MEEKS, SHANNON L. · 2018 to 2022
$8.1M
Clinical Testing of the First Suspension BHK-M Cell Platform Derived BiotherapeuticR44HL110448 · NHLBI · EXPRESSION THERAPEUTICS · PI DENNING, GABRIELA, DOERING, CHRISTOPHER BRADLEY · 2018 to 2019
$1.5M
Bioengineered Recombinant FVIIIR44HL117511 · NHLBI · EXPRESSION THERAPEUTICS · PI DENNING, GABRIELA, DOERING, CHRISTOPHER BRADLEY · 2014 to 2015
$1.5M
Ancestral Sequence Reconstruction Engineering of Coagulation FactorsR01HL137128 · NHLBI · EMORY UNIVERSITY · PI DOERING, CHRISTOPHER BRADLEY, SPENCER, H TRENT · 2017 to 2019
$1.1M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL137128NHLBI NIH HHS R44 HL110448NHLBI NIH HHS R44 HL117511NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL112309NHLBI NIH HHS U54 HL141981
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neutralizing antibodies to factor VIII (fVIII), referred to as "inhibitors," remain the most challenging complication post-fVIII replacement therapy. Preclinical development of novel fVIII products involves studies incorporating hemophilia A (HA) and wild-type animal models. Though immunogenicity is a critical aspect of preclinical pharmacology studies, gene therapy studies tend to focus on fVIII expression levels without major consideration for immunogenicity. Therefore, little clarity exists on whether preclinical testing can be predictive of clinical immunogenicity risk. Despite this, but perhaps due to the potential for transformative benefits, clinical gene therapy trials have progressed rapidly. In more than two decades, no inhibitors have been observed. However, all trials are conducted in previously treated patients without a history of inhibitors. The current review thus focuses on our understanding of preclinical immunogenicity for HA gene therapy candidates and the potential indication for inhibitor treatment, with a focus on product- and platform-specific determinants, including fVIII transgene sequence composition and tissue/vector biodistribution. Currently, the two leading clinical gene therapy vectors are adeno-associated viral (AAV) and lentiviral (LV) vectors. For HA applications, AAV vectors are liver-tropic and employ synthetic, high-expressing, liver-specific promoters. Factors including vector serotype and biodistribution, transcriptional regulatory elements, transgene sequence, dosing, liver immunoprivilege, and host immune status may contribute to tipping the scale between immunogenicity and tolerance. Many of these factors can also be important in delivery of LV-fVIII gene therapy, especially when delivered intravenously for liver-directed fVIII expression. However,

Indexed as

AnimalsAntibodies, NeutralizingDisease Models, AnimalDrug Evaluation, PreclinicalDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFactor VIIIGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHemophilia AHumansAntibodies, NeutralizingFactor VIIIadeno-associated viral vectorsfactor VIII (fVIII)gene therapyhematopoietic (stem) cellshemophilia Ainhibitorslentiviral (LV) vector

Identifiers

PMID32351497
PMCPMC7174743
OpenAlexW3017135170

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