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ArticleMolecular therapy. Methods & clinical development2021

Efficient and safe correction of hemophilia A by lentiviral vector-transduced BOECs in an implantable device.

Cristina Olgasi, Chiara Borsotti, Simone Merlin, Thorsten Bergmann, Patrick Bittorf, Adeolu Badi Adewoye, Nicholas Wragg, Kelcey Patterson, Andrea Calabria, Fabrizio Benedicenti and 10 more

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Article in Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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12citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 11% 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

12 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

20 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.

Cristina OlgasiDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Chiara BorsottiDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Simone MerlinDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Thorsten BergmannDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97082 Würzburg, Germany.
Patrick BittorfDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97082 Würzburg, Germany.
Adeolu Badi AdewoyeInstitute of Inflammation and Ageing, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT Birmingham, UK.
Nicholas WraggGuy Hilton Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Bioengineering, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST47QB Stoke-on-Trent, UK.
Kelcey PattersonSernova Corp., London, ON N6G4X8, Canada.
Andrea CalabriaTIGET-HSR, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Fabrizio BenedicentiTIGET-HSR, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Alessia CucciDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Alessandra BorchielliniHaematology Unit Regional Center for Hemorrhagic and Thrombotic Diseases, City of Health and Science University Hospital of Molinette, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Berardino PollioImmune-Haematology and Transfusion Medicine, Regina Margherita Children Hospital, City of Health and Science University Hospital of Molinette, 10126 Turin, Italy.
Eugenio MontiniTIGET-HSR, 20132 Milan, Italy.
Delfina M MazzucaSernova Corp., London, ON N6G4X8, Canada.
Martin ZierauIMS Integrierte Management Systeme e. K., 64646 Heppenheim, Germany.
Alexandra StolzingCentre for Biological Engineering, School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, LE113TU Loughborough, UK.
Philip M ToleikisSernova Corp., London, ON N6G4X8, Canada.
Joris BraspenningDepartment of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97082 Würzburg, Germany.
Antonia FollenziDepartment of Health Sciences, University of Piemonte Orientale, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” · ITThe San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy · ITUniversitätsklinikum Würzburg · DEKeele University · GBLoughborough University · GBUniversity of Birmingham · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hemophilia A (HA) is a rare bleeding disorder caused by deficiency/dysfunction of the FVIII protein. As current therapies based on frequent FVIII infusions are not a definitive cure, long-term expression of FVIII in endothelial cells through lentiviral vector (LV)-mediated gene transfer holds the promise of a one-time treatment. Thus, here we sought to determine whether LV-corrected blood outgrowth endothelial cells (BOECs) implanted through a prevascularized medical device (Cell Pouch) would rescue the bleeding phenotype of HA mice. To this end, BOECs from HA patients and healthy donors were isolated, expanded, and transduced with an LV carrying FVIII driven by an endothelial-specific promoter employing GMP-like procedures. FVIII-corrected HA BOECs were either directly transplanted into the peritoneal cavity or injected into a Cell Pouch implanted subcutaneously in NSG-HA mice. In both cases, FVIII secretion was sufficient to improve the mouse bleeding phenotype. Indeed, FVIII-corrected HA BOECs reached a relatively short-term clinically relevant engraftment being detected up to 16 weeks after transplantation, and their genomic integration profile did not show enrichment for oncogenes, confirming the process safety. Overall, this is the first preclinical study showing the safety and feasibility of transplantation of GMP-like produced LV-corrected BOECs within an implantable device for the long-term treatment of HA.

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BOECcell and gene therapyendothelial cellsFVIIIhemophilia Alentiviral vectormedical device

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PMID34853801
PMCPMC8606349
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