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ArticleScientific reports2021

Reference standards for accurate validation and optimization of assays that determine integrated lentiviral vector copy number in transduced cells.

Barbara S Paugh, Lajos Baranyi, Andre Roy, Hua-Jun He, Lindsay Harris, Kenneth D Cole, Moria Artlip, Caroline Raimund, Patricia S Langan, Srikanta Jana and 4 more

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Article in Scientific reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Barbara S PaughLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Lajos BaranyiLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Andre RoyLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Hua-Jun HeNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Lindsay HarrisNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Kenneth D ColeNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Moria ArtlipLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Caroline RaimundLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Patricia S LanganLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Srikanta JanaLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Rimas J OrentasLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
Sheng Lin-GibsonNational Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. sheng.lin-gibson@nist.gov.
Winfried KruegerLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. winfried.krueger@miltenyi.com.
Boro DropulićLentigen, a Miltenyi Biotec Company, Gaithersburg, MD, USA. boro.dropulic@miltenyi.com.
Lentigen Technology (United States) · USNational Institute of Standards and Technology · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lentiviral vectors (LV) have emerged as a robust technology for therapeutic gene delivery into human cells as advanced medicinal products. As these products are increasingly commercialized, there are concomitant demands for their characterization to ensure safety, efficacy and consistency. Standards are essential for accurately measuring parameters for such product characterization. A critical parameter is the vector copy number (VCN) which measures the genetic dose of a transgene present in gene-modified cells. Here we describe a set of clonal Jurkat cell lines with defined copy numbers of a reference lentiviral vector integrated into their genomes. Genomic DNA was characterized for copy number, genomic integrity and integration coordinates and showed uniform performance across independent quantitative PCR assays. Stability studies during continuous long-term culture demonstrated sustained renewability of the reference standard source material. DNA from the Jurkat VCN standards would be useful for control of quantitative PCR assays for VCN determination in LV gene-modified cellular products and clinical samples.

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Gene DosageTransduction, GeneticCalibrationGenetic VectorsGene Transfer TechniquesHumansJurkat CellsLentivirusMutagenesis, InsertionalReference StandardsReproducibility of ResultsTransfectionValidation Studies as TopicVirus Integration

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PMID33431989
PMCPMC7801692
OpenAlexW3119907614

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