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ReviewMolecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy2023

Redirecting AAV vectors to extrahepatic tissues.

Aravind Asokan, Shen Shen

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Review in Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Structural basis of liver de-targeting and neuronal tropism of CNS-targeted AAV capsids.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2026
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  6. Delivery platforms forFrontiers in immunology · 2026
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  7. Precise progerin targeting using RfxCas13d: A therapeutic avenue for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Aravind AsokanDepartment of Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. Electronic address: aravind.asokan@duke.edu.
Shen ShenVertex Pharmaceuticals, 50 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: shen_shen@vrtx.com.

Funding

Determinants of AAV TropismR01HL089221 · NHLBI · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI Aravind Asokan · 2009 to 2026
$8.1M
Evolving Novel AAV Vectors for Gene Therapy to Cure HIVR01AI166969 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI ASOKAN, ARAVIND, SACHA, JONAH B. · 2022 to 2025
$4.9M
Non-canonical epitope presentation and antigen processing by MHC-ER01AI175459 · NIAID · OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY · PI Klaus J Fruh, Jonah B. Sacha · 2023 to 2026
$2.8M
Evolving High Potency AAV Vectors for Neuromuscular Genome EditingUH3AR075336 · NIAMS · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI ASOKAN, ARAVIND · 2021 to 2022
$2.0M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL089221NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI166969NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI175459NIAMS NIH HHS UH3 AR075336
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recombinant adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors are the current benchmark for systemic delivery of gene therapies to multiple organs in vivo. Despite clinical successes, safe and effective gene delivery to extrahepatic tissues has proven challenging due to dose limiting toxicity arising from high liver uptake of AAV vectors. Deeper understanding of AAV structure, receptor biology, and pharmacology has enabled the design and engineering of liver-de-targeted capsids ushering in several new vector candidates. This next generation of AAVs offers significant promise for extrahepatic gene delivery to cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and neurological tissues with improved safety profiles.

Indexed as

DependovirusGene Transfer TechniquesCapsidGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsLiveradeno-associated virusadverse eventsbiodistributioncapsidextrahepaticgene deliverygene transferliver-de-targetingsafetytoxicitytropismvector engineering

Identifiers

PMID37805712
PMCPMC10727976

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