AAV-based in vivo gene therapy for neurological disorders

Q Ling, JA Herstine, A Bradbury, SJ Gray - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Recent advancements in gene supplementation therapy are expanding the options for the
treatment of neurological disorders. Among the available delivery vehicles, adeno …

[HTML][HTML] Adeno-associated viral vectors for functional intravenous gene transfer throughout the non-human primate brain

MR Chuapoco, NC Flytzanis, N Goeden… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Crossing the blood–brain barrier in primates is a major obstacle for gene delivery to the
brain. Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) promise robust, non-invasive gene delivery from the …

[HTML][HTML] AAV engineering for improving tropism to the central nervous system

MS Ghauri, L Ou - Biology, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a small, non-pathogenic, and replication-
defective virus that mainly infects primates. AAV has demonstrated great success in pre …

[HTML][HTML] Targeting AAV vectors to the central nervous system by engineering capsid–receptor interactions that enable crossing of the blood–brain barrier

Q Huang, AT Chen, KY Chan, H Sorensen… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Viruses have evolved the ability to bind and enter cells through interactions with a wide
variety of cell macromolecules. We engineered peptide-modified adeno-associated virus …

Optimization of base editors for the functional correction of SMN2 as a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

CRR Alves, LL Ha, R Yaworski, ER Sutton… - Nature biomedical …, 2024 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is caused by mutations in SMN1. SMN2 is a paralogous
gene with a C• G-to-T• A transition in exon 7, which causes this exon to be skipped in most …

[HTML][HTML] Base editing as a genetic treatment for spinal muscular atrophy

CRR Alves, LL Ha, R Yaworski, CR Lazzarotto… - bioRxiv, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a devastating neuromuscular disease caused by
mutations in the SMN1 gene. Despite the development of various therapies, outcomes can …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptional reprogramming restores UBE3A brain-wide and rescues behavioral phenotypes in an Angelman syndrome mouse model

H O'Geen, U Beitnere, MS Garcia, A Adhikari… - Molecular Therapy, 2023 - cell.com
Angelman syndrome (AS) is a neurogenetic disorder caused by the loss of ubiquitin ligase
E3A (UBE3A) gene expression in the brain. The UBE3A gene is paternally imprinted in brain …

[HTML][HTML] VWA3A-derived ependyma promoter drives increased therapeutic protein secretion into the CSF

EM Carrell, YH Chen, PT Ranum, SL Coffin… - … Therapy-Nucleic Acids, 2023 - cell.com
Recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors (rAAVs) are a promising strategy to treat
neurodegenerative diseases because of their ability to infect non-dividing cells and confer …

Clinical gene therapy development for the central nervous system: Candidates and challenges for AAVs

TW Leong, A Pal, Q Cai, Z Gao, X Li, L Bleris… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Many diseases affecting the central nervous system (CNS) are deadly but less understood,
leading to impaired mental and motor capabilities and poor patient prospects. Gene therapy …

Receptor–mediated transcytosis of macromolecules across the blood–brain barrier

H Baghirov - Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction The blood–brain barrier (BBB) restricts brain access of virtually all
macromolecules. Receptor-mediated transcytosis (RMT) is one strategy toward their brain …