Sleeping Beauty–engineered CAR T cells achieve antileukemic activity without severe toxicities

CF Magnani, G Gaipa, F Lussana… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Am Soc Clin Investig
BACKGROUND Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell immunotherapy has resulted in
complete remission (CR) and durable response in highly refractory patients. However …

Meeting FDA Guidance recommendations for replication-competent virus and insertional oncogenesis testing

K Cornetta, TY Lin, D Pellin, DB Kohn - Molecular Therapy Methods & …, 2023 - cell.com
Integrating vectors are associated with alterations in cellular function related to disruption of
normal gene function. This has been associated with clonal expansion of cells and, in some …

Long-term lineage commitment in hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy

A Calabria, G Spinozzi, D Cesana, E Buscaroli… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Hematopoietic Stem Cell (HSC) gene therapy (GT) may provide lifelong
reconstitution of the hematopoietic system with gene-corrected cells1. However, the effects …

Phagocytosis-shielded lentiviral vectors improve liver gene therapy in nonhuman primates

M Milani, A Annoni, F Moalli, T Liu, D Cesana… - Science translational …, 2019 - science.org
Liver-directed gene therapy for the coagulation disorder hemophilia showed safe and
effective results in clinical trials using adeno-associated viral vectors to replace a functional …

Retrieval of vector integration sites from cell-free DNA

D Cesana, A Calabria, L Rudilosso, P Gallina… - Nature Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Gene therapy (GT) has rapidly attracted renewed interest as a treatment for otherwise
incurable diseases, with several GT products already on the market and many more entering …

Hematopoietic reconstitution dynamics of mobilized-and bone marrow-derived human hematopoietic stem cells after gene therapy

S Scala, F Ferrua, L Basso-Ricci, F Dionisio… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Mobilized peripheral blood is increasingly used instead of bone marrow as a source of
autologous hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells for ex vivo gene therapy. Here, we present …

Removal of innate immune barriers allows efficient transduction of quiescent human hematopoietic stem cells

E Valeri, G Unali, F Piras, M Abou-Alezz, G Pais… - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Quiescent human hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) are ideal targets for gene therapy
applications due to their preserved stemness and repopulation capacities; however, they …

A case of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia in retroviral gene therapy for ADA-SCID

D Cesana, MP Cicalese, A Calabria, P Merli… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy (GT) using a γ-retroviral vector (γ-RV) is an effective
treatment for Severe Combined Immunodeficiency due to Adenosine Deaminase deficiency …

Efficient and safe correction of hemophilia A by lentiviral vector-transduced BOECs in an implantable device

C Olgasi, C Borsotti, S Merlin, T Bergmann… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2021 - cell.com
Hemophilia A (HA) is a rare bleeding disorder caused by deficiency/dysfunction of the FVIII
protein. As current therapies based on frequent FVIII infusions are not a definitive cure, long …

Normalization of clonal diversity in gene therapy studies using shape constrained splines

L Del Core, D Cesana, P Gallina, YNS Secanechia… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Viral vectors are used to insert genetic material into semirandom genomic positions of
hematopoietic stem cells which, after reinfusion into patients, regenerate the entire …