AAV vectors: The Rubik's cube of human gene therapy

A Pupo, A Fernández, SH Low, A François… - Molecular Therapy, 2022 - cell.com
Defective genes account for∼ 80% of the total of more than 7,000 diseases known to date.
Gene therapy brings the promise of a one-time treatment option that will fix the errors in …

Fantastic AAV gene therapy vectors and how to find them—random diversification, rational design and machine learning

J Becker, J Fakhiri, D Grimm - Pathogens, 2022 - mdpi.com
Parvoviruses are a diverse family of small, non-enveloped DNA viruses that infect a wide
variety of species, tissues and cell types. For over half a century, their intriguing biology and …

[HTML][HTML] Directed evolution of a family of AAV capsid variants enabling potent muscle-directed gene delivery across species

M Tabebordbar, KA Lagerborg, A Stanton, EM King… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Replacing or editing disease-causing mutations holds great promise for treating many
human diseases. Yet, delivering therapeutic genetic modifiers to specific cells in vivo has …

Cone-shaped HIV-1 capsids are transported through intact nuclear pores

V Zila, E Margiotta, B Turoňová, TG Müller, CE Zimmerli… - Cell, 2021 - cell.com
Summary Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) remains a major health threat. Viral capsid
uncoating and nuclear import of the viral genome are critical for productive infection. The …

Semirational bioengineering of AAV vectors with increased potency and specificity for systemic gene therapy of muscle disorders

J El Andari, E Renaud-Gabardos, W Tulalamba… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Bioengineering of viral vectors for therapeutic gene delivery is a pivotal strategy to reduce
doses, facilitate manufacturing, and improve efficacy and patient safety. Here, we …

Identification of a myotropic AAV by massively parallel in vivo evaluation of barcoded capsid variants

J Weinmann, S Weis, J Sippel, W Tulalamba… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) forms the basis for several commercial gene therapy products
and for countless gene transfer vectors derived from natural or synthetic viral isolates that …

Production, processing, and characterization of synthetic AAV gene therapy vectors

J El Andari, D Grimm - Biotechnology journal, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Over the last two decades, gene therapy vectors based on wild‐type Adeno‐associated
viruses (AAV) are safe and efficacious in numerous clinical trials and are translated into …

AAV capsid design: A Goldilocks challenge

S Zolotukhin, LH Vandenberghe - Trends in Molecular Medicine, 2022 - cell.com
In vivo therapeutic gene transfer has emerged as a novel class of medicines. Its feasibility
relies on the safe and efficacious delivery of genetic cargo to the appropriate targets. The …

[HTML][HTML] Systemic administration of novel engineered AAV capsids facilitates enhanced transgene expression in the macaque CNS

AC Stanton, KA Lagerborg, L Tellez, A Krunnfusz… - Med, 2023 - cell.com
Background Adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors are a promising vehicle for noninvasive
gene delivery to the central nervous system via intravenous infusion. However, naturally …

Recent advances in the delivery and applications of nonviral CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing

F Sinclair, AA Begum, CC Dai, I Toth… - Drug delivery and …, 2023 - Springer
The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats)/Cas9 genome
editing system has been a major technological breakthrough that has brought revolutionary …