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ArticleNature communications2025

Optimized AAV capsids for basal ganglia diseases show robust potency and distribution.

D E Leib, Y H Chen, L Tecedor, P T Ranum, M S Keiser, B C Lewandowski, E M Carrell, S Arora, I Huerta-Ocampo, D Lai and 4 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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  3. Optimized AAV capsids robustly transduce airway epithelial cells.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  8. Current trends in gene therapy to treat inherited disorders of the brain.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

D E Leib *Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Y H Chen *Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
L Tecedor *Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-3544
P T Ranum *Raymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
M S KeiserDepartment of Neurological Surgery, Neurotech Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-9055-6874
B C LewandowskiRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
E M CarrellRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
S AroraRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
I Huerta-OcampoRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
D LaiRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4203-3391
C M FlutaLatus Bio, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
C ChengRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
X LiuRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
B L DavidsonRaymond G. Perelman Center for Cellular and Molecular Therapeutics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA. davidsonbl@chop.edu.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Huntington's disease and other disorders of the basal ganglia create challenges for biomolecule-based medicines given the poor accessibility of these deep brain structures following intracerebral or intravascular delivery. Here, we found that low dose, low volume delivery of unbiased AAV libraries into the globus pallidus allowed recovery of novel capsids capable of broad access to key deep brain and cortical structures relevant for human therapies. One such capsid, AAV-DB-3, provided transduction of up to 45% of medium spiny neurons in the adult NHP striatum, along with substantial transduction of relevant deep layer neurons in the cortex. Notably, AAV-DB-3 behaved similarly in mice as in NHPs and potently transduced human neurons derived from induced pluripotent stem cells. Thus, AAV-DB-3 provides a unique AAV for network level brain gene therapies that translates up and down the evolutionary scale for preclinical studies and eventual clinical use.

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Basal Ganglia DiseasesCapsidDependovirusGenetic TherapyGenetic VectorsHuntington DiseaseAnimalsBasal GangliaCorpus StriatumFemaleGlobus PallidusHumansInduced Pluripotent Stem CellsMaleMiceNeurons

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PMID40389462
PMCPMC12089535

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