Innate immune sensing of adeno-associated virus vectors

D Cao, BJ Byrne, YP de Jong, C Terhorst… - Human Gene …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) based viral vectors are widely used in human gene therapy
and form the basis of approved treatments for several genetic diseases. Immune responses …

Understanding and tackling immune responses to adeno-associated viral vectors

H Costa-Verdera, C Unzu, E Valeri, S Adriouch… - Human Gene …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
As the clinical experience in adeno-associated viral (AAV) vector-based gene therapies is
expanding, the necessity to better understand and control the host immune responses is …

B cell focused transient immune suppression protocol for efficient AAV readministration to the liver

J Rana, RW Herzog, M Muñoz-Melero… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2024 - cell.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are used for correcting multiple genetic disorders.
Although the goal is to achieve lifelong correction with a single vector administration, the …

Dorsal root ganglion toxicity after AAV intra-CSF delivery of a RNAi expression construct into non-human primates and mice

ZCE Hawley, ID Pardo, S Cao, MI Zavodszky, F Casey… - Molecular Therapy, 2025 - cell.com
Dorsal root ganglion (DRG) toxicity has been consistently reported as a potential safety
concern after delivery of adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) containing gene-replacement …

Complement system response to adeno-associated virus vector gene therapy

E Kropf, DM Markusic, A Majowicz, F Mingozzi… - Human Gene …, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors represent a novel tool for the delivery of genetic
therapeutics and enable the treatment of a wide range of diseases. Success of this new …

Emerging Thrombotic Disorders Associated with Virus-Based Innovative Therapies: From VITT to AAV Gene Therapy–Related Thrombotic Microangiopathy

S Benemei, F Gatto, R Marcucci… - Thrombosis and …, 2024 - thieme-connect.com
Gene therapy is a promising therapeutic approach for treating life-threatening disorders.
Despite the clinical improvements observed with gene therapy, immune responses either …

Engineered IgM and IgG cleaving enzymes for mitigating antibody neutralization and complement activation in AAV gene transfer

TJ Smith, ZC Elmore, RM Fusco, JA Hull, A Rosales… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Systemic dosing of adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors poses potential risk of adverse side
effects including complement activation triggered by anti-capsid immunity. Due to the …

AAV immunotoxicity: Implications in anti-HBV gene therapy

R Jacobs, MD Dogbey, N Mnyandu, K Neves, S Barth… - Microorganisms, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has afflicted humankind for decades and there is still no treatment
that can clear the infection. The development of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) …

Systemic toxicity of recombinant adeno-associated virus gene therapy vectors

BT Assaf - Toxicologic Pathology, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors have emerged as a promising tool for
gene therapy. However, the systemic administration of rAAV vectors is not without risks …

Engineered nanoparticles promote cardiac tropism of AAV vectors

L Switala, L Di, H Gao, C Asase, M Klos… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Cardiac muscle targeting is a notoriously difficult task. Although various nanoparticle (NP)
and adeno-associated viral (AAV) strategies with heart tissue tropism have been developed …