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ReviewGene therapy2025

Prospects of viral vector-mediated delivery of sequences encoding anti-HBV designer endonucleases.

Ridhwaanah Jacobs, Prashika Singh, Tiffany Smith, Patrick Arbuthnot, Mohube Betty Maepa

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Review in Gene therapy, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ridhwaanah JacobsWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Prashika SinghWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Tiffany SmithWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Patrick ArbuthnotWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-4149-8995
Mohube Betty MaepaWits/SAMRC Antiviral Gene Therapy Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. betty.maepa@wits.ac.za.ORCID 0000-0002-2249-7615
South African Medical Research Council · ZA

Funding

National Research Foundation (NRF) Student bursary
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Available treatment for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection offers modest functional curative efficacy. The viral replicative intermediate comprising covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA) is responsible for persistent chronic HBV infection. Hence, current efforts have focused on developing therapies that disable cccDNA. Employing gene editing tools has emerged as an attractive strategy, with the end goal of establishing permanently inactivated cccDNA. Although anti-HBV designer nucleases are effective in vivo, none has yet progressed to clinical trial. Lack of safe and efficient delivery systems remains the limiting factor. Several vectors may be used to deliver anti-HBV gene editor-encoding sequences, with viral vectors being at the forefront. Despite the challenges associated with packaging large gene editor-encoding sequences into viral vectors, advancement in the field is overcoming such limitations. Translation of viral vector-mediated gene editing against HBV to clinical application is within reach. This review discusses the prospects of delivering HBV targeted designer nucleases using viral vectors.

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EndonucleasesGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHepatitis B, ChronicHepatitis B virusAnimalsDNA, CircularGene EditingGene Transfer TechniquesHumansDNA, CircularEndonucleases

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PMID35606493
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