Recent trends in the gene therapy of β-thalassemia

A Finotti, L Breda, CW Lederer, N Bianchi… - Journal of blood …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
The β-thalassemias are a group of hereditary hematological diseases caused by over 300
mutations of the adult β-globin gene. Together with sickle cell anemia, thalassemia …

Ineffective erythropoiesis in β-thalassaemia: key steps and therapeutic options by drugs

F Longo, A Piolatto, GB Ferrero, A Piga - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
β-thalassaemia is a rare genetic condition caused by mutations in the β-globin gene that
result in severe iron-loading anaemia, maintained by a detrimental state of ineffective …

HIF–prolyl hydroxylase inhibition results in endogenous erythropoietin induction, erythrocytosis, and modest fetal hemoglobin expression in rhesus macaques

MM Hsieh, NS Linde, A Wynter… - Blood, The Journal …, 2007 - ashpublications.org
The hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) pathway is crucial in mitigating the deleterious effects of
oxygen deprivation. HIF-α is an essential component of the oxygen-sensing mechanisms …

Efficient CRISPR-Cas9-based genome editing of β-globin gene on erythroid cells from homozygous β039-thalassemia patients

LC Cosenza, J Gasparello, N Romanini, M Zurlo… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2021 - cell.com
Gene editing by the CRISPR-Cas9 nuclease system technology can be considered among
the most promising strategies to correct hereditary mutations in a variety of monogenic …

Expression of γ-globin genes in β-thalassemia patients treated with sirolimus: Results from a pilot clinical trial (Sirthalaclin)

C Zuccato, LC Cosenza, M Zurlo… - Therapeutic …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: β-thalassemia is caused by autosomal mutations in the β-globin gene, which
induce the absence or low-level synthesis of β-globin in erythroid cells. It is widely accepted …

Treatment of Erythroid Precursor Cells from β-Thalassemia Patients with Cinchona Alkaloids: Induction of Fetal Hemoglobin Production

C Zuccato, LC Cosenza, M Zurlo, I Lampronti… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
β-thalassemias are among the most common inherited hemoglobinopathies worldwide and
are the result of autosomal mutations in the gene encoding β-globin, causing an absence or …

[HTML][HTML] A cell stress signaling model of fetal hemoglobin induction: what doesn't kill red blood cells may make them stronger

R Mabaera, RJ West, SJ Conine, ER Macari… - Experimental …, 2008 - Elsevier
A major goal of hemoglobinopathy research is to develop treatments that correct the
underlying molecular defects responsible for sickle cell disease and β-thalassemia. One …

Combined approaches for increasing fetal hemoglobin (HbF) and de novo production of adult hemoglobin (HbA) in erythroid cells from β-thalassemia patients …

A Finotti, R Gambari - Frontiers in Genome Editing, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Genome editing (GE) is one of the most efficient and useful molecular approaches to correct
the effects of gene mutations in hereditary monogenetic diseases, including β-thalassemia …

FOXO3‐mTOR metabolic cooperation in the regulation of erythroid cell maturation and homeostasis

X Zhang, G Campreciós, P Rimmelé… - American journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Ineffective erythropoiesis is observed in many erythroid disorders including β‐thalassemia
and anemia of chronic disease in which increased production of erythroblasts that fail to …

Decrease in α-Globin and Increase in the Autophagy-Activating Kinase ULK1 mRNA in Erythroid Precursors from β-Thalassemia Patients Treated with Sirolimus

M Zurlo, C Zuccato, LC Cosenza, J Gasparello… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The β-thalassemias are hereditary monogenic diseases characterized by a low or absent
production of adult hemoglobin and excess in the content of α-globin. This excess is …