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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2021

Gene Therapies for Primary Immune Deficiencies.

Lisa A Kohn, Donald B Kohn

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
10.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 65 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Ultra-large targeted DNA integrations in primary human cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  8. Clinical hematopoietic stem cell-based gene therapy.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  9. PreclinicalGenes & diseases · 2025
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  11. HemizygousThe application of clinical genetics · 2025
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  14. [Advances in gene therapy for inborn errors of immunity].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Lisa A KohnDivision of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
Donald B KohnDivision of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Gene therapy is an innovative treatment for Primary Immune Deficiencies (PIDs) that uses autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation to deliver stem cells with added or edited versions of the missing or malfunctioning gene that causes the PID. Initial studies of gene therapy for PIDs in the 1990-2000's used integrating murine gamma-retroviral vectors. While these studies showed clinical efficacy in many cases, especially with the administration of marrow cytoreductive conditioning before cell re-infusion, these vectors caused genotoxicity and development of leukoproliferative disorders in several patients. More recent studies used lentiviral vectors in which the enhancer elements of the long terminal repeats self-inactivate during reverse transcription ("SIN" vectors). These SIN vectors have excellent safety profiles and have not been reported to cause any clinically significant genotoxicity. Gene therapy has successfully treated several PIDs including Adenosine Deaminase Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID), X-linked SCID, Artemis SCID, Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Leukocyte Adhesion Deficiency-I. In all, gene therapy for PIDs has progressed over the recent decades to be equal or better than allogeneic HSCT in terms of efficacy and safety. Further improvements in methods should lead to more consistent and reliable efficacy from gene therapy for a growing list of PIDs.

Indexed as

Genetic TherapyGranulomatous Disease, ChronicHematopoietic Stem CellsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationHumansPrimary Immunodeficiency DiseasesSevere Combined ImmunodeficiencyTreatment OutcomeWiskott-Aldrich SyndromeX-Linked Combined Immunodeficiency Diseasesgene therapyhematopoietic stem celllentiviral vectorprimary immune deficiencyretroviral vector

Identifiers

PMID33717203
PMCPMC7946985
OpenAlexW3130187764

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