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ArticleNature communications2024

Therapeutic efficacy of intracerebral hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy in an Alzheimer's disease mouse model.

Rita Milazzo, Annita Montepeloso, Rajesh Kumar, Francesca Ferro, Eleonora Cavalca, Pietro Rigoni, Paolo Cabras, Yuri Ciervo, Sabyasachi Das, Alessia Capotondo and 3 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  5. "Time Is Brain" - for Cell Therapies.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  7. Roles of TREM2 in Alzheimer's disease.Translational neurodegeneration · 2025
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  8. Stem cell and gene therapies for leukodystrophies.Molecular therapy. Methods & clinical development · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Rita MilazzoDivision of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Women and Child's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Annita MontepelosoGene Therapy Program, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3299-476X
Rajesh KumarGene Therapy Program, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Francesca FerroSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell and Gene Therapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Eleonora CavalcaSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell and Gene Therapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Pietro RigoniDivision of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Women and Child's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-1653-126X
Paolo CabrasDepartment of Biology and Biotechnology "L. Spallanzani", Cellular and Molecular Neuropharmacology lab, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy.
Yuri CiervoDivision of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Women and Child's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9546-7532
Sabyasachi DasGene Therapy Program, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Alessia CapotondoSan Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Division of Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cell and Gene Therapy, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Danilo PellinGene Therapy Program, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2647-0508
Marco PevianiGene Therapy Program, Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Boston, MA, USA.
Alessandra BiffiDivision of Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Department of Women and Child's Health, University of Padua, Padua, Italy. alessandra.biffi@unipd.it.ORCID 0000-0002-4610-0870

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The conditions supporting the generation of microglia-like cells in the central nervous system (CNS) after transplantation of hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) have been studied to advance the treatment of neurodegenerative disorders. Here, we explored the transplantation efficacy of different cell subsets and delivery routes with the goal of favoring the establishment of a stable and exclusive engraftment of HSPCs and their progeny in the CNS of female mice. In this setting, we show that the CNS environment drives the expansion, distribution and myeloid differentiation of the locally transplanted cells towards a microglia-like phenotype. Intra-CNS transplantation of HSPCs engineered to overexpress TREM2 decreased neuroinflammation, Aβ aggregation and improved memory in 5xFAD female mice. Our proof of concept study demonstrates the therapeutic potential of HSPC gene therapy for Alzheimer's disease.

Indexed as

Alzheimer DiseaseDisease Models, AnimalGenetic TherapyHematopoietic Stem CellsHematopoietic Stem Cell TransplantationMice, TransgenicMicrogliaAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsCell DifferentiationFemaleHumansMembrane GlycoproteinsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLReceptors, ImmunologicAmyloid beta-PeptidesMembrane GlycoproteinsReceptors, ImmunologicTrem2 protein, mouse

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PMID39271711
PMCPMC11399302

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