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ReviewHematology/oncology clinics of North America2023

Gene Therapy and Gene Editing for β-Thalassemia.

Georgios E Christakopoulos, Raul Telange, Jonathan Yen, Mitchell J Weiss

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Review in Hematology/oncology clinics of North America, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
5.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Beta thalassemia syndromes: New insights.World journal of clinical cases · 2025
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  13. When should gene therapy be considered for transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia patients?Hematology. American Society of Hematology. Education Program · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Georgios E ChristakopoulosDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS #355, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Raul TelangeDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS #355, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Jonathan YenDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS #355, Memphis, TN 38105, USA.
Mitchell J WeissDepartment of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, MS #355, Memphis, TN 38105, USA. Electronic address: mitch.weiss@stjude.org.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital · US

Funding

VIROSOME/PROTEOLIPOSOME MEDIATED GENE TRANSFERP01HL053749 · NHLBI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI RYU, BYOUNG Y · 1994 to 2022
$43.6M
PedGeneRx - Admin Supplement to Base Editing and Prime Editing for Sickle Cell Disease R01R01HL156647 · NHLBI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI Agnieszka Czechowicz, DAVID R LIU · 2021 to 2026
$4.8M
ULK-mediated autophagy of α-globin in ß-thalassemiaR01HL165798 · NHLBI · ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL · PI WEISS, MITCHELL J · 2022 to 2025
$2.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS P01 HL053749NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL165798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After many years of intensive research, emerging data from clinical trials indicate that gene therapy for transfusion-dependent β-thalassemia is now possible. Strategies for therapeutic manipulation of patient hematopoietic stem cells include lentiviral transduction of a functional erythroid-expressed β-globin gene and genome editing to activate fetal hemoglobin production in patient red blood cells. Gene therapy for β-thalassemia and other blood disorders will invariably improve as experience accumulates over time. The best overall approaches are not known and perhaps not yet established. Gene therapy comes at a high cost, and collaboration between multiple stakeholders is required to ensure that these new medicines are administered equitably.

Indexed as

beta-ThalassemiaErythrocytesGene EditingGenetic TherapyHematopoietic Stem CellsHumansGene editingGene therapyβ-thalassemia

Identifiers

PMID36907613
PMCPMC10355137
OpenAlexW4323818878

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Registered trials

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