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ReviewJournal of inherited metabolic disease2024

Gene therapy for neurotransmitter-related disorders.

Wing Sum Chu, Joanne Ng, Simon N Waddington, Manju A Kurian

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Review in Journal of inherited metabolic disease, 2024. 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
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Genetic therapies for neurological diseases.Pharmacological reviews · 2026
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  5. Gene therapy for neurotransmitter-related disorders.Journal of inherited metabolic disease · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Wing Sum ChuGene Transfer Technology Group, EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3517-2200
Joanne NgGene Transfer Technology Group, EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7946-9965
Simon N WaddingtonGene Transfer Technology Group, EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-4970-4730
Manju A KurianDevelopmental Neurosciences, Zayed Centre for Research into Rare Disease in Children, Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, University College London, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-3529-5075
Institute for Women's Policy Research · USGreat Ormond Street Hospital · GBSouth African Medical Research Council · ZA

Funding

Medical Research Council MR/K02342X/1Medical Research Council MR/R015325/1Wellcome TrustWellcome Trust WT098524MA
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Inborn errors of neurotransmitter (NT) metabolism are a group of rare, heterogenous diseases with predominant neurological features, such as movement disorders, autonomic dysfunction, and developmental delay. Clinical overlap with other disorders has led to delayed diagnosis and treatment, and some conditions are refractory to oral pharmacotherapies. Gene therapies have been developed and translated to clinics for paediatric inborn errors of metabolism, with 38 interventional clinical trials ongoing to date. Furthermore, efforts in restoring dopamine synthesis and neurotransmission through viral gene therapy have been developed for Parkinson's disease. Along with the recent European Medicines Agency (EMA) and Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approval of an AAV2 gene supplementation therapy for AADC deficiency, promising efficacy and safety profiles can be achieved in this group of diseases. In this review, we present preclinical and clinical advances to address NT-related diseases, and summarise potential challenges that require careful considerations for NT gene therapy studies.

Indexed as

Amino Acid Metabolism, Inborn ErrorsParkinson DiseaseAromatic-L-Amino-Acid DecarboxylasesChildGenetic TherapyHumansNeurotransmitter AgentsAromatic-L-Amino-Acid DecarboxylasesNeurotransmitter AgentsAADC deficiencyDTDSGene therapyinborn errors of neurotransmissionneurotransmitter disease

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PMID38221762
PMCPMC11108624
OpenAlexW4390886399

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